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Slides Should Never Be Handouts
Slides Should Never Be Handouts A quick peek into my personal life: my husband spent a decade and a half as a management consultant. He violates the rule I'm about to discuss more egregiously than anyone. Although I've given up on convincing him, I do believe there's hope for the rest of humanity: Slides and [...]
Tell Me A Story
Tell Me A Story Stories are a major shaping force in our lives as individuals and as humankind. Since the time of cave drawings, which often depicted a series of connected events, humans have used stories as a way to make sense of the world around them. Children learn cause and effect, the rules of [...]
Bullets Are Killing Your Presentation
Why Bullet Points Are Killing Your Presentation One of the cardinal sins of presenting is also one of the most (mis)used presentation strategies. Say it with me now, "Bullet Note Script." We've all suffered through one of these - the presenter has somehow confused the purpose of his slides and that of his notecards, and [...]
Order, Chunking & Repetition: The Memorability of Organized Information
We've explored the effect visual and emotional stimuli has on memory, but the Art of Memory works only begin with these two ideas. There are numerous other tactics and theories covered in the literature. For the most part, those theories all revolve around one main tactic: organizing information. When presenting, the best way to insure your message stays with your audience [...]
Emotions and Memory
How Emotions and Memory Are Connected Lately we've been exploring the ancient Art of Memory and, most recently, the main principle regarding importance of visual representations to forming strong memories. As a few commenters in our LinkedIn groups mentioned, the visual sense is only one of many ways to appeal to memory. Creating and feeling emotion is another [...]
Thinking In Pictures
Thinking In Pictures It has been long recognized that visual representations greatly enhance our ability to remember and recall information. In fact, the dominance of the visual sense is the most important principle of the Art of Memory. Perhaps Aristotle said it best, "The soul never thinks without a picture." (De Anima) If one hears [...]
The Art of Memory
The Art of Memory Whether a presentation is meant to inform or convince, the audience wont get much out of it unless the content is memorable enough to stay with them. Memory is a slippery fish. Sometimes we try to remember, and fail. Sometimes we'd love to discard information, but just can't seem to shake [...]
