Writing for listening

I’m pretty good at working up a nice presentation ( [Keynote](http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/)  rocks my socks). The main rule for doing good prezo is **don’t show up naked**  . You’d be surprised how many people here forget that one.

No, the actual big rule is don’t read your slides . Gruber linked to an excellent step-by-step guide to making sure the presentation you’re making is a good one. There are some excellent tips in there on how to design slides and the language to go along with them.

This dovetails nicely with what I’m up to now in real life. I’ve signed up for the PBS announcer’s course , with a view to eventually having my very own radio show on a real honest-to-goodness radio station. Golly. Last night, we learnt about writing for the radio – it’s similar to writing for presentations, which I’m used to. It’s important to be quick and punchy, far more conversational and simplistic than traditional journalistic or fiction writing.