Monday, October 29, 2012

More tips on PowerPoint presentations

Here you can find list of do's and dont's for PowerPoint presentations.

The dont's for PowerPoint

Here you can find Don McMillan's standup on the dont's of a PowerPoint presentation.

The 10/20/30 Rule for PowerPoint

Here you can find Guy Kawasaki's recommendations on the length (10 slides), duration (20 minutes) and font size (30 points) in a PowerPoint presentation.

Here you can find a stream of his pitch. ('Bozo' means 'fool'.)

Lists of three and the rule of 3s: two speeches

Here you can find the first part of Steve Jobs's iPhone product launch speech.

Here you can find Barack Obama's inauguration speech.

In both of them, please pay attention to the usage of the lists of three and the rule of 3s.

Here is a stream where the rule of 3s is explained among other useful tips on making presentations.

US elections

Here you can find a BBC piece with the highlights of the first debate.

Here you can find another BBC piece with the highlights of the second debate.

Here you can find a BBC news piece on the key points of the third debate.

Here  is a Guardian article on which candidate is supported in different parts of the world.

Here is an election update page from the The Guardian.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Monday, October 15, 2012

Places to visit in Belgium

 Anne-Sophie's recommendations:

Here you can find the website of Manoir de Lebioles, the wellness centre near Spa.

Here you can find the website for the Belgian Tourist Office consisting of information about places to visit in Wallonia.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Eating out in Brussels

 Sebastien's recommendation:

Here you can have access to the website of Le Buvette.

Adela's recommendations:

Here you can have access to the website of Chou.

Here you can have find some information about Au Stekerlapatte.

Here you can find more information about the festivities in Sablon, which she mentioned during our last session.

John's recommendations:

Here you can access to the website of In't Spinnekopke.

Here you can find some information about 9 et Voisins, and here you can find information about Le Fin de Siecle, which have very good price-quality ratios and are owned by the same person with almost the same menus.

Here you can have access to the website of Francois for those of you who like seafood.  They also have a store right next door.