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Those no-frills low-cost laptops created by MIT Media Lab head Nicholas Negroponte will be on the way to Haiti. They will be used, reports Stephanie Murg on Mediabistro.com, by "aid and reconstruction groups" helping the earthquake victims. MORE
That will apply to us laptop users who access Facebook. There's that old adage: There is no free lunch. It has decided that if we are using ad blockers on that free service, it will enable its advertisers to bypass that technology. MORE
Today we still see too many business people, academics, and students, stuck behind lecterns with their eyes fixed on their laptops as they try to make their case, report their findings, or pitch their ideas. A good remote allows you to get away from the lectern and your laptop. MORE
I just read an email about an author from Port Elizabeth who has lost over 200 pages from a book that she is busy writing after her laptop was stolen. These are over 200 pages of the only draft! While I feel sorry for her, I hear this kind of story almost every week. How simple is it to really backup your files? I am sure that right now, she is thinking that perhaps she should back up on a more regular basis. MORE
Say, I am the typical professional dependent on my laptop for most work-related tasks and recognize how risky it is to allow that laptop to be part of checked baggage. Meanwhile, as I struggle with long form on the iPhone I worry if my suitcase containing the laptop will be lost. 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. MORE
I’ve never seen a laptop that didn’t, but many desktop computers require two video cards. Most laptops also have an F key that sets this up. Presenter View is a secret view that only you see! MORE
Among the bids for a 3,000 word article on a topic associated with aging was one for $50. Yes, that's $50. Not even $500. This particular Baby Boomer writer indicated she was willing also to do three more for another $50 each. MORE
It’s about the size of a quarter, which helps mobile presenters using a laptop. Small dongle that won’t stick out of laptops. MORE
Take a look at TED and you’ll find people using laptops, tablets, and phones in new ways to help them tell their stories. Technology used well can bring extra impact to your presentation. MORE
In the film released last month - "Searching" - the father of a missing teenager relies on what is in smartphones and laptops. In the "Law & Order" programming, the detectives use law enforcement databases to help get their man - or woman. MORE
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. MORE
Laptop computer. Laptop power cable. Tags: Preparation PowerPoint public speaking Keynote Business Business Services Microsoft PowerPoint Education and Training Public Speaker Communications Banana Checklist Universal Serial Bus Notebooks and Laptops Contact lens As public speakers, we should be focused on our audience and the material. The last thing we want is to be distracted because we’ve overlooked a logistical detail. MORE
You no longer take your laptop to a picnic if you want to play music; you take your MP3 player instead. An iPad is an oversized iPod, without the functionality of a laptop. Presenting from an iPad is a different experience from using a laptop. MORE
In recent years we have seen an increase in the range of touchscreen laptops, desktops and display systems available and, as we seek to find ever more innovative approaches to our presentations, be prepared to see a rise in interactive touchscreen displays and experiences.… MORE
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 MORE
This was a one-take video that I filmed on my laptop, at home, with a laptop mike. In an attempt to make live presentations more accessible, I first used Closed Captioning in Google Slides for a presentation I gave around a year ago. MORE
While this post is not a definitive guide by any means, but these 11 tips will help to safely navigate the new workplace, and avoid situations that put a lot of people in bad positions each and every day: #1 Smartphones are not always associated with work – Fairly or unfairly, tablets and iPhones are often associated with activities such as texting and other non-work activities (unlike laptops). 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 => [link]. MORE
So, it was inevitable that my new HP laptop would be nightmareville from the get-go. I had a hunch the laptop needed more memory. I have low expectations of new purchases. Sometimes the universe will smile on me as when I purchased a new GM car after mine had been stolen. MORE
I would have preferred to be in denial that my laptop was in distress. I described the peculiar ways the laptop had been acting and my fear that, well, it was dying. There was something wrong. MORE
Almost every laptop sold today is a wide screen model. In PowerPoint, you can set the Slide Show Resolution to be different than the regular resolution that your laptop normally uses. So how does it look on my laptop screen? Either your laptop screen will show a horizontally stretched version of your slides, or it will show a display that has black bars on each side and is not stretched. MORE
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 I apologize for not posting for a couple of weeks. I took a vacation away from the computer, blogging and any other responsibilities. MORE
This means that you need to go to your laptop, move your cursor onto the shape, and click. What if you’re not close to your laptop and are using a remote to go from slide to slide? MORE
Electronic copy in a few formats – so you can connect to another laptop should the need be required. Laptop and power supply – even if you know they are supplying equipment, rather have it there as a backup. Finally two pointers for running the actual presentation: Don’t run the laptop off batteries (no matter how fresh). This is an extract of a training session that I present “Putting the POWER back into PowerPoint”. Nowadays, many of us use PowerPoint for our presentations. MORE
