In my post 10 tools for presenting with Twitter , I lamented that there was no easy-to-use way of posting tweets from within PowerPoint. has now created an add-in for PowerPoint 2004 and 2007 which does just that. Go to Timo’s PowerPoint Twitter page to download the add-in. Timo Elliott of SAPWeb2.0 It’s called AutoTweet .

You'll learn a lot about how to avoid death by PowerPoin This short slidecast by Karl Kapp shows great makeovers.

There’s a revolution in the design of PowerPoint slides, but not the delivery. Here are five methods that will make the delivery of your PowerPoint presentation stand out. This works best with a PowerPoint slide with a plain background with your message written on it in a clear font in a large point size. Most speakers still rely on their slides to cue them. They click, they talk, click, talk, click, talk…

would love to see more tools available which work within the most common slideware – PowerPoint and Keynote. Both Keynote and PowerPoint have add-ins which allow you to automatically send a tweet when you click on a slide. There is an add-in to do this with PowerPoint 2007 called Slide Tweet , but you need Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio Tools for Office. Presenting while people are tweeting is challenging – but also adds a new dimension to the presentation experience for your audience. Gradually tools are being developed to make it easier for you as the presenter to

Chris tested the effects of using two different types of PowerPoint slides in a presentation. Related posts: New research questions the benefits of custom animation in PowerPoint Powerpoint custom animation experiment – check out the animation for yourself New scientific evidence for banning bullets from your PowerPoint slides ...Tags: Tags: Powerpoint cognitive load PowerPoint PowerPoint slide design slide design working At last, we have some scientifically rigorous evidence to show that slides full of bullet-points don’t work.

"What would you like to see in PowerPoint design in 2009?" That's what Olivia Mitchell, who writes the fantastic Speaking About Presenting blog, asked me last month. Lots of great ideas!) My PowerPoint design wishes for 2009? The look and feel of social media techniques will transition into PowerPoint design. So what might this kind of PowerPoint design look Now, Olivia didn't ask just me: she also acted as community organizer, posing the question to a plethora of presentation bloggers. She asked us to write one post on this topic.

With all the recent emphasis on the design of your PowerPoints (Keynote for the Mac), it's time to revisit the fact that your visuals are NOT your presentation. think that the emphasis on PowerPoints (we'll call them PP for brevity) is because 2008 WAS a great year for great design with the publication of Garr Reynolds' book "Presentation Zen" and Nancy Duarte's "slide:ology" (both still best sellers on Amazon.) You and your Point of View are the centerpiece. I

Research carried out by Stephen Mahar, Ulku Yaylacicegi and Thomas Janicki found that students who were shown an animated PowerPoint slideshow learnt less than those that saw a non-animated slideshow. When I first read of the research on Science Daily Could PowerPoint presentations be stifling learning? The PowerPoint custom animation they used I thought that simple, non-distracting animations that brought in slide elements one at a time as I verbally introduced them was helpful. I

This is Your Brain on PowerPoint.  When it comes to experiencing a PowerPoint presentation, there's only so much your brain can process. We're seeing more PowerPoint slides with simple images and minimal words. Your brain demands more!   photo  credit:  Spigoo The 2009 backlash.  Let Our brains have 2 lobes. Loosely speaking, the left handles data, facts, and analysis.

You’ve read Presentation Zen and Slideology and you’re convinced about the benefits of using visually-engaging PowerPoint slides when you present. Suggest that they also have hard-copy notes (which is a useful back-up for technology failure anyway) and that they gradually transition from using their Powerpoint slides as their notes to using their hard-copy notes. After weaning themselves off their But everyone else in your organization stubbornly sticks to the bullet-point slides. How can you persuade them to change their minds?