PPT – Powerful Presentation Techniques
Selected Resources
1 2/19/10 Rev 11 © 2010 CONNECTINGDOTS, LLC
Paul J Gibler
608 255 4092
pgibler@connectingdots.com
http://www.connectingdots.com
http://www.connectingdots.typepad.com/ppt
http://www.twitter.com/theppchef
With millions of dollars wasted and millions presentations delivered daily, effective
presentation tools and skills are essential for organizations of all sizes.
To help you with this challenge, you’ll find this compilation of articles, PowerPoint and
presentation skills related resources useful. The resources have been put together for
my PPT Workshops, web seminars and consulting engagements and to share with
readers of PPT – Powerful Presentation Techniques and my followers on Twitter
@thePPTChef and @theWebChef.
Please e-mail me with any additions or changes you’d recommend for the list.
Paul J Gibler
the PPT Chef & the Web Chef
Articles – PowerPoint & Presentation Skills
• “Avoiding Death by PowerPoint!”, Shalu Wasu, Tickled by Life, 12/1/08
http://tickledbylife.com/index.php/avoiding-death-by-powerpoint/
• “The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint (Essay)”, Edward Tufte, Graphics Press, 2003
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp
• “Death by PowerPoint”, Angela Garber, Small Business Computing, 4/1/01
http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/684871
• “Death by PowerPoint – Giving Better Presentations”, Darren Strange, 7/21/06
http://blogs.msdn.com/officerocker/archive/2006/07/21/presenting.aspx
• “8 mistakes when creating PowerPoint Presentations”, DavidC, SympleByte, 1/16/06
http://www.symplebyte.com/microsoft_office/powerpoint/powerpoint_biggest_mistakes.html
• “Strategy Matters: Eight Great PowerPoint Myths”, Nilofer Merchant, BMighty, 5/15/08
http://www.bmighty.com/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207800206
• “Giving Effective PowerPoint Presentations”, Scott Stratten, About.com
http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/management/qt/powerptpres.htm
• “Grist: More Power than Point”, Inc, Adam Hanft, Inc., 8/03
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20030801/ahanft.html
• “How to Avoid Making a Bad Presentation”, Dan Heath & Chip Heath, Fast Company, 11/08
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/130/made-to-stick-presentation-pep-talk.html
• “How to PowerPoint Like a Pro”, Carmine Gallo, Business Week, 6/2/06
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jun2006/sb20060602_100148.htm
• “How to Wow them Like Steve Jobs”, Carmine Gallo, Business Week, 4/6/06
http://yahoo.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2006/sb20060406_865110.htm
• “How Your Audience’s Brain Works”, Carmine Gallo, Business Week, 7/8/08
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2008/sb2008077_229638.htm
PPT – Powerful Presentation Techniques
Selected Resources
2 2/19/10 Rev 11 © 2010 CONNECTINGDOTS, LLC
Paul J Gibler
608 255 4092
pgibler@connectingdots.com
http://www.connectingdots.com
http://www.connectingdots.typepad.com/ppt
http://www.twitter.thepptchef
• “Ich Bin Ein Presenter”, Paul Gibler, Wisconsin Technology Network, 9/23/08
http://wistechnology.com/articles/5052/
• “In Defense of PowerPoint”, Don Norman
http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_defense_of_powerp.html
• “It’s the story, stupid. Don’t let presentation software keep you from getting your story across”, Doc Searls,
8/16/98
http://www.searls.com/present.html
• “Keynote like a Pro”, Jeff Wuorio, Business 2.0, 4/03
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/04/01/339832/index.htm
• “Learning to Love PowerPoint”, David Byrne, Wired, 11/03
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt1.html
• “Making Your (Power) Point”, Ellen Neuborne, Inc, 5/06
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060501/handson-marketing.html
• “Now That We Have Your Complete Attention”, Eric Matson, Fast Company,
Feb/March 97
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/07/124present.html
• “PowerPoint is Evil”, Edward Tufte, Wired, 9/03
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html
• “PowerPoint Makes You Dumb”, Clive Thompson, New York Times, 12/14/03
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/magazine/14POWER.html
• “Presentation Lessons You Didn’t Learn in B-School” Carmine Gallo, Business Week, 3/24/09
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/mar2009/sb20090324_710581.htm
• “Presentation Skills for Emergent Managers”, Gerard Blair
http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/art1.html
• “Presenting Smart: What Story Do Your Graphics Tell”, John Windsor, ManageSmarter, 6/6/08
http://bit.ly/9zyxNE
• “Making a (Power) Point of not Being so Tiresome”, Claire Hoffman, LA Times, 4/19/06
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-powerpoint19apr19,0,5705385,full.story
• “PowerPoint and Video: Part 1”, Geetesh Baja, InDesign, 6/18/04
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppvideo.html
• “Really Bad PowerPoint”, Seth Godin, Seth Blog, 1/29/07
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/really_bad_powe.html
• “Retire Those Tired PowerPoint Slides” Nancy Duarte, Meeting News, 1/8/09
http://www.meetingnews.com/mimegasite/articles/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003928652
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• Brainy Quote - http://www.brainyquote.com/
• Great Quotes – http://www.great-quotes.com/
• Quotation Reference – http://www.quotationreference.com/
• Quotations Page – http://www.quotationspage.com/
• Quote Lady – http://www.quotelady.com/
• Quoteland – http://www.quoteland.com/
• Wikiquote – http://www.wikiquote.org/
• Yahoo! Directory of Quotes –
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Quotations/
PowerPoint Search Engines
• FileDigg – http://www.filedigg.com
• PowerPoint-Search – http://www.powerpoint-search.com
• Presentation2go – http://www.presentation2go.com
• Slidefinder – http://www.slidefinder.net
• SlideWorld – http://www.slideworld.com
“Every crowd has a
silver lining.”
P.T. Barnum
PPT – Powerful Presentation Techniques
Selected Resources
8 2/19/10 Rev 11 © 2010 CONNECTINGDOTS, LLC
Paul J Gibler
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pgibler@connectingdots.com
http://www.connectingdots.com
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PowerPoint Add-ons & Presentation Tools
Charts
• ChartChooser – http://chartchooser.juiceanalytics.com/
• Creately – http://creately.com/
Compression Software
• Fileminimizer Office - http://www.balesio.com/fileminimizer/eng/index.php (formerly PPT Min