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So here you can see that I’ve added the source of the image by adding the exact URL I got it from. People with visual disabilities may use a screen reader to read the screen to them. MORE
You can then display them in a browser and give people the URL. You can just upload the presentation to a web server and give people the URL so they can download the presentation file. Get your presentation on the Web? Why and how? MORE
When use of the Web became popular, URLs started invading slide decks. The problem with putting URLs in your slides is that though the intent may be noble, the end result is the opposite of what was intended. On the second slide, we have a list of URLs. MORE
In addition, some only want the URLs for our blogs and that's that. It had been standard procedure that a prospect for our ghostwriting services requested a resume and samples of actual work we had done for clients. In the past 18 months there has been a shift. MORE
You can give the presenter the URL for the white paper any way you want. The URL is www.tellnshow.com/whitepaper.html. My new Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint aims to improve presentations skills and reduce the suffering of audiences. Instead of waiting for presenters to wake up and read the good advice of presentation experts, I want to harness the audience. The campaign lets the audience fight back—and help presenters. MORE
5 Ways to Use Twitter During a Presentation Quote URL - A Twitter Tool to Quote, Save and Publish Tweets Change the Context to Use Twitter Most Effectively. In a previous post, I explored common concerns about Twitter usage in presentations and concluded that Twitter offers many benefits in terms of audience involvement and engagement. However, seeing the benefits of using Twitter and being able to incorporate it effectively into your presentation are two very different things. MORE
But the RSS feed's URL is different. I have a new blog (using WordPress) which will let people add comments. I think it's a great improvement and I hope you'll think so, too. Please go to [link] and click on the RSS button (the label says "Posts") to continue to get the tips. While you're there, look around and click the Leave a Comment link below any post to let me know what you think! Thanks MORE
My recent pet peeve: the billboard or newspaper ad that has a Facebook logo -- indicating the business is on Facebook -- but no Facebook URL. Would you hire this handyman? This is my slightly-too-artful re-creation of a sign on a truck I drove by on Tuesday. MORE
For a sales webinar, don’t use a URL until you’re at the point of making your offer and then — of course — use only the URL of the sales page. MORE
Using your preferred domain registrar, confirm that the blog name is available as a domain URL. * Map your registered blog name URL over the URL your blog provider created when you set up your blog. You don't want "typepad" or "blogspot" in your domain URL. Is your public speaking blog working for your business? If not, maybe it’s time to conduct an evaluation to determine why it is not attracting new clients. MORE
The smart money is now asking us, when we apply for assignments with them, for the URLs of our social media sites. Increasingly, there is an expectation that the job entails increasing the exposure of what we write for their sites by repurposing them on our own. MORE
My recent pet peeve: the billboard or newspaper ad that has a Facebook logo -- indicating the business is on Facebook -- but no Facebook URL. Would you hire this handyman? This is my slightly-too-artful re-creation of a sign on a truck I drove by on Tuesday. MORE
Third party URLs are being deleted because of their unreliability. Although this system requires extra clicks for those using a digital edition, the lack of permanence seems to have been the deciding factor in eliminating all URLs except those of the publisher. When citing a website article as a source, the organization, college, or agency rather than the URL is given. MORE
Rather, the attendees use the browser on their smart phone or tablet, enter your unique URL, and then interact with you, sharing input (questions, comments, or ideas) and even voting on other audience members’ input. Imagine knowing your audience members’ questions while you’re speaking and being able to address them on the spot, before the Q&A. MORE
Source URL. That last field is a calculated field, meaning it takes the license, credit, and URL fields and creates a string of text for attribution that you can use in your slides when attribution is required. MORE
You get a URL to give to attendees. You get a URL to give to meeting attendees and then start presenting. Then click Create New Meeting and you’ll get a URL to put in your invitation. Online meetings are more and more common these days. MORE
Get the URL to give to people. PowerPoint Mix is a new PowerPoint add-on by Microsoft, now in beta (not finalized). What is PowerPoint Mix? PowerPoint Mix is a PowerPoint-based tool for creating interactive online lessons. MORE
Tip: To share a large file that’s too big to e-mail, upload it to SkyDrive, get the URL and e-mail it to the recipient. That person can then click the URL to download the file. You’ll see the presentation open in your browser and its URL in your browsers address window. MORE
