In this issue
1. Latest Slide Makeover
2. Learn to create & deliver web presentations
3.
Top Ideas from PowerPoint Live
4. Have you got your copy of The Visual Slide Revolution yet?
5. From the Blog
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Latest Slide Makeover Video
When we
get graphs as graphics from other
sources, we think there is nothing we can do with them. This
makeover shows how to take a graph image and make it more effective
using tools in PowerPoint. Click
on the
video below to play it in your browser via YouTube (or click
here to watch it on my web site in QuickTime format at
www.ThinkOutsideTheSlide.com/podcasts).
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are
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The design, planning and delivery of web presentations is different
from in person presentations. My new video program explains
how
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PowerPoint
Tip: Top Ideas from PowerPoint Live
I’m back from PowerPoint
Live and today’s tip is about the top ideas I
learned while at the conference. First off, the conference is
changing its name. It is now known as The Presentation
Summit, reflecting the evolution of the content beyond just software
features to many other techniques and ideas that presentation
professionals need to know about. The next conference is Oct
17-20, 2010 in San Diego.
I went to an excellent session by Echo Swinford on creating templates
in PowerPoint 2007. She gave a clear workflow to follow and
explained how we can create a theme in PowerPoint that can carry colors
and fonts over to Word and Excel for even greater consistency in our
communications. I see so many problems with templates
designed by professional designers who don’t know the secrets Echo
shared. Echo is going to create a series of
video programs
that every marketing, design and presentation professional should watch
to save themselves and their colleagues hours of frustration in working
with templates. I’ll let you know when the videos are
available.
Dr. Carmen Taran gave a session on using dramatic photos to capture
attention. The session was so popular that she was asked to
deliver it again at
the end of the conference. The great idea I got from her
session was to keep a lightbox on istockphoto of photos that you may
need in the future. A lightbox is a folder where you can keep
items you like but aren't ready to purchase yet. Then,
purchase the photos only when you need to use
them. This is a great way to capture those interesting photos
you see and save money until you need to spend it.
Conference attendees were also given a sneak peak at PowerPoint
2010. I heard nothing but positive comments about
it. Some of the new features include true embedding of video
files, the ability to create a video of your presentation from within
PowerPoint and more. A public beta version will be available
before the end of the year and it has virtually the same user
interface, so the upgrade learning curve won’t be as steep as between
version 2003 and 2007.
If you want to get a sense of the commentary that Twitter users filed
during the conference, search for hashtag #pptlive on
Twitter. Thanks to everyone who stopped me in the hall or
came up to me during the day and said that they enjoy my
work. It means a lot to know that my ideas are making a
difference for you. I look forward to seeing many more of
you next year in San Diego!
Have
you got your copy of The
Visual Slide Revolution Yet?
A reviewer on Amazon.com titled their review of my book "Excellent for every business
professional" and said:
"The concepts in this book are excellent and long overdue in the
corporate world where muddled PowerPoint is the norm. Most PowerPoint
books teach you how to create lovely-to-behold slides that contain very
little data. Paradi tosses that paradigm upside down, with slides that
even the artistically-challenged can create and that are rich with data
- perfect for business managers.
The concepts are clear and practical, and demonstrated with actual
examples from Paradi's consulting and training practice."
"... the content in this book is better than you'll find in books like
Beyond Bullet Points or Your PowerPoint Sucks..."
"Bottom line is this
deserves a place on every business professional's bookshelf."
If you haven’t got your copy yet, go to www.VisualSlideRevolution.com
today.
From
the Blog at PPtIdeas.blogspot.com:
Use PowerPoint to support multi-sensory experiences
In Carmine Gallo’s recent BusinessWeek column,
he talks about going beyond your slides to create a multi-sensory
experience for the audience. He cites author John Medina and his book
“Brain Rules” as the source for the idea of going beyond your slides to
create an experience that connects at a deeper emotional level. People
remember these experiences better.
In the article, Gallo shares a full-out experience from the National
Honey Board. I’m not sure you want to do that for every weekly team
meeting. But his other two examples can be enhanced by slides
relatively easily.
Gallo suggests passing around something physical so audience members
have a tactile experience. I think this can work well. I suggest you
also add a video before you pass it around that shows people what you
want them to notice while handling the product. This way, you direct
them to the important parts of the experience that you want them to
remember.
His third idea is to invite and capture audience input. I have talked
about this in the past and did this recently during my keynote at the
PowerPoint Live conference. Using a simple hyperlink on a slide, you
can bring up an Excel spreadsheet to capture audience input and discuss
the results of calculations that are relevant to your topic. With a
hyperlink to a Word document, you can capture ideas or brainstorming
and have a document that can be e-mailed to everyone immediately after
the presentation. By engaging the audience in the presentation, they
pay more attention and remember what you said.
As the article suggests, don’t restrict yourself to the features of
PowerPoint, such as graphs and images. Look for ways to incorporate
video and hyperlinks to content outside PowerPoint as ways to create
multi-sensory experiences.
See all blog posts and add
your comments at http://pptideas.blogspot.com
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