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An Open Letter to Sales People

By Zena Applebaum on July 7, 2014

In the last several weeks, I have been called, emailed or otherwise pitched to by a variety of solutions providers. I have to tell you despite having a great memory, I can’t remember a single company name nor what any of the companies who wanted my firm’s money do. The reason I can’t recall any

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Unconventional Presentation Tip

By Toby Brown on May 23, 2011

A cross-posting of a past post on Don’t Use PowerPoint, lead to a request for tips on how to give a good presentation. There are multitudes of resources on this subject, so instead of giving 10 Steps to better presentations, I opted to take a crack at an unconventional tip.

My Big Tip: Don’t

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Elephant Post: Your Favorite PowerPoint Story

By Greg Lambert on April 7, 2011

We had a lot of traffic, comments and feedback when Toby wrote his “Don’t Use PowerPoint” post last week. We thought we’d play off of that post to ask the readers to comment on some of their PowerPoint stories (we said they could be good or bad… but, we preferred bad) and share…

The Compelling Presentation: Don’t Use PowerPoint

By Toby Brown on March 29, 2011

I know … everyone loves to hate PowerPoint and much has been written about why it’s such a bad thing. Yet everyone still seems to use it. My use of PowerPoint has evolved over the years and I generally follow the Best Practices out there, avoiding too much text, keeping slides simple, using compelling graphics

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Attorney Presentations: Is Yours Up to Snuff?

By Lisa Salazar on January 11, 2011

For those of you familiar with SlideShare.com, the online presentation software portal recently announced the winner of their 2010 “World’s Best Presentation” contest.

A design firm in Honolulu won with “Smoke – The Convenient Truth”.

Nearly 80 slides long, it packs a graphical punch, bringing home the ravages of cigarette smoking. Strong messaging,

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Pardon The "App" Interruption

By Greg Lambert on October 18, 2010

I had a great time last Friday presenting with Barbara Fullerton from Morningstar, and Scott Riggins from Houston-based Social Mobility at the SLA Texas annual meeting held at the University of Houston. We had a great time going over some new – and some not so new – apps and mobile devices called “Pardon…

3Geeks Speak: Houston Bar Litigation Section Talk

By Lisa Salazar on September 16, 2010

The 3Geeks gave this presentation to the Houston Bar Association’s Litigation Section last week.

Social Media: Now What Do I Do?

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Geeks Do Ft. Worth and It Will NEVER be the Same

By Lisa Salazar on June 11, 2010

Well, the 3 Geeks had a fine time this afternoon. After being up before the crack of dawn, @glambert, @gnawledge and I drove up to Ft. Worth and got there in time to hear Susskind, Jeff Carr and Rocky Dhir.

Then it was our turn.

I have to say I had a great time…