In the last month, two people that I know have lost substantial amounts of data that was stored on their laptops. The first was due to a laptop that was stolen at a conference, the second due to a drive failure. Both of them are experienced computer users, and both are educated about the importance of regular data backups. Neither of them was keeping any backups. Because they didn’t think that it would happen to them. They were taking a risk, and not expecting the unexpected. MORE
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. MORE
If you presenter from a laptop, you probably have — or should have — a remote, so that you don’t have to be tied to your laptop to forward the slides. MORE
3 Smartphones are not always associated with work – Fairly or unfairly, tablets and iPhones are often associated with activities such as texting and other non-work activities (unlike laptops). Technology in the workplace has certainly become a proverbial “double-edged sword.” 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). The sender—the wearer of the designer’s clothes or the laptop user—may not think advertising and so one can say from that point of view that there is no advertising. In a recent article of The Ethicist in the NYTimes ( [link]. ) MORE
Despite the growing use of mobile devices, many people still prefer using a laptop for giving their presentations. However, using a laptop nowadays doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to carry a rock on your shoulder. MORE
On the way to the Hospital, in the waiting room, and when sitting amidst the high-tech medical devices, I manned my smartphone and laptop. When I return to Yale Hospital next Friday, you bet, I will be lugging the iPhone and the laptop. MORE
More and more people are playing multimedia clips through their laptops. Purchase a tiny headphone volume control (Radio Shack) and plug it into the output of your laptop. You can then adjust the volume of your multimedia clip quickly without the need to use the internal volume controls of the laptop which is usually a little bit of a hassle Here's a quick way to handle the volume when you do not have a sound person in the room. MORE
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. Four tables were shut down by those with, yeah, laptops. I always had my profit doubts about the genteel practice of turning coffee shops and book stores into those Third Places - that is, where folks could just hang. Now so do some of those Third Places in New York. MORE
Example: If this laptop were a car, it would be a Cadillac. In the case of a laptop computer and a Cadillac, there could be any number of correspondences such as build-quality and performance for example. by Peter Watts. MORE
Have you ever started a presentation, gotten into a discussion with your audience, and found that your laptop went into hibernation because you stopped moving the mouse? This little program simulates jiggling the mouse, so your laptop doesn’t go to sleep. Do you find yourself jiggling the mouse to avoid your laptop going into hibernation? Delivery hibernation laptop mouse sleep mode MORE
But in front of you is your laptop and it shows the slide. Let’s say that you’re running a meeting and want to keep everyone on track so that the meeting ends on time. These days, fewer people wear watches. (My MORE
If you like taking notes on your laptop, keep in mind that it can be a barrier between you and others. The screen often blocks part of the other person’s body or face,” Mr. Eventoff says. That’s why I think a tablet or phone is actually the better way to take notes….” Read More. MORE
After I had unpacked my laptop, put my legal pad and pen next to it, and readied to check my email, my eyes bugged. Sure, I checked email on my smartphone but for the actual work I needed the programs on my laptop. Horrors. MORE
While this post is not a definitive guide by any means, but these 11 tips will help to safely navigate the new workplace, and avoid situations that put a lot of people in bad positions each and every day: #1 Smartphones are not always associated with work – Fairly or unfairly, tablets and iPhones are often associated with activities such as texting and other non-work activities (unlike laptops). MORE
And my favourite, laptop and projector refuse to speak to each other. Have a backup copy of your presentation with you (in a separate bag to your laptop). As a speaker, there are many things that can go wrong, and potentially derail your presentation. It is not a case of it something goes wrong, but of when it will go wrong. The difference between a minor incident and a major catastrophe comes down to one simple thing: preparation. MORE
For many years presenters have walked into a room and connected their laptop to the projector using a VGA cable. Look at your laptop. Get the correct adapters now and make room in your laptop bag to carry them so you have them when needed. For those using Mac laptops who have been using the Mini DisplayPort adapter to connect to VGA cables, it is time to get the adapter to connect to HDMI cables. MORE
Soon enough - and in disruptive circles, already - flipping open a laptop will brand us as Yesterday. Like all disruptions this shift from laptop to mobile gadget will have its winners and losers. MORE
On a laptop, if you hover the mouse over the Like button, the other options pop up. Well, the "Dislike" button many of us have been waiting for isn't happening on Facebook. At least not right now. MORE
Laptop Related Topics Presentation Guru
JANUARY 16, 2018
Despite the growing use of mobile devices, many people still prefer using a laptop for giving their presentations. However, using a laptop nowadays doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to carry a rock on your shoulder.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
In the film released last month - "Searching" - the father of a missing teenager relies on what is in smartphones and laptops. In the "Law & Order" programming, the detectives use law enforcement databases to help get their man - or woman.
