Web meetings Participant webcams; shared documents; slides Unless I’ve missed something important, there seem to be three distinct uses for real-time online commmunications. The following table represents a first attempt at clarifying the discriminating characteristics of these three:   Webinars

document sharing) Empressr – [link] Flypaper – [link] Freepath – [link] Scribd – [link] (all types of document document sharing) SlideBoom – [link] SlideRocket – [link] SlideServe - [link] Slideshare – [link] SlideSix – [link] 280 Slides Tags: Another player has joined the online PowerPoint sharing space - Slideserve .  0160; The service is similar to those offered by other players: .docstoc –

Despite the application’s inconsistent cooperation (I did check the web site for troubleshooting and found no answers); it works great when it plays nice. Canson, the company behind the product, might want to consider adding features to the software that allow users to use the mouse and keyboard to interact with the Papershow document. Tags: BBP resources PowerPoint Web/Tech presentation If you don’t have a  Tablet PC to write directly on your slides during a BBP presentation, you can always use a whiteboard as a companion to your screen.  But if you want even

PowerPoint is a great tool for creating presentations, but it has never been particularly good at creating documentation or handouts. However, it is a huge amount of work to maintain two completely separate sets of documents. This simple little addin fills the gap very nicely by providing a simple yet powerful documentation creating capability for PowerPoint. Enter George! for PowerPoint by Leaders Guide Pro.

Imagine my disappointment when the answer was, "there's a brief description in the documentation" and "a printed set of Etiquette Guides in each room." Yikes! Tags: Video - Use It Web/Tech cisco communications decker telepresence trainin   My favorite guest blogger is back, and I don't say that just because she's our Executive VP and my daughter-in-law, but because she is brilliant in developing programs for our clients. If you're not doing so already, follow her on Twitter @kellydecker.

0160; The web is making that rite of passage of going to college unnecessary.  0160; For free or a pittance of the $200,000-something it costs to matriculate at Harvard or MIT, those of all ages can get a college degree or the equivalent in education on the web.  This concrete documentation that going to college isn't required either for intellectual development or a career might finally burst the higher-education bubble.  Whoever thought it was an educational experience to throw thousands of adolescents together might look like a damn fool today. 

Know When to Use a slide show Is your message best served by a slide show presentation or a document? There isn’t anything wrong with using documents as a presentation tool. If you find images or movies on the web, develop an agreement with the owner to use it. Google Docs ); Wiki Home Computers DIY Food & Drink Gadgets Green iPod & iPhone

With the new version Microsoft offers a new set of tools with its Office Web Applications for PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and OneNote. Go to your Sky Drive documents folder and drag a .pptx The first one uploaded will be recognized as a Microsoft document and then offer you the opportunity to participate in the Office Web Apps public beta - accept and you are all set! Everyone is eagerly awaiting the release of Office 2010 and the new PowerPoint ( or they should be - it is the best release/improvement since PowerPoint XP! ). For a limited time anyone can start using

Just look at LegalZoom , an online legal-document service co-founded by Robert Shapiro [yes, that Shapiro of the O.J. Tags: Web/Tec It's happening in the business of law faster than most expected: Technological displacement of lawyers.  0160; Dream Defense Team.] 

This has been well documented by Edward Tufte and others, and I'll personally confirm that with my past 30 years experience in the communication and speaking business. It is cognitive dissonance in action. •    Think of the problem with PowerPoint presentations filled with text, (also well documented in this blog and Presentation Zen and others. ) We’ve all had the sad but common experience of reading ahead, as the speaker says, “Now stay with me.” Business speakers (and leaders, keynoters, politicians, Pastors and, well, everyone…) need to be aware that like it or not, Twitter is coming to their speaking experience. Be Aware, and Beware!