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Another Slideshare contest winner. Meet Henry tells a story and communicates in a bold and simple way.

Meet Henry. He doesn’t know any better.

Today we live in a business culture that abuses the art and science of public speaking. It’s a culture where PowerPoint is the norm, reading from you slides is accepted, and wasting everyone’s time is a given. When you think about it, it’s really quite disturbing.

Now… meet Erica. Erica is changing the world

This presentation is a recent winner of a Slideshare contest judged by top presentation gurus including, Guy Kawasaki, Bert Decker, Garr Reynolds, and Jerry Weissman.

Great Inspiration for your next powerpoint presentation.

Guy Kawasaki’s classic presentation on startups and entrepreneurship, based on his book The Art of the Start. Guy himself says this presentation went great!

An honest speaker will tell you that she has “on” days and “off” days. The result of a truly “on” day is a standing ovation. I had a very “on” day at TiECon on May 13, 2006.

Where can you find great stock photos for your business presentations? Sites like iStockphoto are great resources for affordable stock photos for presentations and websites. What is so great about iStockphoto is their powerful search feature, which allows you to zero in on the photo quickly. Squidoo has a great lens with stock photo tips that highlights some of the great features of iStockphoto, including tips on using the various features of the site to find unique photos quickly. Another perk of joining iStockphoto is that there are weekly free stock photos at a variety of resolutions. Their photos are affordable anyway, but it is nice to have some freely available to build up a library of images. Here are some examples:

Photo of Lightbulb

Photo of Dark-Haired Woman

Photo of Horses Running

Presentation Zen offers a good round up of places to find images. There is also a great list of sites with free stock photos at DazzlinDonna.