I just sat through a bad presentation. A pathetic presentation. I mean no offence to the person who presented it, but i really felt that people need to know how to present. Its the art of putting forth an idea, and helping the listener or viewer understand it inthe same sense that you’re trying to convey it.

Lots of people start off with powerpoint. Its seems to me that many have this inhibition, that MS powerpoint, is the end to all their presenting issues, but, it isnt. (Frankly speaking, its the best way you can ruin your presentation! ) Kidding.

When you decide to present something, first, just as garr reynolds would say in his blog, presentation zen, get out of the pc first. Your pc  and presentation software are just a tool to help you present. Not the solution, in itself. So, do some pre-work and decide how you want to stream out your idea to the people.

There’s loads to presentation, and excellent presentations. But, here’re are a couple of things that you probably should keep in mind.

1. Please please please, dont use, in-your-face colours. There’re millions of colours other than Yellow and Red.

2. Stop flooding the screen with text and text and text. Remember that you’re trying to convey an idea. Not write a story.

3. DO not read out what is written on the slide, or write everything that you want to say on the slide. That is not presenting. You might as well, read it out from your notepad, if thats what you wanted to do.

4.Bullets are outdated. Try not using them unless they are necessary.

5. Make your slides clear. Dont try to get overly sophisticated, unless necessary. Its more important for your idea to get across sensibly, than your expertise with the software.

6. If you’re presenting numeric details and charts, try minimizing them down to simple ones, that the persons in the presentation session, can see and comprehend.

Finally, start getting advices from awesome presenters like Garr reynolds at his blog presentationzen.com

Helps a lot.

Cheers, and Good luck with your presentations.

How much we have the urge within ourselves to break the rules. Right from the fundamental level of not wearing your helmets to, irresponsible behaviour to what not. We have to take some time off to make ourselves understand how important it is to follow rules, for the others atleast, if not for yourself.  Think about it and act!

cheers!

Talking too much and doing too little?  The politicians and the government talk so much, so much about tackling terrorism, but are they really doing it? We talk, promise so much, but are we keeping up our word?  Think about it.

Its been a long time since I wrote my previous post. From now on, there’s a little addition that I’ve decided to make. I’ll be writing book reviews, along with the usual posts. I figured it would be nice putting out my thoughts on specific books.  Keep Reading. Cheers!

Creativity is the fountainhead of progress. Alright, this is some other line I modified to make my meaning clear! Here’s an interesting post by Garr Reynolds on creativity.

Hey everyone!

I guess i’m one of the first to be writing about it. First thing, it looks GREEAAAT! It is nowhere close to the comic strips that we saw(Ones that showed two scooters attached together! ) Amazing styling, nice colours.Beautifully designed headlamps, bright tail lamps, looks better than other cars.And wow, its not a Concept car, but looks like one!Here’s presenting, TATA Nano!

Here’re some quick facts.

1. Its 8% smaller than the Maruti 800(Compact from outside, Roomy from inside!)

2.Gives around 22 km/litres.

3.Globally, this is the first of its kind.

4.Available in a normal and a Deluxe version with A/c.

5.Passed all crash tests.

6.Meets all safety standards.

Well? What’re you looking at. Go get one!!

Update #1: As of now, great number of thumbs up. Ratan Tata says: ” A promise is a promise”. Wow. Hats off!

Update #2: Seats 5 people( Beats the Maruti 800). 624 cc engine. Extremely fuel efficient.

Found this article. Advise to future WWDC attendees. Things they should remember to carry with them and things that they’d better leave out. Must read. Click here

I found this post, on how gmail would have looked, had it been designed by Microsoft.  Nice one. Find it here Enjoy!

I found this really interesting article today. Must read for all product managers, managers and anybody wishing to be more effective in their work. Find it here