And you can create an account and receive a custom URL to direct others to your page as well. Two weeks ago, I shared an amazing public speaking blog collective called, Speaking Pro Central. I’d like to follow that up with another spectacular resource called Alltop. Founded by Guy Kawasaki and debuted in 2008 at SXSW , Alltop is an “online magazine rack” of your favorite websites and blogs. There are over 32,000 information sources covering any topic you can imagine. MORE
Rather than type in the answers repeatedly, I set up Indezine.com and would type in the URL that contained the answer users were looking for. I want to share with you a great resource for presenters– Indezine.com. MORE
Next, I routed the URL for that post to a list of those I decided who should be in the loop on this one. Enraged about UnitedHealthcare's inefficient CRM (customer relation management), I posted my complaint on this blog. MORE
If you subscribe to this blog via RSS, here is the new URL to subscribe to so you continue to get updated information on how to create effective PowerPoint presentations: [link] I do not plan to maintain this site in the future, so some of the links may end up being broken over time. As of April 1, 2014, all new articles and information will only be located on my website at www.ThinkOutsideTheSlide.com and items will not also be posted here. MORE
To nominate a website, simply post a comment below with the URL. It’s that time again! The best website contest has become one of our most popular blog features. We’re looking for websites that have all of the key marketing components. MORE
Use URLs with custom tags to track the effectiveness of your outreach. Getting plenty of traffic does not automatically equals sales and profits. Most people need time to shop around and make up their mind, especially in the B2B niche. MORE
Here’s the URL: [link]. The next webinar is Slide Design for Non-Designers. I love this topic, because it’s close to my heart—I’m definitely not a designer. Yet I can create stunning slides (or so people tell me). My story is that my slides used to look awful. After some painful feedback, I read books and studied slides that I thought looked great, noting the techniques and layouts they used. MORE
Zoom and GoToMeeting/Webinar both provide a URL that people use to log in. More and more, presenters are presenting online, using webinar services. So I thought I’d share my experience and maybe comparing webinar services will help you make a choice. I’ve switched to Zoom! I’ve used GoToWebinar for many years but a friend (thanks, Sheila Finkelstein!) introduced me to Zoom. MORE
Only 41 people responded to the survey (the url for the survey was circulated using twitter and the conference hashtag). Some academics have written a paper about tweeting at conferences (thank you @tonyramos for tweeting about it). MORE
Yes, I had gone to Control Panel and deleted all the URLs. In Boardman, Ohio, I had purchased the HP laptop at the Office Depot/Office Max. Soon enough I had to check if the internal mic was operating okay. I was ready to begin podcasting. MORE
Rather, the attendees use the browser on their smart phone or tablet, enter your unique URL, and then interact with you, sharing input (questions, comments, or ideas) and even voting on other audience members’ input. MORE
The URL to register is https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/585445841 PowerPoint MVP Geetesh Bajaj, owner of Indezine.com, is offering a free webinar called “ Flash in PowerPoint.&# The webinar will be held on Thursday, November 18th at 8am PT/11 am ET, so it’s coming right up! Flash is Adobe’s animation software (although Flash actually does a lot more than just animation). Geetesh’s webinar will explain the benefits of adding Flash content to your PowerPoint slides. MORE
Incidentally, more and more of the contract ads I respond to request the URL for my LinkedIn profile, not a resume. Creating resumes, as they do at Washington Metro area Your Edge for Success (YES) , is both an art and science. MORE
My tweet, with the URL link from a blog post , mused on how I used to hang out in their house. Baby Boomer Tom Cordaro, a lawyer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is dead. MORE
From the URL text box, copy the URL to the clipboard. Paste the YouTube URL that you copied. In the URL, delete the text watch? In the URL, replace the = (equal) sign with a / (forward slash). You’ll end up with a URL that looks like [link]. You can embed a YouTube video into a PowerPoint presentation. For example, your company may have videos on YouTube that you would like to show. MORE
Retrieved from Blog URL. A number of people—most recently a student from Malaysia—have asked how to cite a blog post. Generally, I think this should do it: For APA style: Last name of author, first initial. Date of publication—year, month, day). Title of blog post. Web log post]. So, if you were citing a recent post from my own blog, it would look like this: DeVito, J. 2013 April 30). Interviewing exercise. Web log post]. Retrieved from htpp://tcbdevito.blogspot.com. MORE
The URL is [link] , and can also be located in my blog roll on the left side of this page. I’m proud to announce that DeFinis Communications is now included in the blog hub, Speaking Pro Central. MORE
