Electronic Slides
« Previous EntriesSlide Makeover — Showing Proportion Using a Diagram
Thursday, March 4th, 2010When we present a proportion or share statistic, I would usually suggest using a pie chart. This makeover shows how a diagram with universal symbols can sometimes be more powerful than a pie chart in helping the audience understand the message.
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Embedding a YouTube Video in Powerpoint
Thursday, March 4th, 2010This tutorial will teach you how to embed a YouTube video into a Powerpoint presentation.The computer showing the presentation with the embedded video must have an Internet connection and must not block youtube.com in order for this to work.
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Slide Makeover: Explaining Components of a Difference
Friday, February 19th, 2010When comparing financial figures between two periods, one of the common messages we need to communicate is what makes up the difference between the two figures.
Instead of just pasting an Excel sheet on your slide, use the ideas in this makeover to break down the difference visually and make each component clear to your [...]
Results of the Fourth "Annoying" PowerPoint Survey
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010The message from my biennial survey of what annoys audiences about bad PowerPoint presentations is that audiences are fed up with the overload of text on slides and how that text causes presenters to read the slides to them.
A total of 548 people responded to the survey over a six week [...]
PowerPoint on the Web: A New View of Your Presentation
Friday, February 5th, 2010Hopefully by now you’ve heard about the new versions of your favorite Microsoft Office applications that are showing up on the web. A large part of the effort behind Office 2010 has been to bring Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint functionality to SharePoint and Windows Live, enabling a whole new range [...]
Why PowerPoint Isn't Enough
Monday, February 1st, 2010The brain does not pay attention to boring things. Once you understand this fundamental principle of human learning and retention and apply it, your presentations could become far more engaging.
In an interview with me last year, John Medina, a developmental molecular biologist and the author of Brain Rules, makes the case [...]
Convert PowerPoint to Video
Friday, January 15th, 2010Why would someone want to convert a PowerPoint presentation to video?
PowerPoint-free: Once your presentation is converted into a video, you do not need anymore to have PowerPoint installed to watch it nor do your recipients, regardless of which hardware or operating system they own.
Multi-platform: Presentations converted into videos can be watched while on the move [...]
Slide Makeover — Showing Forms the Audience Understands
Monday, November 23rd, 2009As presenters, we regularly need to show our audiences how to fill out forms. In this makeover, a text slide is transformed by showing visuals that explain where to find the form and how to correctly complete it.
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PowerPoint 2007 Tutorial
Thursday, November 12th, 2009PowerPoint is presentation software that can be used to create slide shows for printing, on-screen projection, or web-based display. This site is designed to help you with PowerPoint [...]
How to Prepare a Pecha Kucha Presentation
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Pecha Kucha was developed as a presentation format to allow design and creative types to share their passions and show off their work.
The format is very tight. You have to present with 20 slides, and each slide is shown for 20 seconds. It has the great advantage of keeping presentations short and concise – [...]
