Beautiful, Inspiring Presentations in 21st Century Higher Education
Just saw today a really cool text masking effect in Canva by Tahir Ali, a member of Canva Design Circle (Facebook group). So I watched his tutorial video – and was strucked by how simple the trick is. Thank you Tahir! I created a video tutorial for the text masking effect in a Canva free…
Today I delivered a keynote talk at ICODIGIPHAS conference organised by Universitas Perintis Indonesia. In the talk, via Zoom, I shared keys or ways to engage students, in particular Gen Z, who are learning from home during this pandemic. The recorded session of my keynote talk at the ICODIGIPHAS conference is available here, and I’ve…
In the coming months, I plan to release several short online courses using iPad to design a presentation on-the-go. I start with PowerPoint OTG. InsyaAllah. In PowerPoint OTG course, I will share five simple tips using PowerPoint on iPad. Since many of us are WFH during these prolonged lockdowns, flexibility and connectivity are important. It…
Tuesdays with Morrie. A beautiful book. My most favourite book of all time. And this post is one that I’ve always wanted to write about. Always at the back of my mind for many many years. Decades. The book is about Morrie and his final few months before his passing. It contains stories and pearls…
Good news! PNM has selected my book Elevate for Dana Penulis PNM. In early February 2020, I received Whatsapp messages from PNM (the National Library of Malaysia) about the good news. Elevate will be distributed to all public libraries in Malaysia! Syukur, alhamdulillah! 😁😁 Thank you PNM and all my readers of Elevate for your…
A well-designed academic slide deck will help you spark joy, inspire and move your audience during a presentation. Guided by the approach of Presentation Zen, I put forward a minimalist presentation style that emphasises on having only essential elements on a slide and do away with non-essentials. This approach helps to keep things simple, focused…