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Once upon a slide.

Once upon a slide.

By The Prezenter

Presentation design team at theprezenter.com take you on a fun dive into tools like Prezi, PowerPoint, and many others that help you share your ideas in a memorable way. The team will also provide a weekly dose of design advice for non-creatives, and in-depth interviews with experts from the fields of data visualisation, neuroscience, and public speaking. All this in weekly episodes with a touch of humor and some really bad jokes!
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#EP9 - Talking Neuroscience with Stella Collins

Once upon a slide.Jul 22, 2018

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#EP14 - 10 minute rule to keep attention

#EP14 - 10 minute rule to keep attention

Did you know that most people tune out of presentations at 9 minutes 59 seconds? It's true, not matter how good you are this is when adults attention spans start to wobble!

In this episode of Once Upon a Slide Russell gives you 5 tips that will help you grab your audiences attention and keep it throughout the presentation.

For more help and advice on how to deliver better presentations contact info@theprezenter.com

Jan 07, 201913:42
#EP13 - Dos & don'ts of conversational presenting
Dec 10, 201849:60
#EP12 - How to present data
Dec 03, 201817:03
#EP11 - Avoiding copyright nightmares
Nov 26, 201814:31
#EP10 - How to structure your presentation

#EP10 - How to structure your presentation

In this episode Russell explains how to structure your presentations so that they have a clear objective, key messages, and a solid platform to help your audiences go on a journey with you.

This great analogy can be applied to presentations of any kind. It will save you time and help you build more effective presentations that get remembered.

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Aug 31, 201815:06
#EP9 - Talking Neuroscience with Stella Collins
Jul 22, 201838:10
#EP8 - Creativity in business
Jun 28, 201815:27
#EP7 - The Prezenter

#EP7 - The Prezenter

After a very busy week, working on some fantastic Prezi, PowerPoint and animation designs with a bunch of great clients, Russell takes you on a brief journey of how the Prezenter team came together and how it all started back in 2011.

Russell is interviewed by Shaun Weston from ‘Media Will Eat Itself’ a podcast that showcases the people behind modern content creation. Shaun asks Russell where businesses are going wrong with their presentations and Russell discusses his effective branding strategy ‘to give more and expect less’.

Russell also explains how he first became involved with the Prezi software in his role as a training consultant, writing one of the first books about Prezi and the steps he took to leave his full-time job and start the Prezenter.

We hope you enjoy this episode. Don’t forget to subscribe for a weekly dose of design advice for non-creatives and in-depth interviews with experts across all platforms.
Jun 08, 201812:45
#EP6 - David McQueen, presenting with confidence

#EP6 - David McQueen, presenting with confidence

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing one of our favourite professional speakers, David McQueen. David lights up the stage with his confident presentation style and never fails to engage audiences both big and small.

In this fantastic discussion, we explore how to present with confidence, how to handle the pressure of presenting, whether anyone can be a confident speaker and how to practice and prepare for your presentation.

We also hear some useful insights into what techniques are best suited to remain calm on stage and David explains his secret to successful public speaking. “Practice makes Permanent!”

This is a fun and informative conversation that presenters and public speakers of all levels will appreciate.
Jun 01, 201837:15
#EP5 - The Pressure of Presenting

#EP5 - The Pressure of Presenting

Presenting can often be a daunting, stressful and nerve-wracking experience.

This week Russell shares some of his best tips, to not only overcome but avoid falling foul to the pressure of presenting.

From making sure you are organised, to plan time into your diary for practicing through your presentation enough times that you are comfortable, to setting out a clear core objective for your presentation this episode will set you on the right track for the next time you are stood up in front of 2, 10 or 100 people.

If you have any tips that help you prepare for big presentations please comment and share them with us. Also remember to subscribe for weekly presentation tips from our team of presentation experts.
May 25, 201815:46
#EP4 - Top three design tips for non-designers
May 18, 201815:58
#EP3 - Speaking to the founders of Prezi

#EP3 - Speaking to the founders of Prezi

In our very first interview, we got to speak with the guys responsible for shaking up the presentation landscape over the last 10 years. Peter Arvai and Adam Somlai-Fischer are two of the co-founders at Prezi, the zoomable presentation tool that now has 100 million users worldwide. In this great chat, we explore how and where the idea for Prezi was born, and what drove them to take on giants like Google and Microsoft. We also hear some useful insights into why Prezi presentations are proven to be more effective than PowerPoint slides, and how the brains of your audience will be able to engage and retain content they see in a Prezi.

This is a fantastic and fun conversation that all presenters will benefit from hearing.
May 11, 201844:35
#EP2 - Our top PowerPoint tips
May 03, 201813:38
#EP1 - Our top 3 Prezi tips

#EP1 - Our top 3 Prezi tips

Prezi has been around for a while now, but there are still a lot of presenters out there that don't quite understand it! In our first episode, we talk about the history and future of Prezi and also give you our top 3 tips for building your own Prezi presentations.

We recommend you listen to this podcast through the Anchor app which is available on Apple or Android devices. Through the app, you can get involved in the conversation by hitting the message button if you have something to ask. Also, make sure to hit the clap button if you like what you hear!

Oh and Josh nearly ruins our first episode here by being rude. Sorry about that!
Apr 17, 201813:05