There, our blog URL is converted to a LinkedIn one. On Twitter, our blog URL isn't converted. There are those of us bloggers who repurpose our posts on LinkedIn Update. There is where the action, that is the heavy traffic, is happening right now. MORE
So let me get this straight: A member of Congress who speaks at a grade level that most Americans can understand, using shorter sentences and shorter words, gets the lowest rating of speaking skills in all of Congress? MORE
You then provide the audience with a short URL that they type into their web browser or a QR code that can be scanned by smartphones. MORE
Here's what you can do, in one easy step: Type &fmt=18 after the video's URL. I wrote about improving YouTube video quality with an easy hack over two months ago. I can't believe this easy trick still works, but it does! Want a better video experience at YouTube? That's it! That's all there is to it! You can visit the above link to see all the particulars and videos.it's s been a popular post! MORE
Instead they go straight to search engines or ask the URLs for our blogs. Sure, prospective employers and organizations hiring us for contract assignments still request samples. But, you might have noticed that more and more often they don't. MORE
The code contains a link, usually to a URL. Then you use a QR reader app on a smart phone, which scans the QR code and displays the URL as a link, so you can visit the page. Do you put your website’s URL on your first and last slides? MORE
I inserted this URL into the page hoping that the video would embed, but can only get the URL to appear. You’ve probably seen videos which are just a series of photos that zoom in or perhaps move a little. MORE
More and more prospects for assigning us work and employers who could hire us want to know if we have a blog and what is the URL. Like being on LinkedIn and Facebook, a personal blog is, more or less, a must. MORE
Note that even Creative Commons images require attribution, so click the provided URL at the lower-left corner to see the source.) Everyone can now see what the next version of PowerPoint– Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 – will look like. MORE
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JUNE 18, 2009
When use of the Web became popular, URLs started invading slide decks. The problem with putting URLs in your slides is that though the intent may be noble, the end result is the opposite of what was intended. On the second slide, we have a list of URLs.
PowerPoint Tips
AUGUST 24, 2009
But the RSS feed's URL is different. I have a new blog (using WordPress) which will let people add comments. I think it's a great improvement and I hope you'll think so, too. Please go to [link] and click on the RSS button (the label says "Posts") to continue to get the tips. While you're there, look around and click the Leave a Comment link below any post to let me know what you think! Thanks
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AUGUST 12, 2012
The code contains a link, usually to a URL. Then you use a QR reader app on a smart phone, which scans the QR code and displays the URL as a link, so you can visit the page. Do you put your website’s URL on your first and last slides?
PowerPoint Tips
JUNE 20, 2009
From the URL text box, copy the URL to the clipboard. Paste the YouTube URL that you copied. In the URL, delete the text watch? In the URL, replace the = (equal) sign with a / (forward slash). You’ll end up with a URL that looks like [link]. You can embed a YouTube video into a PowerPoint presentation. For example, your company may have videos on YouTube that you would like to show.
PowerPoint Tips
MAY 24, 2019
So here you can see that I’ve added the source of the image by adding the exact URL I got it from. People with visual disabilities may use a screen reader to read the screen to them.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
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There, our blog URL is converted to a LinkedIn one. On Twitter, our blog URL isn't converted. There are those of us bloggers who repurpose our posts on LinkedIn Update. There is where the action, that is the heavy traffic, is happening right now.
PowerPoint Tips
JUNE 25, 2011
Tip: To share a large file that’s too big to e-mail, upload it to SkyDrive, get the URL and e-mail it to the recipient. That person can then click the URL to download the file. You’ll see the presentation open in your browser and its URL in your browsers address window.
The Communication Blog
JUNE 17, 2013
Third party URLs are being deleted because of their unreliability. Although this system requires extra clicks for those using a digital edition, the lack of permanence seems to have been the deciding factor in eliminating all URLs except those of the publisher. When citing a website article as a source, the organization, college, or agency rather than the URL is given.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 21, 2016
The smart money is now asking us, when we apply for assignments with them, for the URLs of our social media sites. Increasingly, there is an expectation that the job entails increasing the exposure of what we write for their sites by repurposing them on our own.
PowerPoint Tips
MARCH 17, 2013
You get a URL to give to attendees. You get a URL to give to meeting attendees and then start presenting. Then click Create New Meeting and you’ll get a URL to put in your invitation. Online meetings are more and more common these days.