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JUNE 13, 2018
So, it was inevitable that my new HP laptop would be nightmareville from the get-go. I had a hunch the laptop needed more memory. I have low expectations of new purchases. Sometimes the universe will smile on me as when I purchased a new GM car after mine had been stolen.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 21, 2017
Say, I am the typical professional dependent on my laptop for most work-related tasks and recognize how risky it is to allow that laptop to be part of checked baggage. Meanwhile, as I struggle with long form on the iPhone I worry if my suitcase containing the laptop will be lost.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 12, 2015
Soon enough - and in disruptive circles, already - flipping open a laptop will brand us as Yesterday. Like all disruptions this shift from laptop to mobile gadget will have its winners and losers.
Speak Schmeak
SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
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.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
AUGUST 9, 2016
That will apply to us laptop users who access Facebook. There's that old adage: There is no free lunch. It has decided that if we are using ad blockers on that free service, it will enable its advertisers to bypass that technology.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 9, 2014
Among the bids for a 3,000 word article on a topic associated with aging was one for $50. Yes, that's $50. Not even $500. This particular Baby Boomer writer indicated she was willing also to do three more for another $50 each.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 19, 2015
I would have preferred to be in denial that my laptop was in distress. I described the peculiar ways the laptop had been acting and my fear that, well, it was dying. There was something wrong.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 23, 2012
On the way to the Hospital, in the waiting room, and when sitting amidst the high-tech medical devices, I manned my smartphone and laptop. When I return to Yale Hospital next Friday, you bet, I will be lugging the iPhone and the laptop.
Great Public Speaking
JUNE 11, 2008
More and more people are playing multimedia clips through their laptops. Purchase a tiny headphone volume control (Radio Shack) and plug it into the output of your laptop. You can then adjust the volume of your multimedia clip quickly without the need to use the internal volume controls of the laptop which is usually a little bit of a hassle Here's a quick way to handle the volume when you do not have a sound person in the room.
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
Almost every laptop sold today is a wide screen model. In PowerPoint, you can set the Slide Show Resolution to be different than the regular resolution that your laptop normally uses. So how does it look on my laptop screen? Either your laptop screen will show a horizontally stretched version of your slides, or it will show a display that has black bars on each side and is not stretched.
PowerPoint Tips
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Have you ever started a presentation, gotten into a discussion with your audience, and found that your laptop went into hibernation because you stopped moving the mouse? This little program simulates jiggling the mouse, so your laptop doesn’t go to sleep. Do you find yourself jiggling the mouse to avoid your laptop going into hibernation? Delivery hibernation laptop mouse sleep mode
Manner of Speaking
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Laptop computer. Laptop power cable. Tags: Preparation PowerPoint public speaking Keynote Business Business Services Microsoft PowerPoint Education and Training Public Speaker Communications Banana Checklist Universal Serial Bus Notebooks and Laptops Contact lens As public speakers, we should be focused on our audience and the material. The last thing we want is to be distracted because we’ve overlooked a logistical detail.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
AUGUST 5, 2009
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. Four tables were shut down by those with, yeah, laptops. I always had my profit doubts about the genteel practice of turning coffee shops and book stores into those Third Places - that is, where folks could just hang. Now so do some of those Third Places in New York.
PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques
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. Tags: PowerPoint Tools Presentation Technology Projectors choosing a LCD projector connecting a projector to your laptop I apologize for not posting for a couple of weeks. I took a vacation away from the computer, blogging and any other responsibilities.
Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
Electronic copy in a few formats – so you can connect to another laptop should the need be required. Laptop and power supply – even if you know they are supplying equipment, rather have it there as a backup. Finally two pointers for running the actual presentation: Don’t run the laptop off batteries (no matter how fresh). This is an extract of a training session that I present “Putting the POWER back into PowerPoint”. Nowadays, many of us use PowerPoint for our presentations.
Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
I just read an email about an author from Port Elizabeth who has lost over 200 pages from a book that she is busy writing after her laptop was stolen. These are over 200 pages of the only draft! While I feel sorry for her, I hear this kind of story almost every week. How simple is it to really backup your files? I am sure that right now, she is thinking that perhaps she should back up on a more regular basis.
Matt Eventoff
AUGUST 24, 2016
If you like taking notes on your laptop, keep in mind that it can be a barrier between you and others. The screen often blocks part of the other person’s body or face,” Mr. Eventoff says. That’s why I think a tablet or phone is actually the better way to take notes….” Read More.
Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!
MAY 6, 2013
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.
The Presenter's Blog
MAY 8, 2012
You no longer take your laptop to a picnic if you want to play music; you take your MP3 player instead. An iPad is an oversized iPod, without the functionality of a laptop. Presenting from an iPad is a different experience from using a laptop.
