Archive for March, 2009

Recording Your Keynote-based Presentation

March 30, 2009
By Mike
Recording Your Keynote-based Presentation

Sometimes, we may find ourselves in a situation where we want to make our presentation (at least the audio part) and slides available for viewing at a later date.  Fortunately, Keynote allows you to do this, by recording your presentation with the appropriately named option in the “Play” menu.  Unfortunately, Keynote will only take...
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A Tale Of Two Brown Bags

March 22, 2009
By Mike

At the place where I earn my living, we’ll sometimes have someone in the office give a “brown bag” presentation during the lunch hour.  The idea is that any meetings during this hour are completely optional for all of those who are invited, which is everyone in the division.  They’re informational or educational in...
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Keynote ‘09: Share – The Somewhat Hidden Functionality

March 15, 2009
By Mike

On Apple’s Keynote page, they do make quick mention of the new Share menu and how you can quickly share a slide deck with others by email.  What they don’t mention and what didn’t seem to get any press is another feature in the Share menu:  “Send to .”  In this...
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Make Your Data Pop

March 8, 2009
By Mike
Make Your Data Pop

Think what you will of him or his opinions, but Glenn Beck was the stereotypical presenter sharing data in tabular format on slides.     Some slides were more effective than others and some highlighted the perils of adding bullets after bullets or even rows after rows.  You’re forced to shrink the text and the message...
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Study: Slides As Handouts Fail

March 4, 2009
By Mike

Many of the experts have been saying for quite some time that slides do not work well as handouts.  An end to the practice was even one of my wishes for slide design in 2009.  I have seen the benefits of not having dual-purpose slides, both in comprehension during the presentation and in retention...
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