Since we've been talking about coming out from behind the lectern , let's talk about coming out from behind the computer. PowerPoint users are frequently seen standing in one place, pushing a button on their computer to advance their slides. But then they have to return once again to "the button." Some remotes are tiny and invisible in your hand.

Those no-frills low-cost laptops created by MIT Media Lab head Nicholas Negroponte will be on the way to Haiti.  0160; They will be used, reports  Stephanie Murg on Mediabistro.com, by "aid and reconstruction groups" helping the earthquake victims.

The first gives an excellent reminder in 6 easy steps on how to connect a laptop to your projector and the other gives 3 questions to ask when choosing a projector to purchase. Tags: PowerPoint Tools Presentation Technology Projectors choosing a LCD projector connecting a projector to your laptop

0160; They are banning laptops.  That doubts skyrocketed Sunday when I had to kill three hours while Best Buy geeks prepped my new laptop and transferred files.  0160; Four tables were shut down by those with, yeah, laptops. 0160; Now so do some of those Third Places in New York.  0160; My suggestion?

People can now take notes on their phones and laptops, or they may have a game on their cellphone which is equivalent to doodling. So the first point is that people who appear to be fully-engaged with their cellphones and laptops may still be paying attention to you. Most people close their laptops. What’s the assumption?

It’s an interesting question if you pile all the technology of laptops, mobile devices and phones, and how that helps or hurts the ability for a speaker to keep people’s attention. better question is:  what is the best way for everyone to get as much value from the speaker as possible? were alerting others where they were.

Conference they are probably attached to a laptop or mobile device of some sort. Since (nearly) everyone at this conference would have a laptop–or a smart phone–they could load this chat room and join the discussion right where they were sitting. Last month Nancy Duarte spoke at Web2.0 Expo and it was a huge success.

He supposedly spent five weeks hanging out in Starbucks in Washington with his laptop drinking espresso cofeee and Red Bull while putting together the inaugural address. It's been quite entertaining reading about Jon Favreau and his speechwriting habits. That's pretty

The first time I took the iPad out, my laptop came along too as I couldn’t quite convince myself that the iPad would do everything I needed. Since then unless I know that I will specifically need it (such as for development work) the laptop has stayed at home; the iPad has quickly become my main portable device for business.

was interested in Bill’s observation about modern conference events: “With the pervasiveness of wireless hot spots and laptops that have built-in wireless capability, conference audiences have turned keynotes into multitasking events, half-listening to presentations while simultaneously answering email and browsing the web.&#.