PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

PowerPoint and Presenting News: April 2, 2024

We begin by looking how you can open a PowerPoint presentation or deck within the web-based Google Slides. We look at three different ways, and you can choose the option that works best for you.

We then bring you an amazing offer for the upcoming Present to Succeed annual presentation conference. You can join this event online as well. We also feature Vincent Hoorpah, who discusses the new SuperJane add-in for PowerPoint that creates Gantt charts and timelines. 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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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

SuperJane Add-in for PowerPoint: Conversation with Vincent Hoorpah

  Vincent Hoorpah has been developing and leading technical teams for more than 15 years as CTO or co-founder. He loves building products with a focus on productivity and efficiency. When he was CTO of a company of more than 130 people, he had to regularly update macro roadmaps for the other C-levels, and it was always complicated and time-consuming to present them during meetings. This is how the idea for SuperJane was born.

In this conversation, Vincent talks about the SuperJane Add-in for PowerPoint.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Interviews, SuperJane, Vincent Hoorpah

PowerPoint and Presenting News: March 5, 2024

We first feature Gil Segal, who talks about some amazing new capabilities in v11 of the ToolsToo add-in for PowerPoint. A 30-day trial version of ToolsToo is available. Rick Altman, well-known as the host of the Presentation Summit discusses his Virtual PowerPoint Workshop, being held in May 2024. Ged Byrne of Toastmasters International explores how you can effectively compete with AI.

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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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Virtual PowerPoint Workshop, Spring 2024: Conversation with Rick Altman

    Rick Altman has been hired by hundreds of companies, listened to by tens of thousands of professionals, and read by millions of people, all of whom seek better results with their presentation content and delivery. He covers the whole industry, from message crafting, through presentation design, slide creation, software technique, and delivery.

In this conversation, he talks about the upcoming Virtual PowerPoint Workshop, Spring 2024 being held later this year for online attendees from April 16 to 17.

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Tagged as: Events, Interviews, Rick Altman

Competing with AI by Being Human

By Ged Byrne, Toastmasters International

For many, deepfakes are a bit of fun. Search YouTube and you’ll find scenes of Batman interacting with Wonder Woman where Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot have been replaced by Adam West and Lynda Carter. Perhaps you’ve giggled at the fake photos of Donald Trump in an orange prison jumpsuit. However, it was no joke for the Hong Kong branch of a multinational company when an employee was tricked into transferring more than $25million following video calls that turned out to be deepfakes.

Image: Yay Images

Deepfakes are generated using machine learning employed in artificial intelligence technology; they can be audio, video, or individual images.

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Tagged as: AI, Guest Post, Toastmasters