May 24 2008 3:00AM GMT
Posted by: William Peterson
Keynote,
iWork,
Apple,
Business,
Office,
PowerPoint,
Mac,
Microsoft,
Presentation,
professional,
Review,
Technology
As not a loyal Apple fan, I just ever tested PowerPoint 2008 for Mac and iWork Keynote ‘08 for gadgets when Microsoft made its campaign, and found no significance on their comparison. Yet months later I solemnly read the details of Macworld’s article of PowerPoint 2008 vs. Keynote ‘08: The Office Suite Smackdown by Franklin N. Tessler, I realized that this was really a good point. Because there’s no clear winner in the rivalry, and PowerPoint 2008 may have surpassed in several areas; however, Keynote ‘08 caught the favor from Mac users upon Apple’s reputation. Is this what you think so?
Read that interesting article on the Macworld’s site …
William Peterson
Presentation Veteran
May 21 2008 11:55AM GMT
Posted by: William Peterson
Microsoft Windows,
PowerPoint,
Learning,
Presentation,
professional,
Technology,
Business
Today I recommend a great site MasterViews International, which provides selected solutions, how-to techniques and resources on effective presentation-making, information design, presentation technology, and delivery approaches. I usually glance and read those articles here, because I can really get effective information for my inspirations.
Furthermore, MasterViews is associated with MasterNewMedia, which also has a lot of informative contents. You’ll love them all.
William Peterson
Presentation Veteran
May 17 2008 3:49PM GMT
Posted by: William Peterson
Flash Video,
YouTube,
Flash,
Online Apps,
FLV,
Live,
Presentation,
professional,
Solutions,
Technology,
Web,
Adobe,
Webcast
Forget off the latest beta version of called Adobe Flash Player 10 with advanced 3D and GPU capabilities, you’ll like to build your own live streaming station site with latest Adobe Flash Media Encoder. Just visit:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/flashmediaencoder/
Adobe Flash Media Encoder 2.5 software is designed to enable you to capture live audio and video while streaming it in real time to Flash Media Server software or Flash Video Streaming Service (FVSS). When high-quality streaming is your priority, Flash Media Encoder 2.5 can help you broadcast live events and around-the-clock broadcasting such as:
Sporting events
Concerts
Webcasts
Educational or promotional events
As I know, most IT news sites deployed Flash media server products as its webcast solution, and the solution is really recommended and awarded. However, for individuals, stored Flash video like YouTube way might be more acceptable, so Flash Video Encoder is preferred.
William Peterson
Presentation Veteran
May 14 2008 3:58PM GMT
Posted by: William Peterson
Business,
PowerPoint,
Microsoft,
Presentation,
professional,
Review,
Solutions,
Technology
Today I carefully read the article “PowerPoint Prowess: Using Presentations as a Solution” by Randy Lipson and Tina Teodorescu, and found it really useful to explore the presentation mind in conceptual view. Here I just show some great points, and please read the full article on http://www.presentations.com/msg/content_display/presentations/e3iecf92c658a0285cfc6fe71dde1f0a08b
Presentations are a critical part of successful selling, but they have to communicate to the customer’s mindset.
In sales, there is a lot of emphasis put on a salesperson’s PowerPoint prowess. Sales managers and those departments and individuals who are responsible for helping sales reps to be as successful as possible, often voice the need to “improve presentation skills” as a top priority. But this emphasis leads to a lot of pressure put on salespeople to be expert presenters, and often gives a false impression that a knock ‘em dead presentation is a rep’s key to success.
What ’s Missing? The Solution Roadmap
The Keys to Building and Presenting Winning Presentations
• Base the presentation on the prospect’s needs and the best solution to meet those needs.
• Build trust to gain in-depth information.
• Confirm information with a letter of understanding before any presentations are made.
William Peterson
Presentation Veteran
May 11 2008 11:06AM GMT
Posted by: William Peterson
Technology,
Business,
PowerPoint,
Microsoft,
Presentation,
professional,
Review
According to BusinessWeek’s columnist Carmine Gallo made “Rethinking the Presentation“, my “Business Presentation over your IT” is just one tactic to assist the presentation. Beyond any mechanics of PowerPoint or Keynote, some practial tips can really save you from a boring or confusing presentation in reality. I reviewed them to rethink my technology way.
