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June 06, 2008

What Story Do Your Graphics Tell?

PICTURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS alone won't save your presentation. They have to be relevant to your audience's situation, otherwise they're just visual noise (or worse). You can read more about this in my latest column for Sales & Marketing Management's ManageSmarter site.
        And if you haven't read it before, be sure to check out a related post about the dangers of slide templates: Hazardous Materials.

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