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Presentation Zen: A long time ago, before death by PowerPoint

What the same presentation would look like while following conventional slideware templates found on present day planet Earth. “You can’t see this well on this Micro Galactic ProjectionPoint, but an analysis of the plans provided by Princess Leia has demonstrated a weakness in the battle station. Follow this link at the bottom of the screen for more info if needed.”
(Link: Presentation Zen: A long time ago, before death by PowerPoint)

Stunning charts for your Powerpoint® presentations | oomfo

Why be ordinary when you can be awesome? Microsoft® PowerPoint® has always offered its own charts and graphs. But then, there was only so much you could do with them. The need of the hour? To add some real oomph — oomfo!
(Link: Stunning charts for your Powerpoint® presentations | oomfo)

YouTube – Life After Death by Powerpoint 2010

New & Expanded version of Don McMillan’s 2008 YouTube hit “Life After Death by PowerPoint”.
(Link: YouTube – Life After Death by Powerpoint 2010)

PowerPoint Designs that Executives Love (But Shouldn’t) – WorkAwesome

It would be easy (and fun!) to discuss PowerPoint (PPT) culture in general: how it ruins meetings, wastes time, confuses audiences, and is a general haven for bad design and writing. But instead, we will use this opportunity to discuss something useful. We will review design techniques that generally meet with approval and praise. We will also review why these techniques are actually quite bad and what you can do to fix them.
(Link: PowerPoint Designs that Executives Love (But Shouldn’t) – WorkAwesome)

Poll Everywhere – Use Twitter in PowerPoint

How do you draw them into your presentation? By asking for their opinion, and displaying their tweets directly in your slides.
With Poll Everywhere, you can invite people to tweet a short comment directly to your slide in real-time, while still blocking inappropriate or off-topic tweets. You can also ask multiple choice questions and watch a graph evolve as people vote.
(Link: Poll Everywhere – Use Twitter in PowerPoint)


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