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Unfortunately it’s not just NASA and Boeing that find their cultures both reflected and crippled by this seemingly benign presentation graphics tool. Like huge mirrors hanging on the walls, PowerPoint is an open secret that lays bare the inner thoughts of every organization. For anyone who has the eyes to see, every title, bullet point, image, transition and animation reveals volumes about the tone and tenor of the organization, its openness to creativity and innovation, and its tolerance for thinking and presenting inside and outside of the organizational box.
In this post, Cliff Atkinson explains why the price that every organization pays for bad PowerPoint is incalculable. He looks at transforming PowerPoint to make it a reflection of an organization’s positive attributes .
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Macromedia updated its Breeze Live online meeting software, adding a host of productivity enhancements.
The software, which made its debut under the Macromedia Breeze Live name in October, adds several new features, including the ability to conduct live online, trackable polls, share desktop applications and use vector-based whiteboards to amplify and enhance online discussions.
More info at the StreamingMediaIQ site.
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TSI Strategies introduced a new Windows-based application that converts PowerPoint presentations to WindowsMedia based streaming video. The software also adds voice narration to the slideshow without significantly increasing the file size.
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Ulead announced a new version of their DVD Workshop product with several new features. Ulead Announces DVD Workshop 2 is powerful and intuitive authoring software for professional DVD creation. The straightforward workflow and design-centric interface guides you through the steps needed to create dynamic DVDs. It offers sophisticated tools for complex menu navigation, multiple subtitles, and multiple audio tracks with Dolby® Digital AC-3.
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Tom Atkins heads Right Seat Software, creators of the amazing Vox Proxy add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint that brings talking Agent characters to PowerPoint. In this interview, Tom talks about Vox Proxy, Microsoft Agent, Microsoft and the current criticism of PowerPoint blaming it for everything from the space shuttle disaster to failed board meetings.
In this interview, Tom talks about Vox Proxy, Microsoft Agent, and more.
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