PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

An Interview with Susan Berkley

Susan Berkley is a former radio personality and a well-known voice on TV and radio commercials and phone lines. Recently featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, Business Week and on CNBC, she is one of the voices that says “Thank you for using AT&T,” and is the voice of Citiphone Banking.

In this interview, Susan talks about her business model and narrations in PowerPoint.

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Tagged as: Books, Interviews, Susan Berkley

How to Unlock the Hidden Power of your Voice

This book by Susan Berkley shows you how you can achieve greater confidence and credibility by improving the sound of your voice. You will discover how easy it is to: project a polished professional image; speak with energy and enthusiasm; have a warm, friendly voice that puts people at ease.

Read some exclusive excerpts here.

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Tagged as: Books, Susan Berkley, Voice-overs

PowerPoint:mac – The Vitaliy Kuznetsov Interview

Vitaliy Kuznetsov is a Program Manager for PowerPoint in Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU). Currently, he drives the development of PowerPoint, and in the past has shipped PowerPoint 2001 and PowerPoint X, as well as worked on a few Mac Internet products. Kuznetsov’s work interests are in the areas of productivity and multimedia software development, user interface design, and, of course, beautiful PowerPoint presentations.

In this interview, Vitaliy talks about PowerPoint:mac, Microsoft and the MacBU.

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Tagged as: Interviews, Mac, Microsoft, PowerPoint for Mac, Vitaliy Kuznetsov

SmartDraw – The Paul Stannard Interview

Paul Stannard is the CEO of SmartDraw, a provider of business graphics software. Stannard started the company in 1994 with no debt, no capital, and no outside funding. Recognized for its explosive growth by Deloitte & Touche and Inc Magazine, SmartDraw generates more than 2 million visitors each month.

In this interview, Paul discusses SmartDraw, visuals and PowerPoint. He also speaks about SmartDraw’s success story, their support infrastructure and shares some trivia.

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Tagged as: Interviews, Paul Stannard, SmartDraw

Play Director Movies in PowerPoint

With widespread discussions around inserting Macromedia Flash movies into PowerPoint, it would seem reasonable to expect similar interest in embedding Macromedia Director movies into presentations. However, that has not been the case. Extensive research over several months revealed virtually no information available online regarding this topic. Ultimately, the process had to be explored independently.

The technique used is now documented in detail on the Microsoft site.

Filed Under: Companion Programs
Tagged as: Director, PowerPoint