The SlidePost http://kapterev.com/blog Is there life after Death by PowerPoint? Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:51:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en TEDxMoscow http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/06/tedxmoscow/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/06/tedxmoscow/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:50:31 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=50 In May we had the first TEDx event held in Moscow, Russia. It was a great honour to offer my help with the slides and structure to some of the speakers. Here’s a sample of what I did.

Before:

After:

]]> http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/06/tedxmoscow/feed/ Sales presentation for Getresponse.com http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/03/sales-presentation-for-getresponsecom/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/03/sales-presentation-for-getresponsecom/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:58:26 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=49 A presentation made last November for one of my international clients. It was featured on Slideshare (which is not as cool as “Slideshow of the day” but still…). It’s a pity so few of my clients allow publication of the slides.
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]]> http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/03/sales-presentation-for-getresponsecom/feed/ Empire stikes back http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/02/empire-stikes-back/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/02/empire-stikes-back/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:47:52 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=47 Quite unlike Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stays true to Death by PowerPoint. Here’s a slide from his recent presentation. Semi-translucent 3d charts with reflection should either look stunning… or not. Why oh why do we need the table on the same slide? And FOB stands for “Full of bullet points”, as you all know. Well done, Microsoft.

Steve Ballmer\'s slide

]]> http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/02/empire-stikes-back/feed/ Bill Gates surrenders to Simplicity http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/02/bill-gates-surrenders-to-simplicity/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/02/bill-gates-surrenders-to-simplicity/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:54:43 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=44 Have you seen the new, reformed Bill Gates? Seems like he finally surrendered to the almighty powers of Slide Simplicity. Was:

the old Gates

Now:the new Gates

Whoa.

]]> http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/02/bill-gates-surrenders-to-simplicity/feed/ The Finalist Award http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/02/the-finalist-award/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/02/the-finalist-award/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:47:15 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=43 The presentation I wrote last year for Mercator became a finalist at the New York Advertising Festival. I don’t think my work here is particularly great; that was before Robert McKee’s seminar and I did not know much about scriptwriting at the time, but hey… I have to admit I am still happy. To date this is my first award for anything related to presentations.

Award

]]> http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/02/the-finalist-award/feed/ Zoom http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/01/zoom/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/01/zoom/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:01:09 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=42 That’s a cool new effect called “magic move” from Keynote’09. I think it’s a great way to go into the details, and what’s best — it takes just a couple of clicks to do set it up.

]]> http://kapterev.com/blog/2009/01/zoom/feed/ Vimetco film http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/12/vimetco-film/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/12/vimetco-film/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:43:50 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=41 Our latest project which involved extensive travelling to China, Romania and Sierra Leone is complete. (more details). I was co-authoring the scenario conducting the interviews and managing the team (which most of the time did not need any managing). 10 minutes. We had 7 tapes 40 minutes each just from China alone. Saying just 5% of what you know is a secret to a good presentation.

]]> http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/12/vimetco-film/feed/ Latest Apple presentation http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/10/latest-apple-presentation/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/10/latest-apple-presentation/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:03:06 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=39

Have you seen yesterday’s Apple event? This slide was used by Steve Jobs repeatedly during the presentation of the latest Apple notebooks. This is an excellent slide, the only problem is that the slide has no meanining whatsoever in the context of the presentation and thus absolutely no value. What the hell is this, Steve? Why on Earth do I need to know this before buying your notebook? Why is that important?

And also, Steve. You are well famous for explaining technical terms in plain language. I don’t know who exactly came up with it, but “1000 songs in your pocket” was just precious. You established the golden standard for everyone. Why oh why were you talking about gigaflops this time? Please stop before my clients start going “Steve Jobs is doing this and so will I”.

]]> http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/10/latest-apple-presentation/feed/ NYC http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/10/nyc/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/10/nyc/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:30:53 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=38 I will be in NYC from October 23 to November 10 visiting workshops on scriptwriting, improv theater and standup. So if you want to meet and talk — let me know.

]]> http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/10/nyc/feed/ Overproduced http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/09/overproduced/ http://kapterev.com/blog/2008/09/overproduced/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:19:03 +0000 kapterev http://kapterev.com/blog/?p=37

Authenticity is something that is very easy to loose once you start doing something. I have great respect for people at Ethos, their Meet Henry is iconic. But this one is overproduced. Too slick. Inauthentic.

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