We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve just had a very nice new bathroom installed – and so for the first time in several years I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been able to enjoy the luxury of taking a bath (don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been using the shower; I hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t started to smell!), That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great for me, because I find time relaxing in a bath conducive to sorting out the overview and ideas for big presentations.<\/p>\n
That lead me to wondering how other people design their presentations and to something we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been finding a lot recently \u00e2\u20ac\u201c clients who design their presentations at the computer. Our advice is always the same \u00e2\u20ac\u201c don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t.<\/p>\n
As soon as you start using a computer, no matter how expertly you use it, two things inevitably happen. Firstly, you limit yourself to the ways the computer \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthinks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (by which, of course, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m referring to the way the program you are using was written). Some presentations (and other questions of communicating with people) aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t easily captured or recorded in a computer program and that limits your imagination.<\/p>\n
Secondly, no matter how good you are at using a computer, part of your brain needs to be used in working the program, not in creating your presentation, and that limits your productivity.<\/p>\n
Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tip? It couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be more simple. Trust yourself to step away from your computer when you need to think about how to tell people things. And if your boss wants to know why you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re staring out of the window, tell him Simon Said\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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