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Aids and resources for writers and teachers of writing
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41 Resources, Tools, And Apps To Improve Writing Skills

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"41 Resources, Tools, And Apps To Improve Writing Skills by Tom Vander Ark first appeared on gettingsmart.com  


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Ken Morrison's curator insight, January 3, 4:57 PM

A very nice collection of tech tools to help writing teachers

Louise Robinson-Lay's curator insight, January 3, 5:53 PM

Who says using computers is not good for kids writing skills? These apps will certainly help get rid of that myth.

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A Brief History of Information Design and Visual Storytelling

Humankind has been telling complex stories through simple visuals long before you saw your first infographic at Mashable. History is humbling, let's go back in

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Karen Dietz's curator insight, February 6, 4:24 PM

If you are into data and storytelling, then this brief overview is for you. The slideshare program quickly explains data visualization through time.


Of course, how data is displayed -- if done well -- can tell its own story.  The next step is to give a presentation as a story, and tell the story of the data as you are doing so. 


Until then, enjoy this quick historical review of visual storytelling.


This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it

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7 Tips to Beautiful PowerPoint -- Or how to tell compelling biz stories with PPT

Short talk about presentations given at Startup Dynamo, a workshop held by Startup@Singapore NUS using the Learn Startup Methodology. My segment was on Present

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Sandra Carswell's curator insight, February 26, 10:36 PM

Teachers and adults need to heed this advice. 

Elaine Melinda Steyn's curator insight, March 17, 7:19 AM

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Nikos Tzindalis's curator insight, April 10, 9:51 AM

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The Shapes of Stories, a Kurt Vonnegut Infographic

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My take on visually presenting Kurt Vonnegut's theories about archetypal stories, designed after researching the subject. 11"x17" (click for larger version)

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Mercor's curator insight, February 7, 10:54 AM

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Tribe Pictures's curator insight, February 8, 10:31 AM

Great infographic on Kurt Vonnegut's theories on story shapes 

Mary Daniels Brown's curator insight, February 8, 10:52 AM

A graphic designer's visual representation of story structure. Nice!

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Presentation Rules using Visual Storytelling to sell Big Ideas

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Article discussing ideas from the book Brain Rules on the impact of our visual perception on sales presentations (Presentation Rules using Visual Storytelling to sell Big Ideas http://t.co/Pn8Vpw7g)...

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Karen Dietz's comment, January 4, 12:19 PM
LOL Billy! In that case it becomes a story trigger -- a word or image that triggers a known story in the mind of the listener.
Karen Dietz's comment, January 4, 12:19 PM
Yes, I loved that point too Outi!
Louise Robinson-Lay's curator insight, January 27, 4:50 PM

Some interesting ideas on how to tell a visual story and make your presentations more memorable.