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How To Make Your Product Story Successful
Inspired by an infographic created by brandanew.co.
What makes a good product story?
Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to attract consumers to your products and brand, maybe even spend some of their hard earned money.
Stories which leverage true brand values help to build trust, between brands and consumers. These connections shape their future relationship. Its power shouldn't be under estimated.
In my day job as Packaging Designer, I know all to well the importance communicating a good story to draw in consumers. It has become common place to just tell consumers the products features and hope that is enough to make a sale.
As a consumer we rarely make purchasing decisions on features and facts, it’s boring and not very relatable. It's time to take a new approach and I hope these nudenotes help with that shift.
We all love stories - our culture is built on them they are powerful tools for communication, imparting wisdom and information on many levels. Don’t miss out on your chance to create stories that capture consumers hearts and minds.
Public Speaking: A Whole Body Affair
Inspired by an infographic I discovered on Pinterest.
Do you think about your body when public speaking?
Probably not.
But public speaking is a whole body affair, a majority of human communication is done non-verbally.
Your eye movements, your speech, your posture, your walk, your hand gestures etc.
All these things play a role in your communication during public speaking.
These notes provide some actionable tips for various parts of your body to help improve your communication when public speaking.
11 Killer Tips To Stop Saying "Ummm" Forever
Inspired by an infographic by London Speaker Bureau.
How often do you say 'ummm'?
For most of us, public speaking ranks high on their worst fears.
As the nervous energy rises inside you, all your bad habits rise to the surface — the most common of these is the use of filler words 'ummm', 'so', etc.
Using these filler words is a credibility killer.
Mastering your internal nerves takes time and experience, and even then, it doesn't ever truly disappear.
While I was studying Product Design at University, I spent a lot of time presenting work and listening to others present.
This constant exposure to public speaking helped me overcome a lot of these bad habits — but even now, I still find that a little 'ummm' sneaks out.
I’ve still got much to learn about being a better public speaker, but I know these notes have given me a few more ideas and techniques to use.
Whether you’re giving a speech, sharing your ideas in a meeting or facilitating a brainstorm, I hope these 11 tips help you to stop filler words from creeping into your lives.
If you have any other tips to stop saying filler words, let me know in the comments.
The 10 Slide Pitch
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Powerful Design Presentation
Inspired by an Instagram post by John Brescian, called Powerful Design Presentation
How do you deliver a powerful design presentation?
Check out John's feed for awesome business of design carousels, packed with awesome insights.
Presenting designs is just a part of the daily routine of any creative professional.
We should all be on the look out for different ways to find better ways to get from a concept on a page to a product in the real world.
I am still developing my open presentation skills, these notes have certainly given me some food for thought. I hope it does the same for you.
Building A Brand x Nudenotes: Episode 5
Building A Brand x Nudenotes: Episode 5, Presenting Your Ideas To Clients
How do you pitch your ideas to clients?
Last time we looked at developing Stylescapes - this time it's about presenting these to clients. .
Leaping from words to images or a design brief to design concept is tricky but essential to setting the direction of any project.
"Clients don't always know how to express what they are looking for when is comes to visual concepts."
This is where we step in as creative professionals, this is where our value truly shines through.
I love how concise, clear, compelling and god-damm cool Ben Burns and Matthew Encina are presenting to clients... #careergoals .
Top tips for presenting ideas to clients from The Futur:
Give context.
No need to have all the answers.
Have conversations not presentations.
20 Habits of Truly Brilliant Presenters
Inspired by an infographic created by Maurice De Castro of Mindful Presenter.
Do you struggle presenting your work?
Don’t worry - nudenotes can help with that.
This is part one of my two-part nudenote dive into this interesting infographic.
Presenting your creative work in a clear, concise and compelling way can make or break the success of your project.
So many of us struggle to present and talk through our ideas with peers and clients - I’m one of these people myself.
My favourite of these first 10 habits is number 8 - Tell Stories.
I always try to weave narratives into my presentations, even simple ones like: before and after and Who? What? When? How? & Why?
We all love a good story, as an audience, but as a creator of a presentation, it also helps your structure and populate your story in a compelling and effective way.