Big idea Quote by Grant Barrett

“Putting together a slideshow makes it all too easy for employees to only skim the surface of their ideas while creating the illusion of…

— John Rossman

“Outlines can help, but not if you begin with them. If you begin, instead, by writing down everything, by spewing out your ideas as…

— Howard S. Becker

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

There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.

— Edward Tufte

The slideshow "is a very primitive form that quickly becomes predictable and repetitive."

— Fred Ritchin

Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.

— Patricia C. Wrede

My work has threads of ideas from all over the place. I try to crystallise them in something simple and direct that the viewer…

— Cornelia Parker

“And then, you’ve got to sit down and write what I call the “Voice Over” for each slide. You’ve got to decide exactly what…

— Peter Coughter

My mode of presentation is short-form video - basically I create fast cut, impassioned 'idea explainers' that explode with enthusiasm and intensity as they…

— Jason Silva

You write down a paragraph or two describing several different subjects creating a kind of story ingredients-list, I suppose, and then cut the sentences…

— David Bowie

There is no one way to render an idea. Let’s explore how masters of the sentence play with length and style to make their…

— Constance Hale

I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. But I'm always surprised…

— Barry Schwartz