normally don’t carry that amount of gear with me, but I do carry more than just my laptop and remote. carry a 12 foot VGA extension cable in the bottom of my laptop bag. Because it allows me to place my laptop where I can see it and work with it regardless of how the AV staff have set up the projector connection. MORE >>

If you setup Presenter View, you can see a great summary of your presentation on your laptop screen, and show the regular presentation on the projector screen. 'Here is a quick tip to make your PowerPoint presentations a little more effective. So when I give a presentation, I see something like this. Presenter View. Presenter View. MORE >>

a question was raised about the ethics of laptops being positioned in front of television newscasters if they are there to convey the impression of being up-to-the-minute (but not for actual use). In a recent article of The Ethicist in the NYTimes ( [link]. Is this advertising (product placement), the writer asked, ethical for a news show? MORE >>

I’ve told you about open-source software that will put a teleprompter on your desktop or laptop. iPad app Prompster is all-in-one speechwriter, recorder & teleprompter. Teleprompters were once the province of conventions and television studios. Now, iPad owners can take the teleprompter with them with new app Prompster. MORE >>

Or if everyone in your audience has laptops and takes notes during the presentation, there may be no real value in providing a handout. Most presenters at most presentations give handouts to the audience. So why are we, as presenters, so committed to sending our audiences home, laden with paper? think it's just become a habit. For sure. MORE >>