Before you use powerpoints, really think it through In most cases, panels should focus on the discussion and interaction between the panelists. Most panels are such that each panelist will give a 15-20 minute powerpoint briefing, all panelists one right after the other. All the audience needs to hear are the speakers’ names, companies and titles, and let’s get on with the show. Posted by Dave on August 19th, Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Home Popular Posts About Contact Subscribe via RSS Connect with Jeremiah: twitter friendfeed linkedin flickr technorati Connect with Jeremiah on twitter Ripple 6 says the timing of my report is off http://blog.ripple6.com/?p=616

Use Camtasia, Jing or even PowerPoint to bring your tutorials to life. Entertainment Television and later served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing & Advertising for Fox Family Worldwide, a division of Fox in Los Angeles. Stand Out from the Marketing Crowd Thanks to Lou Bortone , video marketing guru for this guest post In an over-crowded and hyper-competitive marketplace, video marketing can help you break through the clutter and deliver your message in a powerful and memorable way.

In Los Angeles this week preparing presentations for one of our larger clients, who just this past week was listed as the top earning woman of the year! Tags: PowerPoin Serious - Lori and I are working for Mattel Toys preparing presentations and this really was in the L.A. times.

The participants represented a wide cross-section of professions and interests, and included such luminaries as Michael Deutch of MindJet , Nat Robinson of SlideRocket , Scott Schwertly of Ethos3 , Rick Altman of PowerPoint Live and Ric Bretschneider of Microsoft. was so inspired by the event, I thought we should get a little BarCamp going on down in my ‘hood - Hollywood and Los Angeles- where they know a little something about storytelling with words and pictures. I decided to take a little last-minute trip Saturday to San Francisco to visit the PresentationCamp SF , and was I ever glad I did!

PPT Live continues through Wednesday, but I am flying back to Los Angeles for a large project today. But I consider myself very fortunate to enjoy time with the other PowerPoint MVPs and some of the Microsoft PowerPoint program managers. (front to back, left to right: Sandy Johnson, Echo Swinford, Glenna Shaw, Julie Terberg, Sandy Hu, Tony Ramos, Glen Millar, Troy Chollar, Ric Bretschneider, Jim Gordon, Steve Rindsberg, Bill Dillworth, John Wilson, Geetesh Bajaj) - Troy @ TLC Original post blogged on b2evolution . ...Tags: Tags: Persona

This cord came in handy in March when I was a speaker at a conference in Los Angeles and I used the cord to help out a panel session where the laptop wasn’t close to where the panel was seated. When I travel to deliver customized workshops or speak at conferences, I carry the normal equipment for a presenter: my laptop, presentation remote and projector if required. In today’s tip, I want to share with you a few of the other pieces of equipment I carry that come in handy when travelling.

participants will gather at BlankSpaces in Los Angeles for a unique collaborative experience: creating a public speaking conference from scratch. says Cliff Atkinson, author of “Beyond Bullet Points” and PresentationCampLA organizer. “For only $10 – a great value in tough economic times – participants get access to some of the top presentation coaches in the world!” Possible session topics include “Storyboarding 101,” “Embrace Twitter in Your Presentation,” “How to Get Your Book Published by a Real Publisher,” “Using Toys For Fun and Effective Learning,” and “Kill the People:

There was the usual mix of engaging speakers, dreary speakers, and horrible PowerPoint. Tea," aka Mark Ukra, the passionate and slightly eccentric owner of the Tea Garden and Herbal Emporium in Los Angeles, gave an inspiring talk on "converting the coffee culture" on Friday. Over the past weekend we attended the World Tea Expo (see posts here and here from last year when I was a speaker there). So much better in Vegas than Hotlanta.

As Jackson said to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach , the unofficial rabbi to the stars in Los Angeles, "I want people to love me...because In the course of four compressed days at PowerPoint Live, we develop tight bonds with people whom we have just met and it is easy to regard these types of friendships as more than they are. The passing of legend Michael Jackson has been felt in every part of society's fabric, so it should come as no surprise that the community of presentation professionals can reflect on his life and take something from his experiences. As I separate the bizarre