Eric Pesik

Lawyer, Teacher, Trainer

[Eric Pesik @EricPesik]

Using your corporate template should never become an excuse for a poor presentation #PowerPoint #Presentation #CorporateLife
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Original quote from Dave Paradi, https://t.co/TH1xEovkNp, Results of the 2015 Annoying PowerPoint survey
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"It continues to amaze me how many presenters read their slides to the audience… this is clearly the single most annoying thing a presenter can do." #PowerPoint #presentation
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When smoking is mandatory #badsigns #wrongsigns #ambiguoussigns

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@brianlfrye Punctuation still matters

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"In or about and between 2016 and the present, both dates being approximate and inclusive..." Wait, when? #legalwriting

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@JAMSADR Your model clauses aren't so carefully crafted as they use "shall" in the passive voice.

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Curious about when to use 1 space or 2 spaces after a period? #2spaces

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@bethwalkr I created a simple flowchart based on this study #AppellateTwitter

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With apologies to @ScottAdamsSays, I don’t think most people harbour the belief their slides are beautiful, but they do think their presentations are brilliant. #dilbert #powerpoint #presenting

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"The P&L is a thought exercise, not a tool to calculate your $20m profits in year 5." #Business #Planning https://t.co/wPDWXPPTN5

[SlideMagic @SlideMagicHQ]

Blog: "Bringing it together in a P&L" https://t.co/o6PTi3h0Q5

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@Geetesh No. Just stop using #PowerPoint wrong. It's not PowerPoint that's unorganized, unpursuasive, and unengaging. It's PowerPoint users @Geetesh

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@legalwritingpro Or lawyers who passionately defend the merits of "shall" or "will" but still use them in the passive voice @BryanAGarner @legalwritingpro

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Slide count is completely unimportant, says @Clearpreso, adherence an arbitrary number almost always ensures boredom https://t.co/yc0TtelXps

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American children are routinely vaccinated against both @BryanAGarner

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With "inter alia" you don't have to write the English equivalent; 90% of the time you can just leave it out @JudgeDillard

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@SlideMagicHQ All true. But sometimes brining it back to basic is what it takes to make it great @SlideMagicHQ https://t.co/OJHno2oVRC

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Want to improve your #PowerPoint presentation overnight? Replace your text and bullet-points with icons. https://t.co/NZanMVIF6Q

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That time you took punctuation lessons from an opinion that uses double spaces after a period @bradheath @OrinKerr https://t.co/KLJEXhDn1K

[Brad Heath @bradheath]

1st Cir.: "For want of a comma, we have this case."
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If you're still doing this, you are one of *those* lawyers. @BryanAGarner https://t.co/28mDAquGhU

[Bryan A. Garner @BryanAGarner]

From an SEC filing: this is a good example of why it's so silly to use word-numeral doublets.