Q: Should I take notes or will I be able to store some of the slides? A: There are a range of options including a recording and a PDF version available here. Q: Does Cliff work with teachers and students (HS, MS) to connect these 'presentation' techniques and the underlying principles of story-telling, thesis support, etc? With so much emphasis on 21st century skills, multi-media presentations, and the like, there seems to be a brilliant opportunity to engage young presenters with these vital ideas and techniques. A: I'm happy to speak to any group who invites me to introduce the approach - I think that students would love this sort of approach. Q: How do you achieve the nice slow fade/dissolve transition to you presentation transitions? A: I used the Fade animation effect, at Medium or Fast setting. Q: Is there a suggested amount of time that one slide should be shown before moving on to the next, i.e., how long should a person talk to one slide? A: I would say about a slide or two per minute - I had a total of about 90 slides today Q: Who are the winners of the drawing? A: They are listed here. Q: What are Cliff's recommendation for formatting for 1 - 2 day workshops? A: Use the story template to break up the entire event into three large groupings - there's a great example of someone using the story template to plan a 3-year curriculum in the discussion board here. Q: Is there also a website for Barbara Minto's Pyramid Principle? A: You can visit Barbara’s site here - I highly recommend her book and workshop. Q: Where are the free downloads on your website? A: They are available here. Q: Will this approach results in more slides and is there a limit to how many slides is a no-no? A: Yes, I used 90 slides today, which is probably about right for an hour. Q: Could Cliff post something on his website about his position on corporate branding on slides so we can share it with our corporate branding departments? A: I've posted about it in my blog here, but am working on an article and will announce when it’s ready in my newsletter. Q: How would you adjust your use of color to take into account the various levels of color blindness in your audience? A: Great question - Kathy Jacobs has written about things that you can do, and there's additional information from Steve Rindsberg at this link Q: What do you think about the slide transition options? Some like them some don't. I find them sort of distracting. A: I didn't use any today, but instead had a graphical element Fade as the slide appeared. A general rule is that they should not call attention to themselves Q: Are sounds and video/action passe? A: You can use any multimedia element, as long as it is directly related to making your point on a frame in your storyboard. Q: Should each slide have notes? A: Yes, unless you're just putting something together quickly and don't need to keep a record of what you said verbally. Q: I don't know, whether there are more participants from Germany, but you should mention that the book is also available in German! A: Great point! Danke! Q: Are standard templates with alot of graphics distracting to the learning environment? A: In most cases, yes. | 