DeFinis Communications
JULY 8, 2009
The URL is [link] , and can also be located in my blog roll on the left side of this page. I’m proud to announce that DeFinis Communications is now included in the blog hub, Speaking Pro Central.
Thoughts On Presenting And Design
JANUARY 24, 2010
Source URL. That last field is a calculated field, meaning it takes the license, credit, and URL fields and creates a string of text for attribution that you can use in your slides when attribution is required.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 30, 2019
Yes, I had gone to Control Panel and deleted all the URLs. In Boardman, Ohio, I had purchased the HP laptop at the Office Depot/Office Max. Soon enough I had to check if the internal mic was operating okay. I was ready to begin podcasting.
PowerPoint Tips
NOVEMBER 12, 2009
You can give the presenter the URL for the white paper any way you want. The URL is www.tellnshow.com/whitepaper.html. My new Campaign Against Death by PowerPoint aims to improve presentations skills and reduce the suffering of audiences. Instead of waiting for presenters to wake up and read the good advice of presentation experts, I want to harness the audience. The campaign lets the audience fight back—and help presenters.
PowerPoint Tips
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
The URL to register is https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/585445841 PowerPoint MVP Geetesh Bajaj, owner of Indezine.com, is offering a free webinar called “ Flash in PowerPoint.&# The webinar will be held on Thursday, November 18th at 8am PT/11 am ET, so it’s coming right up! Flash is Adobe’s animation software (although Flash actually does a lot more than just animation). Geetesh’s webinar will explain the benefits of adding Flash content to your PowerPoint slides.
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For a sales webinar, don’t use a URL until you’re at the point of making your offer and then — of course — use only the URL of the sales page.
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JANUARY 17, 2015
Get the URL to give to people. PowerPoint Mix is a new PowerPoint add-on by Microsoft, now in beta (not finalized). What is PowerPoint Mix? PowerPoint Mix is a PowerPoint-based tool for creating interactive online lessons.
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Rather, the attendees use the browser on their smart phone or tablet, enter your unique URL, and then interact with you, sharing input (questions, comments, or ideas) and even voting on other audience members’ input.
PowerPoint Tips
JUNE 19, 2011
You can then display them in a browser and give people the URL. You can just upload the presentation to a web server and give people the URL so they can download the presentation file. Get your presentation on the Web? Why and how?
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
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Next, I routed the URL for that post to a list of those I decided who should be in the loop on this one. Enraged about UnitedHealthcare's inefficient CRM (customer relation management), I posted my complaint on this blog.
Professionally Speaking...
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You then provide the audience with a short URL that they type into their web browser or a QR code that can be scanned by smartphones.
Speak Schmeak
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
My recent pet peeve: the billboard or newspaper ad that has a Facebook logo -- indicating the business is on Facebook -- but no Facebook URL. Would you hire this handyman? This is my slightly-too-artful re-creation of a sign on a truck I drove by on Tuesday.
PowerPoint Tips
MARCH 16, 2014
I inserted this URL into the page hoping that the video would embed, but can only get the URL to appear. You’ve probably seen videos which are just a series of photos that zoom in or perhaps move a little.
PowerPoint Tips
APRIL 22, 2011
Rather than type in the answers repeatedly, I set up Indezine.com and would type in the URL that contained the answer users were looking for. I want to share with you a great resource for presenters– Indezine.com.
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
APRIL 2, 2014
If you subscribe to this blog via RSS, here is the new URL to subscribe to so you continue to get updated information on how to create effective PowerPoint presentations: [link] I do not plan to maintain this site in the future, so some of the links may end up being broken over time. As of April 1, 2014, all new articles and information will only be located on my website at www.ThinkOutsideTheSlide.com and items will not also be posted here.
PowerPoint Tips
MARCH 3, 2010
Here’s the URL: [link]. The next webinar is Slide Design for Non-Designers. I love this topic, because it’s close to my heart—I’m definitely not a designer. Yet I can create stunning slides (or so people tell me). My story is that my slides used to look awful. After some painful feedback, I read books and studied slides that I thought looked great, noting the techniques and layouts they used.
Speaking about Presenting
MAY 27, 2009
Only 41 people responded to the survey (the url for the survey was circulated using twitter and the conference hashtag). Some academics have written a paper about tweeting at conferences (thank you @tonyramos for tweeting about it).
