I met with my advisor the other day and most of what he said was “Write, write, write.” Write the paper and write the presentation at the same time. I never really considered writing a power point simultaniously, but common sense tells you, it’s a good idea. But you know, I feel like I’m lost in a wasteland of bad powerpoint templates. Where are the cool ones? How do I find the graphically sparce yet alluring template? While in search of the perfect template (and learning how to make my own), I ran across this video feauturing Professor Hans Roslings. A brilliant, entertaining, Swedish statistician. Check it out. (Frequent blog entries are a dead give-a-way that I’m procrastinating. I have to get back to write, write, writing!)
TED 2006 – Debunking myth about the “third world” with Professor Hans Roslings
Probably the most compelling presentation of statistical data you have ever seen. I doubt the audience remembered anyone who spoke before him, nor after him. What a tough act to follow! (About 20 minutes)
October 24, 2007 at 2:35 pm |
Hey Nina! I hope you’ve been checking out Presentation Zen (http://www.presentationzen.com/) when working on your presentations! It has a lot of great tips and resources.
Another good presentation you might want to check out, which shows the power of simplicity and visual appeal is Merlin Mann’s Google Talk at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=973149761529535925
October 24, 2007 at 3:09 pm |
Hello Carolina,
You are so right! I guess I didn’t post that one- I know I saw it and was totally sucked in! His stuff is great. I find myself on his 43 folders site as well ( http://www.43folders.com/about ). He always seems to have something good going on.
Thanks for adding that. Great to see you again!
December 20, 2007 at 2:24 pm |
I would like to see a continuation of the topic