PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques

Upcoming Presentation - Enhancing Your PowerPoint Presentations

I'll be conducting a web seminar for Magna Publications early next year.  The web seminar is part of a series of live and online presentations that Magna offers to the higher education market.  My seminar "Enhancing Your PowerPoint Presentations" would be of interest to faculty in higher education that are looking for tips and techniques to bring their presentations from boring to engaging using PowerPoint. 

You can hear a preview audio clip of the presentation (Download magna_ppt_presentation_preview_clip.mp3 ).  If you are interested in this specific web seminar, please contact Magna Publications for further details and pricing information.

If you'd like to talk to me about your organization's presentation training needs using web seminars or other live training sessions, please give me a call in the United States at 608 255 4092 or via e-mail.

I'm also available for keynotes on presentation skills and PowerPoint, executive coaching on presentation skills and for reviewing your current PowerPoint strategies for internal and external audiences.

Paul J Gibler

Humor in Presentations and training

Humor Consultant Malcolm Kushner has a new book out called "Don't Worry be Funny".  According to an article he wrote for Sales & Marketing Management called "The Funny Thing about Training", the book  provides links to web sites that can be used to create humorous images that can be downloaded into PowerPoint.  Among the sites referenced in his article are the Einstein Dynamic Photo Generator, Dictionary Picture Generator, Pointless Scientific Fact Generator and Warning Sign Generator.   

I tried them all out and thought they could be an interesting way to generate a custom image or in the case of the Scientific Fact Generator, a humorous conversion of a measurement - how many 747's is it from Milwaukee to New York City?

Book Reviews - Most PPT Presentations Suck, Relational Presentation and Clear and to the Point

I've been reading three books of interest to presenters:

Clear and to the Point by Stephen Kosslyn

Relational Presentation by Robert Lane and Chantal Bosse

1. and Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck by Rick Altman

So far I've finished Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck, am about 1/2 way through Clear and to the Point and 1/4 of the way through Relational Presentation.  I always judge a book by whether I've learned something or not.  So far each has provided some value.  I do however want to go through each of these with PowerPoint open so that I can test some of their premises and include them in my reviews.

I'll be reporting on my perspectives on each of these resources in the next couple of weeks.  If you've read any of these three and would like to join the conversation, send me an e-mail with your perspectives and I'll be sure to incorporate it into my book reviews.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Paul Gibler

New Column in Wisconsin Technology Network - Widgets

I've written a new column in the monthly series of articles, Buzz Networks, recently published in Wisconsin Technology Network.  The article "Widgets - web components for plug, play and pay" reviews the evolving and expanding world of widgets or gadgets and the benefits they can provide companies looking to connect and distribute their messages widely. 

With Facebook, Microsoft and the major blog platforms endorsing these portable applications, they will only be growing in the future.

I'm available to speak to your group about presentation skills and the effective use of PowerPoint.  In addition I do keynote presentations on the latest topics in e-marketing.  Please contact me in the United States at 608 255 4092 or via e-mail.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Paul J Gibler

Quotes worth Sharing

"If you want me to speak for an hour, I am ready today.  If you want me to speak for just a few minutes, it will take me a few weeks to prepare."

Mark Twain

hat tip to Rick Altman

An offer from Mimeo - on demand printing

I was at PPTLive 07 last week and happened to sit next to the VP of Marketing, Jeff Grill  and National Account Manager, Chris Ilardi from Mimeo, the largest on demand printer.  They were one of the sponsors of the Conference and received kudos from Rick Altman, the Conference organizer, for their service and attention to detail in printing the Conference books for a number of years. 

Mimeo offers next day delivery of printed documents that can be ordered over the Internet.  Their printing facility is in Memphis near the FedEx hub.  They are set up with Kodak Nexpress printers for 4 color work and Docutechs for black & white work.  They explained and demonstrated the service as one where you simply upload your documents, add them to your library and order the components including binding you want for a given job.  You have a chance to proof your job with a WYSIWYG interface and can ship copies to as many locations as you like.  The online interface will show you the order size, printing costs and delivery fees in the shopping cart.

Special Offer for New Buyers
Mimeo has allowed me to extend an offer to new customers of $100 off your first print job.  To take advantage of this offer, you can visit Mimeo and enter the Promotion Code 123print or else call them at 1 866 389 0480 and use the Promotion Code TryUsOut.

Check out my other blog - the Web Chef's e-Bytes

If you haven't had a chance to look at my other blog, the Web Chef's e-Bytes, you might want to do so.  I've just posted an analytical piece that that looks at business and enterprise social networks.  With the growing hype around consumer social networks, the interest by business people and enterprise knowledge managers in the functionality available on these types of sites will only expand. 

I hope to see you on my business social network at LinkedIn!

Paul Gibler
the Web Chef

Quotes worth Sharing

"When you read your slides word for word, you sound like an idiot."

Richard Altman, author "Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck"