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Social Technographics Explained

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On the Air - In Business With Jody & Joan, 12.8.08

I've been invited for my fifth 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 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm.  The show will provide an informal look at some of the evolving changes being created by the Internet. You can listen to the show on the radio or hear the podcast of the show here after the 8th of December.

Paul Gibler
the Web Chef

New Article in Wisconsin Technology Network - Conferences are brought to life with social computing tools

I've written another article for the Buzz Networks column that is published by Wisconsin Technology Network. The new article "Conferences are brought to life with social computing tools" describes the ways that web 2.0 tools can be incorporated into your meeting strategies to engage and connect with attendees.

Paul J Gibler

New article in Wisconsin Technology Network - "Ich Bin Ein Presenter"

My latest article "Ich Bin Ein Presenter" was just published as part of the ongoing column Buzz Networks that I write for Wisconsin Technology Network.  The article focuses on moving beyond PowerPoint with new Web 2.0 related tools for presenters like SlideShare, SlideRocket, authorSTREAM, PollEverywhere, while also suggesting enhanced software tools like PPTMinimizer, PowerShrink and image databases to bring your presentation strategy up-to-date.

I was also recently quoted in an article on Wisconsin Technology Network about Fiserv's MyMoney application for banks and credit unions.

Give me a call or e-mail me for help with your presentation strategies. 

Paul J Gibler
the Web Chef

Slides on Conference Engagement Using Web 2.0 Tools

Earlier this week I was one of the keynote presenters at the 2nd annual National Conference on University and College Conference Centers. The topic of my talk was what Fortune magazine is calling Conference 2.0. For these Conference Centers being able to add value to their University clients as well as for outside users of their centers is something that is being sought. The use of web 2.0 tools like social network groups on LinkedIn, Photo Sharing on Flickr, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts etc. are all part of creating engagement among conference attendess and making meeting planners happy.  As Seth Godin says, you don't want your attendees to say "I flew all the way here for this".

The slides that I used at the presentation were posted on SlideShare and are available here for your reference.

Buzz Networks:conference engagement with social computing tools

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Presentations I'll be doing...

I've got a few presentations scheduled for the next couple of months, some PowerPoint related and others looking at e-business and technology.  Among the presentations currently scheduled:

• Wisconsin Leadership Seminars (a program for high performing high school sophmores)
  Topic: "Generation Immediate" trials and tribulations of the millenials.
• National Conference on University Conference Centers 
  Topic: "Buzz Networks - conference engagement through social computing"
• Magna Publications
  Topic: "Do's, Don'ts and Duhs - Classroom PowerPoint Tips and Techniques"
• CuSchools
  Topic: "25 Great Marketing Ideas for Your Credit Union"

Looking for a speaker or trainer? 

Please contact me for one of my standard or custom presentations on a broad range of marketing and communications topics.

Paul Gibler
the Web Chef

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

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.

If you'd like me to come and speak to your group on the latest developments in e-marketing, I'd be happy to discuss your budget, needs and schedule.  Please contact me in the United States at 608 255 4092 or via e-mail.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Paul J Gibler

Powerful Visual Imagery, Message and Delivery

New Free Microsoft Office Competitor - IBM Lotus Symphony

IBM is joining the fray alongside Sun and Google to gain mind and market share among Microsoft Office users with the introduction of a suite of free products being released under the Lotus Symphony name according to The Wall Street Journal.  The product suite will offer competitive offerings to Excel, PowerPoint and Word according to the article.  The IBM web site brands these the IBM Productivity tools, that will be marketed under the sub-brands Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets, Lotus Symphony Documents and Lotus Symphony Presentations. 

The IBM website has a series of screen shots with an audio accompaniment under the Get Started with Lotus Presentations.  Interestingly the narrator describes the product as Lotus Presentations without any sub-brand of Symphony. 

Lotus Symphony is being created in the Open Document Format, an increasingly popular open standard.  Meanwhile the Office.org site offers a free presentation software called Impress.