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		<title>Ditch the laser pointer for good.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; If you&#8217;re giving a slide presentation (typically, with PowerPoint), never again use a laser pointer. I will offer a solution/alternative later in this post, but first, let me explain why laser pointers are bad: - To use the pointer, you have to look at your slide to ensure that it is hitting the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.saadhasan.com&amp;blog=6803264&amp;post=477&amp;subd=nanobysaad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Give amazing presentations even with Powerpoint.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously, I pointed you to what Steve Jobs does in making awesome presentations.  As I&#8217;ve read more on presentations using visual aids, I&#8217;ve come across a couple blogs on how to get the most out of Powerpoint for your talks.  I point you to a couple example posts on each blog. &#8220;Takahashi method&#8221; &#8211; on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.saadhasan.com&amp;blog=6803264&amp;post=191&amp;subd=nanobysaad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Become famous—but not for your verbal tics.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On &#8220;How I Met Your Mother&#8221; the character Robin, anchor of an early-morning talk show, thinks her show is doing really well because a lot of people watch it, including students of her friend Ted.  In actuality&#8230; College kids: &#8220;We watch it for the drinking game.  You have to drink every time she says But, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.saadhasan.com&amp;blog=6803264&amp;post=187&amp;subd=nanobysaad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is amazing. Use it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go here to see a slideshow on “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience.”  Then try to incorporate some of those tips the next time you give a presentation, especially if its a powerpoint. (H/T Harman.)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.saadhasan.com&amp;blog=6803264&amp;post=183&amp;subd=nanobysaad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Send this man to Toastmasters!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poor guy.  Seriously, though, this is a FAIL on the part of the team’s media relations director for allowing the player to end up in this situation. What is Toastmasters?  Find out here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.saadhasan.com&amp;blog=6803264&amp;post=145&amp;subd=nanobysaad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons in Winning Over an Audience: Use Metaphors</title>
		<link>http://blog.saadhasan.com/2009/09/09/lessons-in-winning-over-an-audience-use-metaphors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very few things in life are as satisfying as a highly appropriate and effectively deployed metaphor.  Last month, with the start of the school year, our Materials Science program had its kickoff lunch to welcome the new students.  The centerpiece of this gathering is the Sales Pitch Contest, in which current students have three minutes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.saadhasan.com&amp;blog=6803264&amp;post=114&amp;subd=nanobysaad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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