It's been a while since I last presented on graphic design and related principles to a student affairs audience. Although I am not formally trained in the area, I do have enough working knowledge to translate some of my own successes into practical and actionable tips for practitioners. Above you'll find the slides from my ACUHO-I... Continue Reading →
As visuals become more and more important to the way we communicate, finding great images is critical to communicating your message. There are a number of websites I use when putting together presentations and finding photographs for my website. If I have very specific needs, I use the pay-per-download stock image site, shutterstock.com. The benefit of... Continue Reading →
My friend and colleague, Dr. Laura Pasquini, asked if I could do a quick video lesson for her students on how to design and deliver great presentations. The end result was the video below. Hopefully you will find this a practical, accessible, and easy how-to guide for your own work. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSRgO0qouA0
At the 2015 ACPA and NASPA National Conventions, we've brought together a group of four researchers (1 newly minted doctor and three soon-to-be) who study social media and technology and their effects on college students. In this panel, each researcher will present a brief overview of their work followed by a question and answer session.... Continue Reading →
I am VERY excited to announce that I have accepted the position of Interim Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. FIT is an amazing world class institution with a vibrant student community in the heart of Manhattan. I am incredibly honored to be working... Continue Reading →
I'm a big fan of the website SlideShare. Think of it as the YouTube of presentations. You can upload your slides from a presentation to share them with others. I was recently selected to be a "Keynote Author." This is a designation given by SlideShare to select users who are recognized as "top content creators." I'm... Continue Reading →
PechaKucha is a special style of presentation that privileges short, powerful messages. I've been experimenting with this style of presentation for almost 5 years. In 2013, I along with a few colleagues were the first to bring this presentation style to student affairs in a session entitled, "The Future of Student Affairs in Six Minutes and Forty... Continue Reading →
Here are some quick tips on how to increase the visual impact of your slides through typography. Including: Understanding the types of fonts Using color Breaking up and placing text Text size and bullet points Integrating text and images
Haiku Deck is a free web-based presentation software platform that makes it easy to create highly visual slide decks. Haiku Deck doesn't get caught up in the camera panning zooms and crazy animations of Prezi, but instead focuses on high quality images and simple text. Access to these images is built right into and included with... Continue Reading →
A key part of a good presentation is finding and using the right images. The Internet has made this incredibly easy… easy to steal images, that is. When searching for images, most people go to the search engine of their choice and do an image search. This makes sense as it is an incredibly easy... Continue Reading →
I wanted to share one of my favorite applications of a seeming simple slide transition, the "push" effect. It is an excellent way to create the illusion of a camera panning across a large canvas. Prezi presentations use a more smooth variation of this effect, but you can recreate it in Keynote or Powerpoint. In... Continue Reading →
Many people ask me about resources available to help them become better presenters and build better presentations. There are two individuals that I think are doing particularly outstanding work. I highly suggest checking out their blogs and books. Links are provided below. Garr Reynolds Garr is perhaps my favorite author that speaks and writes on... Continue Reading →
I had a blast as a guest on the Student Affairs Live broadcast on Wednesday, April 24 at Noon EST. We talked about how to design and give presentations. I love this topic and frequently present on it, and media design in general, to my students. If you're curious about some of my work, you... Continue Reading →
This week, the folks over at TED just released a new initiative known as TED Books. Available through apps for iPad, Kindle and Nook, TED Books are meant to be the eTextbook complement to the innovative series of TED talks we have all grown to love. Following the TED tradition of brevity, they are all... Continue Reading →
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