Jim Harvey

Posts By Jim Harvey

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  Design Principles

  Death by PowerPoint? Why not try The Better Deck Deck?

  Sometimes professional presentation designers and everyday presenters like me need inspiration. From time to time, when you sit down to make a...

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  Build Your Skills

  The Presentation Guru Presentation Skills Questionnaire – How Do YOU Rate?

  Presentation Guru has been developing a presentation skills questionnaire to help people (whatever their experience as presenters) assess their current ability in...

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  Competency Framework

  A Checklist for Presenters – Our New FREE Questionnaire is Here

  The team at Presentation Guru has been developing a comprehensive presentation skills questionnaire to help people assess their current level of skill...

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  Competency Framework

  What Do the Best Presenters and Public Speakers Do (That Makes Them Better Than the Rest)?

  We have used the last 18 months to build a competency framework and a presentation skills questionnaire that will help individuals, professionals,...

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  Apps & Add-ins

  Decktopus – Brilliant If Speed Is What You Need

  We get lots of products pitched to us here at PG. Most of them sound good but disappoint – Prezi being probably...

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  Visuals

  What Are the Simple Rules that Help Us Design Better Visual Aids? – Part Two

  You don’t need to be a PowerPoint expert to create great slides They are a simple set of rules for you to...

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  Visuals

  What Are the Simple Rules that Help Us Design Better Visual Aids?

  You don’t need to be a PowerPoint expert to create effective visual aids The rules I outline here are based on scientific...

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  Build Real Impact

  Presentation Podcast 4 – How Everyone Can Speak With Authentic Charisma

  A big big thank you! Thanks to all of you that attended our podcast on storytelling – ‘How to speak with authentic...

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  Case Studies

  Simple Visual Aids That Work – 6 Rules for Non Designers

  A BIG BIG THANK YOU! Thanks to all of you that attended the third podcast in a series of 4,  ‘How to...

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  Write Great Speeches

  A Masterclass in Rhetoric – Make Your Words Sing Like Obama

  A big big thank you! Thanks to all of you that attended our podcast on storytelling – ‘Make your words sing’ last...

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  Inspiration

  Storytelling 101 – A Presentation Guru Podcast

  A big big thank you! Thanks to all of you that attended our first podcast on storytelling last week. We had 100...

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  Visuals

  There Are Only 6 Types of Slides You Should Be Using – and This Isn’t One of Them!

  Simple visuals that emphasise the spoken message help the speaker and the audience in every way. Slides should only be used to...