Nancy Duarte: Presentations that transform audiences
Speaking in front of an audience can be hit-or-miss. Even if you have something amazing to say, if your on-stage presentation is weak or disorganized, you’re not going to move anyone, let alone keep people’s attention. That’s where Nancy Duarte comes in. Presentation designer and CEO of Duarte Design, Duarte is a storyteller with an eye for clearly articulating a message and keeping an audience rapt. If you need any convincing, check out the slides she put together for the 2006 Oscar-wining documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.
A Faculty Advisor at PopTech, Duarte, along with her team, have helped Social Innovation and Science Fellows put together powerful stage talks for PopTech’s annual conference for the past couple of years. She's also the author of a book on the same topic entitled Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences.
In this PopTech video, Duarte shares the patterns she’s seen emerge from performances, speeches and films that transform - and transfix - audiences. Referencing Martin Luther King Jr., Martha Graham, and Steve Jobs, Duarte explains, “The greatest communicators connect really empathetically with their audience.”
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