PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Helius to acquire PointeCast

Thursday, May 17, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 5:38 am

Helius Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PointeCast Corp., a leading global provider of rapid communication and online training solutions. PointeCast’s Publisher product allows users to enhance Microsoft PowerPoint presentations with real time quizzes, surveys, response tracking and other multimedia features and then instantly convert them into the Adobe Flash format for easy integration. PointeCast’s robust learning management system (LMS) enables customers to administer and track e-learning and training courses.

Word Converter for Office:mac 2004

Thursday, May 17, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 5:33 am

Microsoft’s Mac BU continues to work in the development on Office 2008 for Mac, but in the meantime, they have just announced the release of its standalone, drag and drop Word converter for Office 2004 for Mac and v. X users……. PowerPoint and Excel drag and drop updates to the converter will be released this winter.

Google’s PowerPoint Player in Gmail?

Thursday, May 17, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 4:55 am

Some Gmail users have reported that they see a View as Slideshow option in mails that contain PowerPoint attachments.

Doug Caverly on Webpronews.com says that whether it’s being polite, trying not to scare its competitor, or somehow believes this is true, Google has repeatedly claimed that it isn’t challenging the Microsoft Office Suite. But now a feature within Gmail looks a lot like a presentation tool, and onlookers are having an even harder time accepting the search engine giant’s word.

Rafe Needleman adds on Webware — This is probably the presentation player that will be part of Google’s upcoming competitor to PowerPoint. It’s not, though, what we’re all waiting for, which is the slide show authoring tool that will presumably have cool collaborative features similar to Google’s word processor and spreadsheet.

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Ethos3: Conversation with Scott Schwertly

Wednesday, May 16, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:44 am

Scott Schwertly is the Founder/CEO of Ethos3. He has loved giving and hearing presentations since he gave his first big speech in the 7th grade. Scott has spent the last eight years working for television network affiliates helping them create story-telling visuals and doing marketing for both the private and public sectors. He has a B.A. in Communications and an M.B.A. from Harding University. Helping others design and deliver captivating presentations is his passion.

In this conversation, Scott speaks about his design company, Ethos3 Communications.

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Mind Map your PowerPoint Outlines with ConceptDraw MINDMAP

Tuesday, May 15, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 8:57 am

Mind mapping is a great way to brainstorm, store ideas, and create visual relations between concepts. I found a great application to do mind mapping — and it lets me save those mind maps as PowerPoint presentation outlines — a great way to create great outlines.

With ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5, you can present processes, ideas, complicated relationships, and other concepts graphically. The program helps you present your learning material in a logical and structured way — it also includes a comprehensive library of graphics, colors, figures, and connections which helps in creating and sustaining the outline structure.

Read our review of ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5.

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