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PowerPoint and Presenting News: October 24, 2023

We begin with a post by Jerry Weissman where he talks about Vinod Khosla’s approach to slide decks as a venture capitalist. What does he look for in a slide? Read more to find out. Kurt Dupont of PresentationPOINT looks at the concept of public signage, all the way from clay tablets to cloud-based digital signage.

We also bring you a review of AKVIS’ amazing new Inspire AI 2 product that works both as a Photoshop plug-in and a standalone program. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

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From Clay Tablets to Cloud-Based Platforms: The Evolution of Public Signage

By Kurt Dupont

Evolution of Public Signage

What’s one thing a barbershop, a laundromat, and an arcade all have in common? No, not quarters. They all have some sort of signage advertising their services. In fact, most businesses do.

Human beings have been communicating since the dawn of time, and our methods of communication have evolved dramatically over the centuries. From cave paintings to digital signage screens, we have come a long way in our ability to share information with others. Signs are especially vital when it concerns business or commercial services. In fact, signs are so important that over 76% of the respondents to a survey revealed that they’ve previously visited a store or business due to attractive signage.

In this article, we will take a journey through time and explore the evolution of public communication and signage, starting with the earliest forms of signage and moving on to the latest technologies.

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Tagged as: DataPoint, Digital Signage, Kurt Dupont, PresentationPoint

Vinod Khosla’s Five-Second Rule

By Jerry Weissman

A Sanity Check for Every Presentation

Image: Wikipedia

By any measure, Vinod Khosla is one of the most influential people in business today. In his long and distinguished career, Mr. Khosla has contributed to the growth of hundreds of companies, primarily in his role as a venture capitalist; first at the renowned KPCB, and then, since 2004, at his own firm, Khosla Ventures. Among his notable successes are Sun Microsystems, Nexgen/AMD, Excite, and Juniper.

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Tagged as: Glance Test, Guest Post, Jerry Weissman, Vinod Khosla

PowerPoint and Presenting News: October 10, 2023

The ability to give an excellent presentation is essential in today’s business world. Nick Ronald of Toastmasters International shares skills required to help you stand out in your professional work environment. Dr. Jens Hühn worked for several years as a data analytics consultant and developed SlideFab, which helped create lots of PowerPoint slides without copy and paste from Excel. In this exclusive conversation, he discusses SlideFab.

Richard Goring of BrightCarbon talks about his participation in the upcoming Presentation Summit. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

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SlideFab: Conversation with Jens Hühn

    Dr. Jens Hühn obtained a MSc.-equivalent degree in CS and a PhD in Machine Learning at Marburg University, Germany. He worked for several years as a data analytics consultant at A.T. Kearney. In 2016 he started the development of SlideFab. Since then, he has been working as an analytics consultant, software developer and entrepreneur. One of his most recent projects is ACOMERA, a surveying software for psychological safety at work, which of course creates its result slides automatically.

In this conversation, Jens talk about SlideFab.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Excel, PowerPoint, SlideFab