Nancy Duarte's Blog, page 13
October 28, 2019
How to Get Others to Adopt Your Recommendation
As my company grew, I’d periodically be accused of making decisions slowly. I couldn’t figure out why, until one day it dawned on me: While employees thought they were asking me to weigh in on a choice that had to be made, I thought they were making small talk at the coffee machine. It wasn’t [...] continue reading
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October 21, 2019
3 Ways to Help People Understand What Your Data Means
Last year, Jeff Bezos became the richest person in the world with a net worth of more than $130 billion. The world was abuzz trying to make sense of just how rich the Amazon CEO really was, and headlines grabbed hold of this tweet from Neil deGrasse Tyson. “Not that anybody asked, but @JeffBezos’ 130-Billion [...] continue reading
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October 16, 2019
Successful Change Movements All Have 3 Acts
Leaders of world-changing movements, from social leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. to business leaders such as Steve Jobs, persuade people to follow them into the unknown, the unpredictable, the untested. Because change is both scary and difficult, they also help those followers push through their fears and overcome big obstacles. I wanted to [...] continue reading
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October 8, 2019
How to Pump Yourself Up Before a Presentation (or Calm Yourself Down)
Public speaking affects people in different ways. Some people get jittery and anxious before they talk; they need to spend time calming themselves down before they go onstage. Other people want to make sure they have extra energy when they’re in front of an audience. These people need to spend time amping themselves up before [...] continue reading
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October 7, 2019
How Intrapreneurship and an Unfulfilled Dream Led Me to NYC
When my Creative Director, Dan, said he needed to move back to New York to be closer to family, I assumed he would become one of our many remote employees. But he had bigger dreams. He kept jabbering persuasively about the huge opportunity for our firm there, buzzing around town telling others we had a presence there, [...] continue reading
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October 1, 2019
How to Create Visual Documents That Motivate Senior Leaders
A few years ago, in an all-hands meeting at my former company, my CEO asked the entire team to suggest ideas on how to get us to our Q1 goal. My hand shot up. I was excited to share my ideas with him, and after I did, he responded enthusiastically: “Great! Write up the details [...] continue reading
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September 24, 2019
6 Powerful Speaking Lessons from Greta Thunberg’s UN Speech
Her back story is a doozy. She’s a 16-year old from Sweden who is dedicating her life—or at the very least her childhood—to raising global awareness for climate change. She’s blunt, she’s angry, and she’s getting airtime and awards worldwide. To arrive at the summit, she sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on a sailboat powered [...] continue reading
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September 18, 2019
Transforming Numbers into Narrative will Build your Career
Organizations are drowning in data. We have access to more information than at any other time in history. Just think about all of the ways that we create and collect data today. Every time we use the Internet, scroll through social media, wear smartwatches, or have a blood test—we create data. More roles in organizations [...] continue reading
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September 6, 2019
The Slides You Deliver Versus the Slidedoc You Leave Behind
When someone comes to Duarte for support with a sales deck, investor deck, pitch deck, or really any deck, one of the first questions we ask is “do you need to project these slides or do you need them as a leave behind?” That’s when we brace ourselves for the response “we need it for [...] continue reading
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August 28, 2019
How to Effectively Present to Senior Executives
Senior executives are one of the toughest crowds you’ll face as a presenter. They’re incredibly impatient because their schedules are jam-packed—and they have to make lots of high-stakes decisions, often with little time to weigh options. So they won’t sit still for a long presentation with a big reveal at the end. They’ll just interrupt [...] continue reading
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