An approach to presentation design that is simple, visual, and “ultimately more meaningful” should be significantly recommended. Prepare in analog, cut the noise, avoid bullet points, and picture superiority. Follow these keys, I have to agree that most professional designs are set on paper in hands, but slide software really helps in progress. if you need to complete the presentation sometimes. The proficiency of using slide software may not improve your creative ability, while it definitely improves the output if you’ve already had the inspiration.
We wouldn’t rip off the such “PowerPoint culture” as Garr Reynolds described, because making the visual approach still needs the technology. Similarly, should we give up computer as it influences the traditional computing way? The suggestion on the slide software manufacturer such as Microsoft is, connecting the cold-bloody software with designers’ mind, for example, SmartArt in Office 2007 is nice one.
William Peterson
Presentation Veteran
May 8 2008 9:47AM GMT
Posted by: William Peterson
Learning,
Tutorials,
Wiki,
PowerPoint,
Microsoft,
Presentation,
professional,
Tips
Wiki is great, as everyone could be the contributor to share the unlimited knowledge. This wiki website WikiHow calls itself the ‘How-to Manual You Can Edit’ because it allows users to add and edit the tutorials it hosts.
Here I just introduce WikiHow’s Presentation Software category, which provides how-to steps for performing several tasks and using some important features in Microsoft PowerPoint. You know, usually I contribute some terms in those articles, where you may find my name on the author list.
19 PowerPoint 2003 Tutorials:
- Add Music to Powerpoint
- Add a Template to the Autocontent Wizard in PowerPoint
- Change the Background on Powerpoint Slides
- Convert PowerPoint to Flash Using Open Source Tools
- Convert PowerPoint to Flash Using Wondershare
- Convert a PowerPoint Presentation to Screensaver
- Create a Flowchart
- Embed Music in a PowerPoint Presentation
- Embed and Insert a Chart in a Powerpoint Presentation
- Fill out a PDF Form With PowerPoint
- Make Animations With Microsoft Powerpoint
- Make
a PowerPoint Presentation with Lots of Bitmap Images and Small File Size
- Make an Awesome Rpg on Powerpoint
- Publish a PowerPoint Presentation Online
- Put a Hyperlink in Microsoft PowerPoint
- Save a Powerpoint Presentation on a Thumbdrive
- Show the Slide Number and Total Number of Slides on Every Powerpoint Slide
- Use Microsoft Office PowerPoint
- Use WonderShare PP2DVD to Burn PowerPoint to DVD
2 PowerPoint 2007 Tutorials:
- Add a Sound to a Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
- Insert Flash Into PowerPoint 2007
Certainly it’s recommended to add your words on some specified topics in WikiHow you’re really good at; learning is the process of sharing knowledges, that is, helping everyone is helping yourself in philosophy.
William Peterson
Presentation Veteran
May 1 2008 3:49PM GMT
Posted by: William Peterson
AIR,
Business,
AJAX,
Flash,
Online Apps,
Silverlight,
Review,
RIA,
Solutions
When I heard the news that, the research from Forrest said the popular AJAX is too old for rich Internet applications, and it will be replaced by Adobe AIR or Microsoft Silverlight in the future, I really don’t agree with that idea. Although the new technologies AIR or Silverlight are hot and appreciated by developers, we cannot deny the further improvement on AJAX, which is just built on the simplest platform over rich Internet.
However, Adobe’s Open Screen Project is really favorable. The project is is working to enable a consistent runtime environment – taking advantage of Adobe® Flash® Player and, in the future, Adobe AIR™ — that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and consumer devices, including phones, mobile internet devices (MIDs), and set top boxes. Also, it is supported by technology leaders. I think, most IT guys will be interested in the details, just visit http://www.adobe.com/openscreenproject/
William Peterson
Presentation Veteran
