PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

INSCALE and PowerPoint’s Morph Transition

PowerPoint’s Morph transition effect continues to impress, and among my favorite users of this transition effect is INSCALE, a design agency based in Germany. We will talk more about Morph and INSCALE soon, but first do look at their Morph showcase presentation.

Do notice that the folks at INSCALE have really pushed Morph to the limits, and they have many more presentations that we will explore in upcoming posts.

I asked INSCALE’s Dominic Späth: What inspires you about Morph?

Here’s Dominic’s answer: Naturally, listeners crave interaction. We want to give them something unexpected, something to think about. That’s why we are drawn to PowerPoint Morph as a design tool. It’s technical advances allow our designers to fully explore their creativity while staying within an easily editable format. Importantly, the many other platforms that have arisen as a neighbor to PowerPoint don’t do anything other than muddle the waters of the presentation field.

This way, our PowerPoint movies take on an entirely new dimension, and our clients can leverage the familiar platform. Effective design is simple – why bother with all of the superfluous programs and add-ons?

So, here’s another question for Dominic: As a design agency, how do you cope up with the fact that Morph playback may not be available on many client systems?

His response: Our clients want outstanding and innovative, yet easily editable presentations. We know that our clients don’t always have the newest PowerPoint version, but we wanted to make sure that they can still take advantage of this new feature.

We made Morph accessible by offering a rendered video, along with a lifetime Update Service in case our client wants to edit their Morph presentation for a later event. The video file is compatible on a variety of platforms, without compromising the design.

Dominic Späth is the owner and founder of LEBEMAN which markets the brand INSCALE.

Known as a leading presentation specialist with over 17 years of experience in consulting clients and leading a presentation design company, his focus is mainly on innovative presentation techniques and their most effective individual design.
With skills stemming from education in 3D design and printmaking, he is always looking for the newest technology to make presenting an interactive, memorable experience for every audience.

Thanks to INSCALE’s Johanna Kneifel, who was my liaison for this feature.

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

Filed Under: Case Studies
Tagged as: Case Studies, Dominic Spath, Inscale, Interviews, Morph, Transitions

Add Services in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

Microsoft Office 2016 applications work well with cloud platforms such as OneDrive. Roaming capabilities enable when you log into your Microsoft account within Office applications such as PowerPoint. Once logged in, all your settings, including your recent files or templates, will be synced across all your devices, including laptops, tablets, and even smartphones.

Learn how to add various services in PowerPoint 2016 that extend your user experience.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Microsoft Account, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Services, Tutorials

Insert Pictures from Facebook in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows

PowerPoint enables you to insert online pictures in more than one way, and explored these various options in our Insert Online Pictures in PowerPoint 2016 tutorial. This is the last tutorial of this series, and you will learn how you can use the Facebook option to insert pictures which are uploaded within your Facebook account, straight into PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Learn how to insert pictures from your Facebook account in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 2016
Tagged as: Facebook, Graphics, Insert, Microsoft Windows, Office 2016, Pictures, PowerPoint 2016, Tutorials

What’s Your Presentation Persona: Conversation with Scott Schwertly

    Scott Schwertly is the Founder and CEO of Ethos3 and the creator of Badge, a proprietary presentation assessment tool which helps presenters discover and maximize their presentation style. He is also the author of two books, What’s Your Presentation Persona? (McGraw-Hill, 2017) and How to be a Presentation God (Wiley, 2011). If Scott is not working with his team building presentations or co-hosting his Presentation Scientists podcast, you will find him in the pool, on the bike, or on a long run since he is a 2x Ironman, 7x marathoner, and competitive triathlete.

In this conversation, Scott discusses his new book, What’s Your Presentation Persona? that he co-authored with Sunday Mancini.

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Filed Under: Interviews
Tagged as: Books, Ethos3, Interviews, Presentation Skills, Scott Schwertly

Sendsteps: Conversation with Steven Blom

  Steven Blom is a serial entrepreneur and co-founded Sendsteps, a PowerPoint add-in that allows the audience to ask questions with their mobile phone to the speaker on stage. He received his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Delft University of Technology and graduated Cum Laude.

In this conversation, Steven discusses Sendsteps.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Interviews, PowerPoint, Sendsteps, Steven Blom