Bookmarked: Do this before using PowerPoint seriously (PPTools)

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Do this before using PowerPoint seriously (PPTools) – "Before you get serious with PowerPoint, do yourself a BIG favor and change a few settings. Leaving them at their defaults can cause you to lose data or even your whole PowerPoint presentation." Post to Delicious Post to Facebook

Bookmarked: The ten worst presentation moments (Microsoft)

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

The ten worst presentation moments (Microsoft) – [Posted back in 2006, it's become a classic.] "In the late 1990s I was asked to give a presentation to a group of people from a Government Agency. I didn’t want to carry all of my presentation equipment, so I asked for a projector and PowerPoint to be [...]

Bookmarked: If You Only Listen to One PowerPoint Tip…(Overnight Sensation)

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

If You Only Listen to One PowerPoint Tip…(Overnight Sensation) – “I did this once but had the good sense to save my file in an older file format just in case. When it loaded up, I was all excited – until I noticed that the system lacked the font I used and defaulted to different [...]

Bookmarked: Conference nightmares. The many faces of scientific presentations (LabLit.com)

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Conference nightmares. The many faces of scientific presentations (LabLit.com) – “Prof “Defeated by technology” provides good entertainment. … I remember well giving a talk at the Hammersmith Hospital in the early days of PowerPoint when, after loading the talk onto their computer, a message came up on the screen saying your talk is being modified [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (06/21/09)

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

FAILBlog: Theater Fail Theme Park Rangers: Celebrate a Dream Come True nearly washed away I have never seen a parade disintegrate before my eyes, but that’s what happened in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Thursday when I watched the Celebrate a Dream Come True parade nearly wash away. … The princess float got stuck halfway [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (09/14/08)

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Lots of really great links this week. Fleeting Glimpse Images: Pulling It Off — Rikk Flohr describes his preparation process. Great ideas for avoiding any number of problems. “I double check my laptop for presentation readiness, arrive at my room early, set up and am ready to start on time. Drink a little water. Have [...]

PowerPoint (that’s right, PowerPoint) to the Rescue

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Lisa Lindgren, a fellow member of the InfoComm Presentations Council was kind enough to share a story about how PowerPoint 2007 recently foiled Murphy’s Law. Lisa reminds us of some important best practices and I have an observation or two of my own (surprise, surprise). We all know that we should test our slides and [...]

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