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I reviewed Suzanne Bates’ first book, Speak Like a CEO, because it was so related to presenting. I was impressed with the thoroughness with which she researched and covered a topic, so I’ve continued to review her books, even though they are less related to presenting. Her latest book is Discover Your CEO Brand: [...] If you use Office on the Mac, this book is for you! Office 2011 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies covers Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. It’s by two MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals, a Microsoft award for experts who contribute to the the technological community in their field). James Gordon is a Mac MVP. (yes, [...] I recently received a free copy of a new e-book, Visual Presentations: Boring Slides to Visual Presentations in 3 Easy Steps, by M.S. Ramgopal. The author owns a company, Metamorph Training, and has a website at www.Presentation-Process.com. He and his wife are experienced at helping people present more effectively and decided to write an [...] VisualBee has updated their PowerPoint enhancer to allow easy posting of presentations to Twitter, Facebook, and Slideshare. There is also a gallery of over 12,000 images with immediate access and search ability right from the VisualBee Ribbon. VisualBee is software that automatically designs a presentation for you, using a gallery of templates, layouts, and [...] OpenOffice.org is a Microsoft Office clone, pretty close to Office 2003. It’s open source software that you download and install on your computer, sponsored by Cisco, but also somewhat independent, as open source software tends to be. OpenOffice is a suite and its presentation piece is called Impress. (Fun and little known fact: I’m [...] Prezi has created quite a buzz because it uses a completely new paradigm for presentations–a canvas rather than individual slides. It also has an innovative menu. To get started, follow these steps: Step 1: Start Prezi Go to Prezi and choose Log In, or Sign Up Now. If you click Sign Up Now, [...] Speaking PowerPoint: The new language of business, by Bruce Gabrielle is an important book. Why do I say that? It covers “boardroom presentations” exclusively. These in-house business presentations are undoubtedly the most common type of presentation given today. It doesn’t cover sales presentations, “ballroom presentations” (keynote speeches, conference sessions) or training presentations. Bruce has [...] Everyone Communicates, Few Connect is a book about speaking in a way that connects with the audience. Author John C. Maxwell makes the point that no matter what you say (even with your body language), you’re communicating something, but it takes more effort to connect with people. Using stories about his own struggles to [...] Danny Rocks offers a 2-CD set called, “50 Best PowerPoint 2007 Tips, Tricks & Techniques.” If you know something about PowerPoint but want to make better use of the features, I recommend this series. The 2 CDs contain 41 lessons organized into Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced levels. Each lesson is a professionally-produced video in [...] |
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