Matt Eventoff
MARCH 13, 2013
3 Smartphones are not always associated with work – Fairly or unfairly, tablets and iPhones are often associated with activities such as texting and other non-work activities (unlike laptops). Technology in the workplace has certainly become a proverbial “double-edged sword.”
More than PowerPoint...
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
This was a one-take video that I filmed on my laptop, at home, with a laptop mike. In an attempt to make live presentations more accessible, I first used Closed Captioning in Google Slides for a presentation I gave around a year ago.
Presentation Guru
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
In recent years we have seen an increase in the range of touchscreen laptops, desktops and display systems available and, as we seek to find ever more innovative approaches to our presentations, be prepared to see a rise in interactive touchscreen displays and experiences.…
Speaking about Presenting
JANUARY 13, 2010
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.
PowerPoint Tips
APRIL 3, 2012
If you presenter from a laptop, you probably have — or should have — a remote, so that you don’t have to be tied to your laptop to forward the slides.
PowerPoint Tips
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
This means that you need to go to your laptop, move your cursor onto the shape, and click. What if you’re not close to your laptop and are using a remote to go from slide to slide?
Matt Eventoff
MARCH 20, 2012
While this post is not a definitive guide by any means, but these 11 tips will help to safely navigate the new workplace, and avoid situations that put a lot of people in bad positions each and every day: #1 Smartphones are not always associated with work – Fairly or unfairly, tablets and iPhones are often associated with activities such as texting and other non-work activities (unlike laptops).
Matt Eventoff
MARCH 20, 2012
While this post is not a definitive guide by any means, but these 11 tips will help to safely navigate the new workplace, and avoid situations that put a lot of people in bad positions each and every day: #1 Smartphones are not always associated with work – Fairly or unfairly, tablets and iPhones are often associated with activities such as texting and other non-work activities (unlike laptops).
Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!
JUNE 4, 2010
In the last month, two people that I know have lost substantial amounts of data that was stored on their laptops. The first was due to a laptop that was stolen at a conference, the second due to a drive failure. Both of them are experienced computer users, and both are educated about the importance of regular data backups. Neither of them was keeping any backups. Because they didn’t think that it would happen to them. They were taking a risk, and not expecting the unexpected.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
After I had unpacked my laptop, put my legal pad and pen next to it, and readied to check my email, my eyes bugged. Sure, I checked email on my smartphone but for the actual work I needed the programs on my laptop. Horrors.
PowerPoint Tips
APRIL 17, 2012
I’ve never seen a laptop that didn’t, but many desktop computers require two video cards. Most laptops also have an F key that sets this up. Presenter View is a secret view that only you see!
The Presenter's Blog
AUGUST 8, 2013
Example: If this laptop were a car, it would be a Cadillac. In the case of a laptop computer and a Cadillac, there could be any number of correspondences such as build-quality and performance for example. by Peter Watts.
The Communication Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2012
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). The sender—the wearer of the designer’s clothes or the laptop user—may not think advertising and so one can say from that point of view that there is no advertising. In a recent article of The Ethicist in the NYTimes ( [link]. )
The Speechwriter
FEBRUARY 3, 2009
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 Presenter's Blog
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
Take a look at TED and you’ll find people using laptops, tablets, and phones in new ways to help them tell their stories. Technology used well can bring extra impact to your presentation.
PowerPoint Tips
MAY 4, 2014
But in front of you is your laptop and it shows the slide. Let’s say that you’re running a meeting and want to keep everyone on track so that the meeting ends on time. These days, fewer people wear watches. (My
Presentation Zen
JULY 2, 2013
Today we still see too many business people, academics, and students, stuck behind lecterns with their eyes fixed on their laptops as they try to make their case, report their findings, or pitch their ideas. A good remote allows you to get away from the lectern and your laptop.
Beyond Bullet Points
MAY 25, 2009
It’s about the size of a quarter, which helps mobile presenters using a laptop. Small dongle that won’t stick out of laptops.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
On a laptop, if you hover the mouse over the Like button, the other options pop up. Well, the "Dislike" button many of us have been waiting for isn't happening on Facebook. At least not right now.
Craig Strachan - Keep Talking!
DECEMBER 13, 2009
And my favourite, laptop and projector refuse to speak to each other. Have a backup copy of your presentation with you (in a separate bag to your laptop). As a speaker, there are many things that can go wrong, and potentially derail your presentation. It is not a case of it something goes wrong, but of when it will go wrong. The difference between a minor incident and a major catastrophe comes down to one simple thing: preparation.
Pivotal Public Speaking
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
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 => [link].
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
MAY 28, 2013
For many years presenters have walked into a room and connected their laptop to the projector using a VGA cable. Look at your laptop. Get the correct adapters now and make room in your laptop bag to carry them so you have them when needed. For those using Mac laptops who have been using the Mini DisplayPort adapter to connect to VGA cables, it is time to get the adapter to connect to HDMI cables.
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