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29 Articles match "PowerPoint","Projector"
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
You don't need a projector or WebEx to conduct a presentation. Design Visual Communications Effectively - It's rare you see a presentation not utilizing PowerPoint (or Keynote). Unfortunately, nearly all of those PowerPoint presentations suck. If there's one thing I've learned while engulfed in the world of marketing communications the past few years, it's that you are ALWAYS presenting - especially when it comes to business.
Every interaction you have with prospects, customers, vendors, or even just a random passer-by can has the potential to change the course
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
8221; Not all presentations involve standing up, PowerPoint, or a projector.
In a survey of over 300 businesses, 89% of employers stated that they want colleges to place more emphasis on oral and written communication. That was a higher percentage than any other skill, knowledge, or ability. This comes from the Association of American Colleges &
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
It was a perfect spot for some wine, appetizers and mingling, and my PowerPoint "twittorial," an overview of how to use Twitter. The data projector had shut down, but my computer was still on battery power, so people gamely suggested we gather around it and continue on. Download audio here. Every time I give a presentation or attend one, I secretly hope there's some sort of incident or issue that arises for me to write about here on Speak Schmeak. Well, I certainly got my wish last night.
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Monday, April 7, 2008
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
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
On Monday evening, I ran a PowerPoint Karaoke contest at the Cape Communicators Toastmaster Club. We had about 10 people who were each given a random deck of PowerPoint slides, and they were given about three minutes to present a presentation using their slides. It is a great way to both practise your impromptu speaking skills, and to have some practise with PowerPoint.
This is the first one that I have ran, and it was a fantastic evening!
It was all in good fun, and we had some very interesting takes on the topics.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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 . I like the 3 questions but would add in a 4th - will you be traveling with your projector? If the answer is yes you need to include the size, weight and carrier options for the projector you are considering. I apologize for not posting for a couple of weeks. I took a vacation away from the computer, blogging and any other responsibilities.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
He presented on pivot tables in Excel and I gave a high-level presentation on basic steps one can take to make more effective use of PowerPoints. His presentation didn’t use even one PowerPoint slide at all. I do this with all of my slides that are in PowerPoint format. At the place where I earn my living, we’ll sometimes have someone in the office give a “brown bag” presentation during the lunch hour. The idea is that any meetings during this hour are completely optional for all of those who are invited, which is everyone in the division.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
One such silly rule is that you shouldn’t walk into into the beam of the projector. The closer you are to the projector the more central you can be without getting in the beam:
Tags: Delivery Hans Rosling PowerPoint Visual aid Public speaking and presenting are full of silly rules. I
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Edward de Bono ponders the human need for PowerPoint.
Not for de Bono, who sits next his overhead projector, sideways to the audience.
For those with a long memory, early PowerPoint was hailed as a great, professional-looking alternative to scratchy overhead projector images. Now that everyone uses it, PowerPoint has the stand-out value of a white business I’ve ve never been chased down the street by an angry lynch mob of AV technicians before, bent on stringing me up from a lamp post with multicore cable, wrists and ankles securely gaffer-taped together.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The New York Times reported that touchscreen smartphones like the iPhone have found new utility as universal remotes for televisions and for projectors using PowerPoint. PowerPoint remote application for the iPhone (and the iPod Touch) called
i-Clickr. The application connects to PowerPoint on a PC and displays
the According to the article " Senstic makes a $9.99 i-Clickr.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
In the olden days, even expensive projectors were Jessica Simpson-dim, which meant room lights at zero and blinding spotlights on the presenter.
This is your standard conference-style series of presentations, with regular presenters, using PowerPoint. Today’s projectors are bright enough to work under most lighting conditions. I’m in a very dark place right now.
Which makes me sound like some kind of moody, tortured Christian Bale Batman character, and nothing could be further from the truth.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
But just in case you forgot, you can make your own glorious PowerPoint Valentine. Last winter, I was deeply chagrined when I saw an image of myself as I stood in front of the projector. Because my PowerPoint background was blue, I was blue, too ! So why not create a beautiful pink keylight for yourself You didn't forget Valentine's Day -- or did you? Oh, how could you!
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
For the second edition of what we affectionately refer to now as my Sucks book, I would like to hear from PowerPoint users who are preparing content for presentations outside of the conventional notebook / projector / screen environment.
Webinars Tags: Design PowerPoin With my daughter's all-consuming bat mitzvah now in our rear-view mirror, I will return, with renewed vigor, to semi-regular blog postings. Let's see if I can actually accomplish bi-weekly...
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