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Going Analog

Garr Reynolds of Presentation Zen suggests planning a presentation away from the computer. He calls this 'Going analog'.

It makes a lot of sense. When presenters prepare their content in Powerpoint/Keynote, their content becomes just a series of slides.

Sitting down with a pen and paper, you can focus on the bigger picture and identify your core message.

I tried it. I tried mind-mapping which I've never been very good at. Here's what I came up with: