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I am going to make two controversial claims that will probably upset the sensibilities of both genders: 1.) Behind every successful man is a woman. (Groucho Marx’s version was: “Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is a wife.”) 2.) Men are better at giving powerpoint presentations than women.

I am going to make two controversial claims that will probably upset the sensibilities of both genders: 1.) Behind every successful man is a woman. (Groucho Marx’s version was: “Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is a wife.”) 2.) Men are better at giving powerpoint presentations than women.

Pixelated - Your New Business Conference Starts Now Online October 4, 2008 9:54 AM Posted by Mitch Joel Pixelated is a free full-day online conference with some of the world's leading speakers on the topic of how business is changing including: Sir Ken Robinson, Seth Godin, Chris Anderson, Avinash Kaushik, Chris Brogan and many more.

Once you have your foot in the door and you’ve addressed the First Great Objection (I don’t have time to talk to salespeople), you’ve got no more than a few seconds to prove you’re worthy of keeping that attention.

Recently, I had an opportunity to put the ideas developed in Garr Reynold’s Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery to work from the perspective of an experienced presenter.

Woo hoo! Only one week to go before I head out to Shanghai with Chrissy and Tara for the amazing Learning 2.008 conference! Check out the fantastic line-up of presenters: I’ve basically been looking forward to this conference since the day I left Shanghai last year, so I’m a little bit over excited.

Posted by Simon on September 8, 2008 Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hidden_shine/ This time last year I had never been to a stadium. In the last two months I have been to three. Shea and Wembley for sport, and Twickenham for music. Each experience has been very different.

I am a major fan of storytelling/songwriting/presentations/design. I was reading the Presentation Zen blog today (a place where I get regular doses of media design inspiration) and learned of what sounds like a fantastic new book on the matter: "slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations" by Nancy Duarte.

We recently attended a local event called Social Matchbox at the Teqcorner office in McLean, VA. On its eighth time around, the event is getting to be quite popular with around 150 people in a fairly large conference space. It was standing room only and with the A/C accidentally turned off at 5pm, it was a “hot event”.

Book Review: Presentation Zen August 19th, 2008 I find that I have fallen criminally behind on reviewing books in the past six or so months and I’m going to try to make an effort to post on at least some of what I have been reading.