Episode 27: Creating Better Presentations

TriangleCast

This week Jason Guigno and Corey Jeffreys interview Wendy Gates Corbett. Wendy is on a mission to get rid of boring presentations. We discuss boring slide shows, why she started her own company, how she started her own company, and more!

From her bio “Wendy is one of ~1900 professionals in the world who’ve earned the CPLP (the Association for Talent Development’s Certified Professional in Learning and Performance credential). She speaks locally, regionally, and nationally about the power of visuals and presenting powerfully with presence. She’s the author of the TD@Work, “5 Questions for Great Presentation Visuals”, the co-author of two ATD Infolines on designing and delivering live virtual training, and a contributing author of three books: 101 Ways to Make Learning More Active Beyond the Classroom, 101 More Ways to Make Training Active, and SCORE! For Webinar Training: Super Closers, Openers, Revisiters, Energizers. She served on the board of directors of the ATD-Research Triangle Area chapter for nine years and is a National Advisor for Chapters with ATD. She was a Speaker Coach and the Slide Designer for TEDxRaleigh 2016. She’s a charter member of the Presentation Guild and of Black Women in Business and currently serves as a board advisor for both Black Women in Business and the Business Alliance in Raleigh. She was named a 2016 Emerging Leader by Emerging Women NC for her ability to lead with compassion and integrity.”

https://trianglecast.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/episode-27.mp3

Wendys site, Refresher Training is here, and you can find Wendy on Twitter Here

As always, TriangleCast broadcasts from the RTP Frontier in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. We record using Ubuntu Linux and Audacity Software.