Tag Archives: brevity

Visual Aids: Guy Kawasaki on PowerPoint

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Richard Andrews

On December 30, 2005, on his blog How To Change the World, venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki, the co-founder of alltop.com and the former chief evangelist for Apple, set out “The 10/20/30: Rule of PowerPoint.” You’ve probably heard of it. The … Continue reading →

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And I Quote…

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Richard Andrews

While I was researching yesterday’s blog post I came across a number of inspiring quotations about brevity and simplicity. But since the post was concerned with keeping things short and sweet, I couldn’t bring myself to include them all. I thought … Continue reading →

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On Brevity…

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Richard Andrews

In today’s world of news feeds, sound bytes and 140-character-or-less Twitter updates, time is of the essence. Today’s audiences are impatient. They want information, they want entertainment and they want it now. Brevity has never been more valued – and … Continue reading →

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