As of this writing, Microsoft has yet to release iOS apps for the core Office applications, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. Given that, we are still searching for the best tools to facilitate editing, sharing, and presenting PowerPoint. In the past, eSlide has tested DocsToGo, GoodReader, Google Docs, Keynote, QuickOffice Pro HD, SlideRocket, and SlideShark. Most of the apps tested did a terrible job of converting our PowerPoint test files. Only SlideShark proved itself as a useful tool for presenting your completed PowerPoint files from your iPad. We provided a full review of SlideShark in our October 2011 PowerBlog.
A new entry into the iPad presentations arena made its debut on January 10, 2012. OnLive, Inc., better known for on-demand video gaming, has launched its latest tool, OnLive Desktop.
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By Bob Berkowitz (www.bobberkowitz.com),
Principal at The Dilenschneider Group
When you give a speech, you have an opportunity to get your audience to see their world differently. This as an opportunity to influence them and get them to take action. These points are designed to help you become a more powerful, persuasive and confident speaker.
- Take a stand.
Start with a provocative statement or challenging question. Grab their attention by presenting thoughtful analysis, perspective or judgment. If it’s the same old, same old, you’ll lose them and good luck trying to get them back. Don’t waste their time telling them how happy you are to be back in Chicago or saying nice things about the person that introduced you. Nobody cares.
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There is often a lot of difficulty with reusing old slides in a new PowerPoint 2007 or 2010 presentation. We understand and empathize with your frustrations, as we deal with these same issues on a daily basis. Many PowerPoint users encounter these same headaches, so we are in “good” company.
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In recent years, more and more companies have adapted their approach to meetings… shifting away from live events and moving towards web-delivered, pre-recorded content that can be viewed on demand. Chances are that participating in a WebEx, GoToMeeting, Breeze, Brainshark or other online meeting is now part of your workday routine.
But creating content for web delivery with its no-travel, on-demand capabilities has its own set of challenges – many people are intimidated by the process, or aren’t aware of the factors that can make online meetings succeed or fail. eSlide has been helping our customers prepare for web meetings since the early days of Webex and would like to share some of our tips for making effective presentations that get results in this channel.
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Until yesterday, there were no great options for presenting your PowerPoint presentations on the iPad. In the absence of a PowerPoint player or app from Microsoft, there had been a plethora of iOS apps that claimed to allow playback and editing of PowerPoint files on your iPad, but most of those fell far short of expectations. In our testing, we found that products like QuickOffice Pro HD, DocsToGo Premium, Google Docs, and SlideRocket would allow you to upload your PowerPoint file via their website or app and then display and/or edit them on your iPad. The problem with all of those products was that most of them didn’t do a very good job of translating anything beyond basic text slides. We found that graphics would become distorted, fonts would be substituted, animations would be removed, and charts would sometimes disappear.
Even Apple’s Keynote iPad app did not do a great job initially. We found that effects applied to elements in PowerPoint would be lost, charts would change in appearance, fonts would be substituted, and complex animations sequences would be lost. We were able to repair many of the conversion issues by revising the presentation in the Mac Desktop version of Keynote, but this did not seem like a long-term practical solution. Few users would have the time or even access to the software necessary to get a usable version onto their iPads.
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