Her eyes lit up. “Mom, wow! That is my favorite slide now. It made such a big difference!” That’s what my 6th grader said last night. She’s doing a PowerPoint on Lyra, a constellation. In the deck, she has Outerspace as her background. She couldn’t figure out how to lay the text box on top…
DetailsStruggling with making data exciting in your slide deck? Data can be dynamic. Statistics can tell superb stories. Here’s The Formula:Start with facts. Add feelings. And you’ve got a data story. Let’s turn to the world of sports for a timely example. Let’s build a short story with data we have from the Washington Nationals…
DetailsScientific writing is hard to do well. There’s just no question about it. Clunky terminology, 6-letter acronyms with hyphens, latin terminology none of us learned, even if we took etymology in high school… the list goes on. But in a recent Wall Street Journal, I was hooked by an article about cancer. Instead of a…
DetailsThis is a story about a founder who learned the Forbes.com featured HOW-TO model we developed from Day 1 of her pitch journey. It’s about and how the opportunities, wins, and checks began to accumulate when she gained mastery of it and implemented it again and again. Jen wrote her first company check to On…
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I was about 7 rows back in a packed theatre the 2nd day this movie was out. It was one of the only times in recent memory the audience clapped at the end. Which was deserved. Here are some key takeaways, one being the unlikely suggestion that we all need to be more like Queen…
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