Review of top 10 speaking blogs at Alltop

Alltop is a site that brings together blogs from a specific niche in a way that allows you to quickly skim and scan. They’ve recently added a category for speaking blogs. The blogs are not explicitly ranked but the first 10 blogs to be mentioned will get more attention. So here’s my review of each of these blogs:

So some of the Top 10 blogs are past their best. Who would I promote?

1. The Extreme Presentation Method. Andrew Abela is a presentation trainer with a particular interest in visual thinking – how to effectively portray concepts in a visual way. There are many excellent visual thinking resources on his blog. He supports his advice with evidence – see his post on evidence-based presenting. He doesn’t post that often but every post is worth reading.
2. The YouBlog. Some of his posts come across as a bit of a rant, but John Windsor is not afraid to challenge conventional advice. He often has an interesting visual – a combination of an image with scrawled handwriting. See his post on graphics for more ideas.
3. Dave Paradi’s PowerPoint Blog. Dave Paradi takes the principles of effective use of PowerPoint and shows you how to do it in practice. His weekly slide makeover podcasts are excellent.

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