by Sid van Wijk | Jun 30, 2020 | Visual Storytelling
Sometimes it is painfully obvious that too many people have worked on a product, everyone needs to have their say. It feels cluttered, wordy and over-complete. That’s the case because it is just too easy to add. We see something new that might work too, and...
by Sid van Wijk | Jun 23, 2020 | Virtual
There is a restaurant in Amsterdam called Ctaste. I would recommend everyone to go there (AFTER COVID!). Not because of the food – which is great – but because they do one thing very differently: You have to dine in the complete dark. Believe me, you cannot see a...
by Sid van Wijk | Jun 16, 2020 | Storytelling, Visual Storytelling
I have never seen a movie where the story was structured like a document. I can’t imagine that anyone would buy a ticket for something that starts with the introduction of all characters, followed by an agenda. I’ve never seen a TED speaker starting with an agenda...
by Sid van Wijk | Jun 2, 2020 | Virtual
The number of slides you are allowed to use for your presentation seems to be very important to event managers. This is a very common constraint, and it is truly hard to figure out where this ‘rule’ is coming from. I’m writing this blog now because I heard it again...
by Sid van Wijk | Jun 2, 2020 | Virtual
My profession is all about speaking and this is normally on a stage. Because of COVID-19 that stage is now my desk at home. I was lucky to have bought a decent webcam before the price was doubled and next day-delivery changed to 3 weeks. But the show must go on –...
