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The producer behind the dark pop duo Deus Ex Lumina 🎹 Music Producer 🎧 Audio Designer 🪙 Crypto-artist

I like programming in python y web development

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Hello how are you? I hope well, here I leave you a little of my art. black and white, pencil. I greet you carefully. gonza

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Vigilant Transportation Operations Manager arranging for the safe efficient transport of products. Especially skilled at determining the best available routes to ensure timely arrivals. Specialize in dealing with logistics challenges in a cost-effective manner. Working in different restaurants to understand the process and necessities.

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Cinematographer, Digital Producer & Programmer.

AI and ML implemented for Language Research, especially for under-resourced languages.

What I Got Wrong About Visual Aids For years, I taught the standard PowerPoint wisdom: minimal text, compelling visuals, slide design principles, animation best practices. I spent hours helping people create "professional-looking" presentations. Complete waste of time. The most effective workplace presentations I've seen recently use slides as reference documents, not performance props. Dense with relevant information, designed for clarity rather than visual impact, created to support the presentation rather than drive it. This approach requires presenters to actually know their material instead of reading from slides, but it produces presentations that serve their intended purpose: communicating useful information to people who need it. The Technology Trap Modern presentation software encourages bad presentations by making it easy to create visually impressive content that says nothing meaningful. We've confused visual sophistication with communication effectiveness. I worked with a Brisbane marketing agency where account managers were spending 4-6 hours creating elaborate slide decks for client presentations that could have been 20-minute conversations. The visual design was impressive, but clients complained about information overload and unclear recommendations. Solution? Replace most presentations with structured conversations supported by simple documents. Client satisfaction increased, and account managers had more time for actual client work. Professional development courses That Actually Improve Presentations Effective presentation training focuses on thinking skills, not performance skills: Logical organisation - How to structure information so audiences can follow your reasoning Audience analysis - Understanding what information your specific audience actually needs Content editing - Eliminating everything that doesn't serve your presentation's purpose Question handling - Preparing for the real communication that happens after formal presentations These skills transfer across all communication contexts and actually improve workplace effectiveness instead of just making people slightly less nervous about public speaking. The ROI of Real Presentation Skills Companies that focus on communication substance instead of presentation performance see measurable improvements in decision-making speed and quality. When presentations contain relevant information organised logically, meetings become more productive and projects move forward more efficiently. A Hobart engineering firm tracked decision implementation times before and after changing their presentation training focus from "confidence building" to "clear reasoning." Average time from presentation to project approval decreased from 23 days to 11 days, primarily because presentations contained the information decision-makers actually needed. The Confidence Paradox Here's something that makes presentation trainers uncomfortable: confidence comes from competence, not technique. People become confident presenters when they have something worth saying and know how to organise it clearly. Teaching presentation techniques to people who don't understand their material or audience creates performers, not communicators. These presenters might appear more confident, but their presentations are still ineffective because the fundamental communication problems remain unaddressed. What Works Instead Forget presentation skills workshops focused on overcoming anxiety and projecting confidence. Focus on communication fundamentals: Understand your audience - What do they need to know and why? Organise information logically - Structure content so audiences can follow your reasoning Eliminate unnecessary content - Respect your audience's time and intelligence Practice explaining complex topics simply - Without dumbing them down The best presenters aren't performers. They're people who understand their subjects deeply and can explain them clearly to others.

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