June 28, 2023

American Iron and Steel Institute: American Iron and Steel Institute Announces New Website Search Tool for Past Great Designs In Steel Presentations

American Iron and Steel Institute: American Iron and Steel Institute Announces New Website Search Tool for Past Great Designs In Steel Presentations. “GDIS is the steel industry’s hallmark event which tens of thousands of steel and auto industry experts have attended over the past 21 years. The new database allows for users to search over 140 presentations on a wide range of topics by using keywords from the abstract or presentation, title of presentation, topic, presenter, company or year.”

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May 28, 2023

MakeUseOf: 5 Free Interactive Presentation Tools You Can Try Online

MakeUseOf: 5 Free Interactive Presentation Tools You Can Try Online. “Giving a presentation that’s engaging can be difficult, especially if the material happens to be particularly dry. One of the best ways to keep audiences engaged is by making your presentation interactive. Luckily, there are plenty of online tools that aim to make creating interactive presentations as easy as possible. Here are five of the best for your consideration.”

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January 16, 2023

Fast Company: New generative AI tool instantly builds presentation decks and PowerPoints

Fast Company: New generative AI tool instantly builds presentation decks and PowerPoints. “This week, Beautiful.ai debuted DesignerBot, a generative AI tool that helps users automate presentation creation. Based on a text prompt, DesignerBot generates full templates, including layout and relevant text, photos, and icons—all editable by the user and exportable to PowerPoint.”

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October 7, 2022

MakeUseOf: How to Use Google Earth Web as a Presentation Tool

MakeUseOf: How to Use Google Earth Web as a Presentation Tool. “Google Earth isn’t just a cool navigation tool. You can also use it for presentations that involve real-life locations. The app already has a built-in feature just for that purpose. Let’s say you’re a travel journalist and you want to be able to demonstrate where you’ve been around the world when pitching to new clients. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to create such presentations on Google Earth.”

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November 25, 2021

MakeUseOf: How to Create a Timeline in Google Slides

MakeUseOf: How to Create a Timeline in Google Slides . “Inserting a timeline into your presentation is a great way to simplify content and better tell your brand’s story. Instead of going back and forth between your company achievements and future plans, you can offer your audience a visual representation. Before you start to create the timeline, write down the information you want to add. Make sure you are adding only important information, as it shouldn’t be too crowded with text and call outs.”

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September 20, 2021

Professional speaker secrets: How to give world-class virtual presentations (ZDNet)

ZDNet: Professional speaker secrets: How to give world-class virtual presentations. “As the saying goes, the internet changes everything. And so has the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to the two of them, we now face a future where virtual events will play a much larger part in how we do business. On-site events will return eventually, but everyone from meeting planners to attendees has discovered that while online events aren’t perfect, they can offer a lot of advantages over the traditional hotel ballroom or convention center gatherings.”

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March 25, 2021

Pocketnow: Microsoft’s new tool turns Word files into PowerPoint presentation using AI

Pocketnow: Microsoft’s new tool turns Word files into PowerPoint presentation using AI. “Microsoft has announced a new feature that uses AI to turn Word files into a PowerPoint presentation. Called Export to PowerPoint presentation, the feature has started to roll out for Word and PowerPoint on the web, and users with an Office 365 subscription can now access it. All you have to do is open a Word file on the web, hit the Export button on the left sidebar, then tap on the Export to PowerPoint presentation, and you’re good to go.” Apparently this feature only supports text-based Word files, so we’re still at step one, but what a great start.

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March 21, 2021

Ubergizmo: Microsoft Introduces New Tool That Lets You Practice PowerPoint Presentations

Ubergizmo: Microsoft Introduces New Tool That Lets You Practice PowerPoint Presentations. “If you feel like you need the practice, you’re in luck because Microsoft has since announced that they will be bringing its Presenter Coach to its desktop and mobile version of PowerPoint. For those unfamiliar, Presenter Coach is basically a presentation practicing tool that was available on the web version of PowerPoint, but now Microsoft has expanded it to cover more platforms so you’ll be able to practice even if you’re on the move.”

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July 9, 2020

MakeUseOf: The Best Way to Give a Keynote Presentation Over Zoom or Skype

MakeUseOf: The Best Way to Give a Keynote Presentation Over Zoom or Skype. “When working remotely, you may need to deliver a Keynote presentation over Zoom, Skype, or other video conferencing apps. This is daunting at first—especially if you aren’t tech savvy—but there are two simple methods you can use to do it. Keynote Live is the best option, which lets you share your presentation slides with anyone online. If that isn’t available, you can share your Mac screen over Zoom or Skype instead. We’ll explain each of these methods in more detail below.”

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June 16, 2020

Digital Inspiration: How to Embed Google Slides Like a Pro!

Digital Inspiration: How to Embed Google Slides Like a Pro!. “It takes 2 easy steps to embed any Google Slides deck in your website. Open Google Slides, go to the File Menu and choose Publish to web. Your presentation becomes public and you are presented with an IFRAME HTML tag that you can copy-paste in any web page. The embedded Google Slides player can be easily customized by modifying the src attribute of the IFRAME tag.”

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June 11, 2020

Tech & Learning: 4 Best Free and Easy Audio Recording Tools for Google Slides

Tech & Learning: 4 Best Free and Easy Audio Recording Tools for Google Slides. “You see, even though we can now add audio to a Google slideshow, there isn’t a simple built-in recording button. Instead you need to record the audio separately with another program, then save it to Drive, and then add it to a slide. So that brings up the big question: What are some easy ways to record audio? When using my Windows PC, I can use a free program such as Audacity. Students often will be using Chromebooks, so we need some web-based options. We are going to take a look at four excellent, free options for recording audio right in your web browser, and then how to add that audio to Google Slides.”

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