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Mike Parkinson is a geek. He is one of thirty-six Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world, is an internationally recognized communication and presentation expert, best-selling author, and professional trainer. Mike’s keynotes, training, books (Billion Dollar Graphics and A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters), and tools (Build-a-Graphic) help companies succeed while saving money and time. He owns Billion Dollar Graphics and is a partner at 24 Hour Company, a premier creative services firm.
In this conversation, Mike talks about his sessions at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2020, being held virtually this year from August 10 to 13, 2020.
Indezine.com is the official media partner for the Presentation Summit.
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By Kurt Dupont
The question most often asked: What will the weather be today? Weather is omnipresent in our society. You see weather information in your newspaper and on weather apps on your phone, where you can track rain and thunderstorms online and more. No wonder that weather information is a must-have for your digital signage screens. People want to be informed about current weather conditions and forecasts.
DataPoint can help you with that. DataPoint is a PowerPoint add-in that allows you to display information in real-time from databases and other data stores. Weather APIs and weather sources are included via XML, JSON, and dedicated providers. DataPoint can connect to free weather APIs and is even equipped with a professional weather provider for free. This professional DataPoint weather provider collects current weather conditions, today’s forecast, and the forecast for the next 10 days.
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We begin by exploring the smallest font size you can use within your PowerPoint presentations. We then bring back Cliff Atkinson’s feature he authored for Indezine in 2004 about gaining control over our PowerPoint culture. It’s amazing how much relevance there still remains in this feature after 16 years. Chuck Henrich looks at essential PowerPoint skills everyone needs, especially those who are working from home.
We feature two interviews of speakers of the Click presentation conference: Mark Heaps and Jole Simmons. Also, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates featured in the last week.
Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.
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Nolan Haims has over 20 years of experience in the fields of visual communications and presentation, having created every type of presentation from Fortune 500 CEO keynotes, to TED talks to multi-million dollar agency pitches. He trains organizations to think visually, speaks at national conferences, writes on visual storytelling at PresentYourStory, and is a co-host of the long-running Presentation Podcast. And as one of only 34 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world, he works with and advises the software development team. He runs his own visual communications consultancy in Montclair, NJ.
In this conversation, Nolan Haims talks about his sessions at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2020, being held virtually this year from August 10 to 13, 2020.
Indezine.com is the official media partner for the Presentation Summit.
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Jole Simmons is a presentation designer living in San Francisco, CA. Since he was a kid, he always had an eye for design and animation, doodling in class and creating stop motion movies. After graduating from college, he started working at advertising agencies, teaching himself programs like Photoshop and Illustrator in his spare time. He found himself doing more and more PowerPoint and Keynote presentations, and in the process, gained the moniker “Presentation Guy” by his colleagues. Jole has worked on presentations for companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Workday and teaches several classes on LinkedIn Learning.
In this conversation, Jole talks about Click: The Presentation Design Conference being held virtually this year, as part of CreativePro Week 2020.
Indezine is a media partner for this event.
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