Now that the iPad has arrived — to US customers at least — we are eager to listen to the first hands-on experiences of real-life customers. The app that interests us most is Keynote. We have been Keynote users since day one and know the program rather well. Our main question is: Can we use Keynote on the iPad for serious work, can we just import our Keynote files to the iPad and present them in our seminars? So far, we know little more than what Apple tells us: “Keynote is the powerful presentation app you love from iWork, completely reworked for iPad and Multi-Touch. So you can do everything on iPad with a tap or drag of your finger — from creating your first slide to presenting your work.” Let’s see how Apple’s claims stand up to the first customer reviews on iTunes, three days after the release… Continue reading...

We are proud to announce that Seth Godin’s “Really Bad PowerPoint” is now available in German. This little ebook is already a classic. If there is a point in time that marks the beginning of a higher awareness towards presentation techniques in the media age, that is it. Download it, read it, and pass it on. Get the original version here, and the new German version here. Thank you, Seth, for making it possible! More from Seth here. Watch one of Seth’s presentations.

Today we start a new series, called “Persistent Presentation Paradigms, or The True Reason Why I Bore My Listeners To Tears”. Given that most of the reasons of presentations going sour lie in wrong or outdated paradigms, we are in for some serious paradigm breaking here. Continue reading...

It took us some time to get started, but now it’s here, our weblog! First question: How do you call a weblog about topics connected to creativity, presenting, design, and more? Some fancy name anyone? Well, it’s just a weblog after all — a Weblog, a WEBlog, a WE|Blog! WE as in WEndelberger, or just as in WE all make mistakes. Yes, that’s exactly what we want to write about: the problems we all face, the thoughts we have about all that, and solutions we have to offer. Continue reading...