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 .

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. Here’s an example of how I use this technique: “Here’s the main thing that I want you to get. 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. Crafting a set of tweets for the main points of your presentation and then tweeting them as you make those points in your live presentation is a great way to be part of the Twitter conversation. Both Keynote and PowerPoint have add-ins which allow you to automatically send a tweet when you click on a slide. Presenting while people are tweeting is challenging – but also adds a new dimension to the presentation experience for your audience. Gradually tools are being

Chris tested the effects of using two different types of PowerPoint slides in a presentation. There are two main types: 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: At last, we have some scientifically rigorous evidence to show that slides full of bullet-points don’t work. The research is the work of Chris

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?

How to Change the World A practical blog for impractical people. « A Brief History of Mine | Main | Resolution Assistance » December 30, 2005 The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint I suffer from something called Ménière’s disease—don’t worry, you cannot get it from reading my blog. Before there is an epidemic of Ménière’s

Having your main points displayed gives them emphasis. Charts and graphs My recommendation is not to import these directly from Excel into PowerPoint. Create your chart in PowerPoint and only include the numbers which are required to make your point. For other styles see my post The Top 7 PowerPoint slide designs . It’s called the Assertion-Evidence Format and it was developed by Professor Michael Alley (I’ve mentioned it previously but somehow never devoted a whole post to it). BTW, if you’ve downloaded and read my Presentation Planning

It is imperative that presenters get training on the basics of communicating a clear message and presentation skills in order to understand that PowerPoint should just be a tool to support their message, not the message itself. Presenters not being prepared The second most commented area was presenters who were not prepared either on the topic or the slides. Again, it looks like we have to educate many presenters on the basics of preparing to communicate a message. Non-professional graphics and use of animation While these areas were covered partially by the main question on

Slides containing mainly text. It’s probably the main reason most presentations go on too long. Now out of the material that you have left, identify the main points that support the key message. There are four main types of evidence: In a perfect world, every new presentation would be prepared from scratch, tailored exactly to the specific audience. But in reality, you sometimes have to cobble together a “new presentation” from pre-existing material.

On the Road: My Experience Teaching PowerPoint   This is a guest post from Kirk Mossing, PowerPoint™ Consultant and Trainer.   What do Audiences REALLY Think About PowerPoint?   Travelling across the nation and working with clients like Google and Stanford University, I routinely ask my students one key question: “As an And 100% of the time I hear: “There are too many words on a slide.” Followed up with: “I can’t read it.”