Thursday, May 26, 2005Into the Heliosheath
Bill R.: This is science fiction, right? Wrong! Amazing accomplishment; congratulations NASA.
Voyager 1 Enters Final Frontier. At long last, scientists have proof that the spacecraft has passed into the region where interstellar gas and solar winds begin to mix. It's a first for humankind. [Wired News]
- Posted by William A. Riski - 9:47:01 PM - comment []
Excellent Presentation (NOT POWER POINT) Tips
Bill R.: One of many common jokes around the Pentagon is it's filled with Power Point Warriors. But this is not far from reality (it just ignores the intellectual capital that these warriors have!)
Here's the pyramid: most of our tax dollars go to national security. And, like it or not, most (>80%) of what our DoD (including military personnel) does involves non-combat activities (acquisition, sustainment, mission planning, training, exercises, etc., etc.) It's the price we must pay for having an effective and efficient military. And >80% of this time is spent collaborating with others via e-mail or presentations. And, you got it, 99% of the presentations are supported by Power Point charts.
So read, download, and heed the 56 points of Presentation Excellence suggested by one of the world's top management consultants: Tom Peters.
Presentation Excellence. My brother-in-law, a senior ExxonMobil exec, and I got into a discussion about presentations the other night. We both heartily... [The Tom Peters Weblog]
- Posted by William A. Riski - 9:43:19 PM - comment []
