Archives for the 'Powerpoint' Category
Death By PowerPoint (and how to fight it) [7Breaths]
Just came across this on YouTube. How I wish more presenters would think about how they use PowerPoint.Get back to basics and remember you need
Significance
Structure
Simplicity
Rehearsal
Original post here: Rob
SlideRocket preview coming up [Hack Your Day]
Sliderocket is an exciting new service which allows you to make awesome presentations online. Their motto is, to heck with simplicity, less is less, more is more. This time this actually means something, the interface is clean, but the feature list is huge, I mean you can do at least 70% of the things in [...]
Doing research within Microsoft Office Apps [Stuff for Getting Things Done]
An often overlook feature in Microsoft Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) is the Look Up function. With the Look Up function you can;
Look up a word in a dictionary (with pronunciation and definitions)
Get a list of synonyms and homonyms from an online Thesaurus
Translate a word or phrase to a different language
Find references to [...]
Google Docs now does presentations [Ian's Messy Desk]
Google said they would be adding a presentation function to Google Docs this summer. With only a couple of days to spare, they’ve met their promise.
Just like Google documents and spreadsheets, presentations are stored securely online, so you can access them from anywhere using only a web browser. Working together with one or more people [...]
World’s Best Presentation Contest Winners Announced [Ian's Messy Desk]
SlideShare today announced the winners of the World’s Best Presentations contest:
Winners (chosen by the judges)
Shift Happens by Jbrenman (see below)
Meet Henry by Chereemoore
Sustainable Food Lab by Chrislandry
People’s Choice Winners
PaniPuri–An Introduction by Thakkar
Shift Happens by Jbrenman
Meet Henry by Chereeemoore
Guy Kawasaki notes the common elements that make these great presentations: “big fonts, big graphics, and a [...]
Bits and Pieces - April 27 [Ian's Messy Desk]
Six tips for tackling a dreaded task – Tricks to help you overcome procrastination.
Coolest Workspace Contest: The home-integrated office – Round-one entries in the Lifehacker contest.
EN Templates: A New Tool in Town – A simple template editor for EverNote.
PowerPoint: sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying – Stand up comedy using PowerPoint.
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New Online Note Service from EverNote [Ian's Messy Desk]
I downloaded and installed the latest version of EverNote Plus. In playing around with the new features, I came across a menu item to send clips to something called my.EverNote.com. I typed the address in my browser and came to a new on-line note-taking service called My.EverNote.
The features listed on the home page:
* Take Notes: Make a [...]