PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques

Presentation Slide Guidelines Podcast

Jean Luc Doumont presents a useful podcast on the IEEE web site offering 3 simple guidelines for effective slides.  His 3 simple guidelines are the following:

1. Do slides right or not at all
2. State message in title of slide, develop body as visually as possible 
   
   Interestingly he suggests using up to 12 words in your title and up to two lines of title text typically including a verb.  As he says it's the "so what" not the what.  He also suggests limiting the corporate or organizational logos to the title and conclusion slide to reduce the visual clutter.  These art two suggestions that I could argue with him given the presenter's objectives and .
3. Be concise verbally & visually or as he states "suppress, suppress"

Happy slide preparing!

Hat Tip to Margaret McDonald and her article in the Coloradoan.

Meeting & Conference Nibblets - PPT

Online Spin contributor Max Kalehoff has a great list of 10 suggestions for making conferences great.  Among his suggestions are the following:

• Halt PowerPoint Abuse

I've had the pleasure of creating and presenting PowerPoint Guidelines for a Conference organizer in an effort to improve the quality of their presentations.  As Max says in his article "putting severe restrictions on the use of PowerPoint is at the top of his list." 

Another of his suggestions worth keeping in mind for meeting and conference organizers is to "Pay the presenters".  This can help improve the quality of contributions and relevance to the conference attendees.

PowerPoint Nibblets - PPT to Flash, PPT Maps

iSpring Solutions announced the release of iSpring Free, a tool for converting PowerPoint presentations to Flash according to a recent company press release.  Other PPT to Flash tools that are available include:

• FlashSpring
• PointeCast
• Wild Presenter Pro

Presentation Mall has a PowerPointMap collectionavailable for $139. 99. Other PPT map tools available include:

• Maps for Design
• PresentationMaps
• PresentationMapz

PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques Post # 300!

I'm proud to let you know that this is the 300th post on PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques.  The blog readership continues to grow with daily unique readers now exceeding 105 people since the start of this blog.

Let me know if you have a topic you'd like to contribute or have me cover in this blog.

Paul Gibler

 

On the Air - Paul Gibler interview with "In Business with Joan & Jody" 5.19.08

 I had the pleasure of returning for my fourth interview by Jody Glynn Patrick and Joan Gillman for their show "In Business with Jody and Joan" on Madison, WI-based radio station WTDY 1670 AM.  The show provided an informal look at some of the evolving changes being created by the Internet. You can hear the podcast of the show here.

Paul Gibler
the Web Chef 

Online Presentation Sharing

SlideShare, the web-based slide sharing program has secured an additional $3 million investment from Venrock according to Webware author Stefanie Olson.  The money will reportedly be used to expand their employee base and further develop the product. 

Other players in this space include Empressr, Flypaper, Sliderocket, Thumbstacks and ZohoShow.

Quotes Worth Sharing

"It is better to be quotable than to be honest."

Tom Stoppard