Category: Presenting
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How to Use Comparisons to Understand Data
Posted by Ray Poynter, 15 October 2018. Most individual numbers do not mean very much. In many cases,…
15 October 2018
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Will anything replace PowerPoint soon? (a forecast from 2011 revisited)
Posted by Ray Poynter, 29 August 2018. Until 2012 I used to write a blog on Typepad and…
29 August 2018
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How many significant digits should you display in your presentation?
Posted by Ray Poynter, 27 August 2018 Too many digits can obscure the story being communicated by numbers.…
27 August 2018
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Do you understand what sort of Data Visualisation you need?
Posted by Ray Poynter 27 April 2018 Over the past ten years, there has been a rapid and…
27 April 2018
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Hints for Presenting at International Conference
Earlier this week I attended the IIeX APAC Conference in Thailand and it was a fantastic event –…
15 December 2017
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Storytelling Starts with Finding the Narrative During the Analysis
Storytelling is very much in vogue. There is general agreement that research findings that employ storytelling are more…
17 August 2017
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What is the best way to present numbers?6 tips for better conference presenting
A couple of weeks ago I was at a conference in Lisbon and spent five days listening to…
31 July 2017
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Why Use Bullets in a Presentation? The difference between good bullets and bad bullets.
Every so often there is an upsurge in criticism about the use of bullets in presentations, often linked…
8 June 2017
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The story of the timetable that wanted to be an itinerary
Most of the timetables in the station office were happy to be timetables. They prided themselves on being…
5 October 2015
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Improving Insight Skills, Status, and Impact
I have just finished an extended visit to Japan where I was lucky enough to be involved in…
2 August 2015