2 Minute Talk Tips

  2 Minute Tip: Take More Pictures   Images are often better than text in PowerPoint Slides. You can use them to support a point you are talking about, to make an analogy, or to make a humorous aside. But how do you get this pictures? The best source can be your own photo library -- if you have enough pictures in it. You already own the rights to those images. Your audience hasn't seen them before. You have a personal connection to them.   The best way to grow your library is to take more pictures. It's really that simple, Set a personal goal to take 5 pictures a day. Don't try to take amazing pictures; focus on quantity. Photograph things you find interesting, funny, or unusual. Or even just things that make you think. You might not have a use for that image today, but it may find a home in a deck you build 2 years from now.   Program Notes   This week, I appear on Caffeinated Comics. I'm on the August 21 episode. You can find it in your favorite podcast app or on the Radio misfits Podcast Network.   This we