The audience does not need to tune themselves to you - you need to tune your message to fit them. Skilled presenting requires you to understand their hearts and minds and create a message to resonate with what's already there.… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
All "bad" presentations struggle to keep the audience interested. The audience squirms wishing they could escape. The audience has given the presenter an hour of their life, so they want that hour to be useful. It's disrespectful of a presenter… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
Practice design, Not Decoration: Don't just make pretty talking points. Instead, display information in a way that makes complex information clear. — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
Structure is what makes communication hang together. It's like the rails that a train runs on. Without them, things wouldn't move very far. If… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word. — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
In myths and movies, the mentor can play a few roles: they bring the hero a magical gift, teach them how to use a… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
Words that are carefully framed and spoken are the most powerful means of communication there is. — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
Personal stories are the emotional glue that connects your audience to your message. — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
“Now, communicating is a system. A single message might move across six different formats before it sticks. One piece of content might be in… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
The audience does not need to tune themselves to you - you need to tune your message to fit them. Skilled presenting requires you… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
To keep people interested, your presentation needs to have contrast. As humans we process contrast. We are assessing "what's the same," "what's different," "what's… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
“Don’t blend in; instead, clash with your environment. Stand out. Be uniquely different. That’s what will draw attention to your ideas.” — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
If you feel tempted to use a picture of two hands shaking in front of a globe, put the pencil down, step away from… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
Most great leaders are also great communicators. Great leaders have learned how to persuade so their objectives can be reached. The most powerful device… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
Spending energy to understand the audience and carefully crafting a message that resonates with them means making a commitment of time and discipline to… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share