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 6, 2014
My tweet, with the URL link from a blog post , mused on how I used to hang out in their house. Baby Boomer Tom Cordaro, a lawyer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is dead.
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MAY 14, 2008
Here's what you can do, in one easy step: Type &fmt=18 after the video's URL. I wrote about improving YouTube video quality with an easy hack over two months ago. I can't believe this easy trick still works, but it does! Want a better video experience at YouTube? That's it! That's all there is to it! You can visit the above link to see all the particulars and videos.it's s been a popular post!
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NOVEMBER 10, 2011
My recent pet peeve: the billboard or newspaper ad that has a Facebook logo -- indicating the business is on Facebook -- but no Facebook URL. Would you hire this handyman? This is my slightly-too-artful re-creation of a sign on a truck I drove by on Tuesday.
PowerPoint Tips
JANUARY 8, 2016
Zoom and GoToMeeting/Webinar both provide a URL that people use to log in. More and more, presenters are presenting online, using webinar services. So I thought I’d share my experience and maybe comparing webinar services will help you make a choice. I’ve switched to Zoom! I’ve used GoToWebinar for many years but a friend (thanks, Sheila Finkelstein!) introduced me to Zoom.
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APRIL 16, 2019
Incidentally, more and more of the contract ads I respond to request the URL for my LinkedIn profile, not a resume. Creating resumes, as they do at Washington Metro area Your Edge for Success (YES) , is both an art and science.
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JULY 18, 2013
To nominate a website, simply post a comment below with the URL. It’s that time again! The best website contest has become one of our most popular blog features. We’re looking for websites that have all of the key marketing components.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 7, 2012
More and more prospects for assigning us work and employers who could hire us want to know if we have a blog and what is the URL. Like being on LinkedIn and Facebook, a personal blog is, more or less, a must.
Great Public Speaking
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Using your preferred domain registrar, confirm that the blog name is available as a domain URL. * Map your registered blog name URL over the URL your blog provider created when you set up your blog. You don't want "typepad" or "blogspot" in your domain URL. Is your public speaking blog working for your business? If not, maybe it’s time to conduct an evaluation to determine why it is not attracting new clients.
DeFinis Communications
MARCH 27, 2014
Rather, the attendees use the browser on their smart phone or tablet, enter your unique URL, and then interact with you, sharing input (questions, comments, or ideas) and even voting on other audience members’ input. Imagine knowing your audience members’ questions while you’re speaking and being able to address them on the spot, before the Q&A.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 28, 2013
Instead they go straight to search engines or ask the URLs for our blogs. Sure, prospective employers and organizations hiring us for contract assignments still request samples. But, you might have noticed that more and more often they don't.
Speak Schmeak
AUGUST 2, 2013
So let me get this straight: A member of Congress who speaks at a grade level that most Americans can understand, using shorter sentences and shorter words, gets the lowest rating of speaking skills in all of Congress?
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Use URLs with custom tags to track the effectiveness of your outreach. Getting plenty of traffic does not automatically equals sales and profits. Most people need time to shop around and make up their mind, especially in the B2B niche.
DeFinis Communications
JULY 23, 2009
And you can create an account and receive a custom URL to direct others to your page as well. Two weeks ago, I shared an amazing public speaking blog collective called, Speaking Pro Central. I’d like to follow that up with another spectacular resource called Alltop. Founded by Guy Kawasaki and debuted in 2008 at SXSW , Alltop is an “online magazine rack” of your favorite websites and blogs. There are over 32,000 information sources covering any topic you can imagine.
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JULY 23, 2012
Note that even Creative Commons images require attribution, so click the provided URL at the lower-left corner to see the source.) Everyone can now see what the next version of PowerPoint– Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 – will look like.
Professionally Speaking...
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
5 Ways to Use Twitter During a Presentation Quote URL - A Twitter Tool to Quote, Save and Publish Tweets Change the Context to Use Twitter Most Effectively. In a previous post, I explored common concerns about Twitter usage in presentations and concluded that Twitter offers many benefits in terms of audience involvement and engagement. However, seeing the benefits of using Twitter and being able to incorporate it effectively into your presentation are two very different things.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 1, 2014
In addition, some only want the URLs for our blogs and that's that. It had been standard procedure that a prospect for our ghostwriting services requested a resume and samples of actual work we had done for clients. In the past 18 months there has been a shift.
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