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I’ve posted (and perhaps even ranted!) about the 7% myth in the past. Now, at last, the man who did the original (mis-)quoted research speaks out. He did an interview for BBC Radio 4 recently. I don’t know how long the recording will stay live, so get it while you can. You can listen to it here.

In short – your presentation isn’t 93% the way you say things with only 7% what you say.

…..are (almost) always horrible. The lack atmosphere and they often lack anything that might be described as subtle. Putting a presentation on the web so that all anyone sees is your slides is, as I’ve tweeted once, a bit like looking only at the balls and wondering why the juggling act is a bit rubbish….

Something which might help is http://www.synchpoint.co.uk/. They contacted Curved Vision this morning and being nosy, I poked around the website. I have to admit that I’ve never used them but if I needed to do what their stuff does, I’d be seriously tempted…. you get to watch a recording of the presentation and see the slides (synchronized). What’s more, there are a load of gadgets which allow you to skip forward, back and sideways (by searching).

What it can’t do, of course, is make your presentation any good in the first place!