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Scot - you're right, you can save PPT as JPG etc, but that way you lose everything except the images. AVI etc will capture any animations and transitions you build in as well.
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5 clever PowerPoint tips
Last night I ran across a series of PowerPoint tips from Wendy Russell that I thought were worth sharing… 1. Start creating your presentations in widescreen format I hadn’t really thought about the fact that most laptops ARE now shipping with wide screens to accommodate widescreen video and movi...
Fantastic to hear someone can speak without a Mic. I work as a presentation skills trainer in the UK (http://www.curved-vision.co.uk) and the number of people who come to me wanting better Mic techniques is just plain silly! They seem to forget that the Mic can only - at best - amplify what you give it. If your voice doesn't have credability going into the Mic, it won't have credability coming out of the loudspeakers!
Yes, obvious I know, but you'd not believe how many so-called professionals can't understand that!
We spend a lot of time on our course teaching people to breathe and project, so that they can alos let people take their chairs outside! :)
The Greatest Communicator
Rick Warren is a GREAT communicator. Now no one can be called The Greatest - at least no one who is living today - but if there is one who could earn the label it is Rick, for he both speaks and writes at the highest level. That is rare indeed to conquer both mediums. He has written the best s...
Couldn't agree more - just be upfront and assertive *before* the session starts.
Having said that, calling it anything to do with Blackberrys is just a gimmick! As a speaker you should alwasys be interesting/entertaining/informative not just when you've got the kind of audience who use PDAs! :)
One of the things we cover on our presentation skills training (http://www.curved-vision.co.uk) is exactly how to be assertive in the right way - generally it's by clearly setting up the "rules of the game" in advance, so that people know what's expected of them: for example, it's in the T&C of our training courses themselves that people turn off mobile phones etc.
Personally, I'll often do it by saying that the "house rules" are that you are welcome to leave mobiles phones switched on and the first person who gets theirs to ring buys a drink at the bar for everyone else at lunchtime......
That way, if all else fails, you've got the rest of your audience on your side! :)
Stop Blackberry Abuse
There is a growing and disturbing phenomenon that is familiar to all of us - the blessing and curse of the Blackberry. (Or Treo, or other instant email PDA that you might have.) What is a speaker or meeting leader to do when everyone goes to their Blackberrys to check emails rather than listen...
All good stuff - but I think you missed one!
They don't practice. The ones I've trained recently seemed to think that presenting wasn't a physical thing but an intellectual one. As such, they thought, it could be prepared for "in their head".
How wrong they were!
The Five Biggest Mistakes CEO's Make in Speaking
The Five Biggest Mistakes CEO’s make in public speaking (and how to overcome them.) Most CEO’s are not inspiring. After more than 20 years of observing and working with CEO’s and leaders in business, it's hard to come to any other conclusion. And of all the folks who have to speak and communi...
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