TED Talks – Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

TED Talks reposted one of their favorite videoes of 2007, which is Isabel Allende (famous author, born in Peru, brother of Chiles former president Salvador Allende) talking about ”writing, women, passion, feminism”.
The speach is truly worth listening to, as she is as good as a speacher, as she is as a writer.
“Heart is what drives us and determines our lives”
I found the link to her talk at Presentation Zen, which as usual had a great post.

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Presentation Zen: Carl Sagan

Presentation Zen has an article about Carl Sagan (1934-1996).
Carl Sagan was a scientist and a host for Cosmos back in the 1980s, and Garr Renoylds  (creator of Presentation Zen) writes about his excellent skills and techniques in presenting complex stuff in a way that people could understand.
Read more on Presentation Zen…
Here is the Cosmic Calendar from Discovery Education, where each month [...]

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The power of a smile

I’ve been reading in a great book lately…
It’s nearly 80 years old, but the author, mr. Dale Carnegie, somehow managed to write down some everlasting truths which still apply just as they did back in the 1930s.
How to Win Friends and Influence People is an easy read, and in it mr. Carnegie writes down some facts about human interaction that are really obvious, but somehow we sometimes forget them.
I try to read [...]

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Le Grand Content by Clemens Kogler

This you gotta see: Le Grand Content by Clemens Kogler  sdf.
Truly an excellent use of diagrams and tweaking effects to state a point.
Also, very simple and easy for the mind to absord, so it’s a good example of a good presentation.
Also commented on: PresentationZen.com
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