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PowerPlugs Ultimate Combo 2007

Presentations with pizzazz require a lot more than slides with text content. To make the slides look relevant, interesting, and coordinated is almost as important as the content these days — but probably something that’s even more important is that your presentations need to look different and stand out in the crowd. The addition of visual content and rich media can help, and PowerPlugs: Ultimate Combo 2007, the product, we are reviewing is a one stop solution to resolving that problem.

Read the Indezine review of PowerPlugs: Ultimate Combo 2007.

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Tagged as: Add-in, CrystalGraphics, PowerPoint

Perspector 4 Released

Visual Exemplars announced the release of Perspector 4.0, a major new version of their 3D add-in for PowerPoint.

Look here to view all the new features in Perspector 4.0.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Perspector

Step Forward

  No one is born a great speaker. Period. Granted, people are blessed with certain strengths in the area of public speaking, but every great speaker has worked hard to become the influential person or legacy that we see.

Scott Schwertly explores how to overcome fear.

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Tagged as: Delivery, Guest Post, Scott Schwertly, Techniques

PowerPoint Live 2007 Pictures

This page shows some pictures of the just concluded PowerPoint Live event at New Orleans.

Look here.

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Tagged as: Events, Photos, PowerPoint Live, Presentation Summit

Fire Them Up!: Conversation with Carmine Gallo

    Carmine Gallo is a communications coach for the world’s most admired brands. His client list includes Intel, Chase, Barclays, IBM, Nokia, and many others. He is an Emmy award-winning journalist and former anchor, host, and business correspondent for CNN, Fox, CNET, and CBS. Carmine is also the author of several books aimed at business professionals who want to become better speakers and presenters.

In this conversation, Carmine talks about his book, Fire Them Up!

Geetesh: Tell us more about Fire Them Up!, your new book, and what motivated you to do this book that helps motivate others.

Carmine: Americans are uninspired at work, in school, and in their communities. At work, only 10% of employees look forward to going to work. Believe me, you don’t want to be in the other 90%! In school, 7,000 U.S. students drop out of the school system every day. In our communities, out of 172 democracies, America ranks 139 in voter turnout. We are discouraged, disillusioned, and unmotivated. The same holds true for workers in many other countries as well. Leadership is in short supply. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Each and every one of us has the ability, and I would argue, the obligation, to inspire, motivate, and positively influence everyone in our personal and professional lives. You can do this if you learn the language of motivation.

For more than a year, I spent time with extraordinary men and women who are considered inspiring communicators. These people run companies like The Ritz-Carlton, Google, Travelocity, Cold Stone Creamery, Starbucks, 24-Hour Fitness, Cranium, Virgin, and many others. Some of the participants sketched ideas on napkins and through the power of their presentations, convinced investors to follow their vision. Some leaders transformed their company from one of the worst places to work to top of the Fortune list as the best place to work in the country. One man became a famous teacher for taking a class of underachievers and helping them outscore the gifted classes despite seemingly insurmountable hurdles. His story was turned into a movie but he offers his techniques for readers of Fire Them Up.

You will never be a leader unless you inspire those around you. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” Imagine what life could be like if you satisfy that chief want? Recruiters will want to hire you, customers will want to buy from you, investors will want to back you, employees will want to work with you, and everyone will feel energized by your presence!

Geetesh: If you had to explain your book in a generic paragraph to a prospective reader, how would that read?

Carmine: Fire Them Up! reveals the 7 simple secrets of motivation as practiced by the world’s most inspiring business leaders, entrepreneurs, and educators.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog post or content are those of the authors or the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company.

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Tagged as: Books, Carmine Gallo, Interviews