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Private Beta Launch - SlideRocket, web-based presentations

Tech Crunch reported on the private beta launch of SlideRocket "a presentation app that wants to recreate PowerPoint in the browser and take advantage of the web's sharing and mashup capabilities."  SlideRocket is scheduled to launch this summer. 

I took a look at their online demonstration and capability descriptin to see that they are touting a wide range of features and benefits across a wide range of presentation phases including creation, delivery, managment, analysis and community.  In the demo show they reference the following:

• online libraries for styles and presentation assets
• effects, builds, transitions and animations (including several not available in PowerPoint)
• presentation asset tagging, searching and sorting
• hyperlinks within presentations
• stylizeable charts & graphs
• ability to share presentations online

I've submitted a request to be invited to test out the application and once I have more to report I'll do so at my other blog, PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques.

Paul Gibler

YouTube Video Embed in PowerPoint

My fellow blogger and Power Point expert Laura Bergells at Maniactive has a great posting summarizing and linking to 4 video tutorials on embedding YouTube video into PPT presentations using either PPT 2007 or 2003 with the videos linked and inserted in PowerPoint when you are presenting offline or online.  I know that this is a hot topic judging by traffic to my prior postings on PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques that covered this topic with a link to step-by-step instructions for converting and inserting video at tiara.org.

I've taken the liberty of embedding one of the video clip instructions that Laura references on how to add a YouTube video to PowerPoint when you are planning to be online when you make your presentation.

I also experimented with the conversion directions in the YouTube video for offline insertions of presentation of YouTube videos using Video Downloader and ErightSoft's Super and found that it worked fairly well.

Kudos to reponzo01, a 24 year old YouTuber for his simple and well done instructional videos.

For more tips on creating Powerful Presentations that sing and zing, see my blog PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques.  I'd be happy to talk to you about my PPT - Powerful Presentatiojn Techniques Workshops and presentations.  Please give me a call at 608 266 4092 or e-mail if I can be of assistance.

Paul Gibler
the PPT and Web Chef   

PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques Blog

If you haven't already done so, you might be interested in visiting my other blog, PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques.  This blog passed a milestone earlier today, having had 20,000 page views since its inception and averaging over 50 unique visitors a day.  I'm proud of the contributions that I've made to the online dialogue on Internet topics here in the Web Chef's e-Bytes and in my monthly column Buzz Networks on Wisconsin Technology Network and about presentation/PowerPoint on PPT.

Drop me a note if you have any suggestions or ideas for either of these blogs.

Paul Gibler
the Web Chef

PowerPoint & Presentation Resource Guide

Are you looking to improve your presentation skills? 

If so you might be interested in the updated PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques Resource Guide (Rev 2) that I've developed and released on my other blog.  The Guide includes links to articles, web sites and listing of books that business presenters should find useful.

Download ppt_powerfulpresentationtechniquesresourceguiderev2.pdf

Send me links to other articles and resources that you feel should be added to the resource listing and I'll update it for Rev 3.0.

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If your organization is looking for help with enhancing your sales and management staff's presentation skills and/or their effective use of PowerPoint, I'd love to talk to you.  Drop me a note.

My other Blog - PPT

Take a look at my other Blog PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques, if you are at all interested in presentation skills and the effective use of PowerPoint.  In my role as a professional speaker on e-business and marketing topics, I often find audiences intrigued and interested in some of the techniques that I use in my presentations.  As a result, I've continued to develop my expertise in PowerPoint and refine my presentation skills to the extent that I now write PPT and also offer PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques workshops for corporate audiences, universities and others interested in refining their presentation skills and knowledge on the effective use of PowerPoint. 

Drop me an e-mail if you'd like to know more.