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Creating Powerful Slideshows with 280Slides
If you are looking for a way to create slide shows, you may want to consider 280Slides. It's a web-based presentation tool. Forget about PowerPoint!

Published by pearlofafrika (1,638 pts ) on Jul 23, 2009 to
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Presentation Before PowerPoint - The Golden Age Of Public Speaking?
In the good old days we are told that public speakers could produce oratory that would hold the attention of people for hours on end without any recourse to artificial aids whatsoever. So who needs Powerpoint? The article is 1 of 3

Published by Profacgillies (8,353 pts ) on Jul 16, 2009 to
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Getting Creative with PowerPoint 8: Send On the Warm-Up Act
A presentation before your talk can set the tone for the main event. It can convey gravitas or informality, learning or the common touch, humor or seriousness. It can also be used to communicate knowledge necessary to understand your talk.

Published by Profacgillies (8,353 pts ) on Feb 25, 2009 to
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How to Create an Online Collaborative Presentation Using Google Apps
Learn how to create an online collaborative presentation that can be shared with coworkers, published to a website or used as an online portfolio.

Published by JMendes (552 pts ) on Feb 24, 2009 to
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Getting creative with PowerPoint 5: Using images for reinforcement
Images provide a great opportunity to emphasise or reinforce a key message. They only work if used sparingly. One per key message is a good guide – if you have too many images and they are losing their impact, then the answer is to cram less key messages in there. Less is more!

Published by Profacgillies (8,353 pts ) on Feb 20, 2009 to
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Getting creative with PowerPoint 4: The build transition explaining a process
A series of bulleted lists with each point waiting to be clicked is essentially at odds with a talk which should flow. However, there are situations where this fragmentation can be used to advantage. Here's an example. But remember less is more, use it sparingly

Published by Profacgillies (8,353 pts ) on Feb 18, 2009 to
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Get creative with Powerpoint part 2: Less is More
The impact of presentation graphics is usually diminished by continuous repetition. So why not try something different? Use a graphic to set up a question at the beginning of a talk, and one at the end to reinforce the take home message.

Published by Profacgillies (8,353 pts ) on Feb 13, 2009 to
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The Post-Powerpoint Era of Presentation: beyond Death by Powerpoint
If you do not engage the attention of your audience, then you will not communicate your messages and you are wasting your time. As Douglas Adams said “I wish I’d listened to what my mother said when I was young” “Why, what did she say?” “I don’t know, I didn’t listen” Article 3 of...

Published by Profacgillies (8,353 pts ) on Feb 12, 2009 to
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The Powerpoint era of presentation
One response to the problem of inconsistent speakers is to use presentation graphics software to provide a presentation to illustrate the talk, and maybe give out handouts of the slides as an aide memoire.Unfortunately, this superficially attractive theory doesn't stand up in practice.Article 2 of 3

Published by Profacgillies (8,353 pts ) on Feb 12, 2009 to
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Getting Creative with PowerPoint 9: Bringing down the curtain
Ending a presentation can be a problem. You can use a visual metaphor to reinforce the end. I have used PowerPoint’s gradient fill and animation facilities to create a strong visual metaphor based upon red velvet curtains in an homage to Baz Luhrman’s Moulin Rouge.

Published by Profacgillies (8,353 pts ) on Dec 9, 2008 to
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