According to Dr. John Medina, author of Brain Rules, adding relevant pictures to your lecture increases retention 6.5 times versus just an oral presentation. This stunning increase in efficacy doesn't ...

Steve Jobs speaking at a press conference for Apple’s iPhone 4. Getty “There’s something in the air.” With these five words, Steve Jobs opened the 2008 Macworld conference. Jobs is often cited as one ...

"The key to effective slides," says Cliff Atkinson, author of "Beyond Bullet Points," is to distill the essential details of your presentation and tell a story that "takes your audience on a journey." ...

Uncertain Chad is, well, uncertain, about how best to deal with two competing ideals when using Powerpoint (or Keynote) for lecture classes. On the one hand, nobody likes a cluttered slide. In science ...

Andrew Smith’s article discrediting PowerPoint was surprising (Opinion, 24 September). It made no attempt to open up the possibilities afforded by the software, merely assuming that PowerPoint ...