Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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Wildform, Inc. announced the release of Quiz Creator, a standalone software program, which allows anyone to easily generate LMS compliant, customized Flash quizzes, tests, assessments and surveys in minutes and without the need for any programming. Quiz Creator uses a simple wizard based interface that guides customers through the quiz creation process in 3 easy steps: select a template, enter your questions and answers, preview and make additional changes or approve.
More on the Wildform site...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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PresentationPoint has launched a new presentation distribution service to schedule and distribute your presentations worldwide. Free accounts are available although paid accounts come with more bells and whistles.
Think of Signage24 as something similar to a web hosting company -- only in this case, they offer hosting and online delivery for your presentations. You'll also have to install a small player program and configure it before you upload presentations and other linked files. Then you define a playlist of files and schedule when the playlist should be displayed on the Signage24 players.
Visit Signage24.com for more information...
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Turning Technologies has announced a new Mac-compatible version of its interactive Microsoft PowerPoint software: TurningPoint for Mac offers users an audience response system that creates a fully interactive experience - in the classroom, the lecture hall, the meeting room or even the conference auditorium.
More on the MacNN site...
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Monday, January 29, 2007
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
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Move the wheel up, and you’ll zoom in; move it down, and you’ll zoom out. The amount the zoom changes with each tick of the scroll wheel varies between the applications. Word seems to go in 10-percent steps; Excel uses 15-percent increments; and PowerPoint steps through the fixed zoom levels.
Rob Griffiths explains more on the MacWorld site...
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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Some presentation slides do convey so much more than others. More often than not, these are same slides that are simple and visual at the same time. By simple and visual, I really don't mean that you put in a box or a circle and add some captions -- any shape including boxes, circles, and other shapes have to form a relationship with each other so that difficult concepts transform to easier ones.
And such slide designs are not something that everyone can create -- these do require an understanding of visual balance and layout. Fortunately, vendors like PowerFrameworks makes it easier for you to access such visuals.
Read the full review...
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Wildform, Inc. announced the release of WildPresenter Pro 3, a new version of its multimedia presentation software. The new program builds on WildPresenter's presentation capabilities by enabling users to create LMS compliant, customized Flash quizzes, tests, assessments and surveys without the need for any programming.
WildPresenter's quiz creator uses a simple wizard based interface that guides customers through the process in three easy steps.
More on the Wildform site...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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PowerFrameworks is a subscription based web site that provides a library of ready-to-customize frameworks, metaphors and analogies that you can use within your PowerPoint presentations and elsewhere. New frameworks are added frequently.
Once you subscribe, you can access a larger range of frameworks, tutorials, and animated sample presentations.
Watch out for a full Indezine review soon.
Find out more on the PowerFrameworks site...
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Monday, January 22, 2007
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Friday, January 19, 2007
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Interactive Video Technologies (IVT) announced today the general availability of IVT Studio, a free, do-it-yourself video webcasting application that enables users to rapidly create, distribute and archive professional video podcasts and webcasts from their desktop. By easily combining and synchronizing video, audio, PowerPoint and screen captures with one-click publishing, anyone can use IVT Studio to create their own professional webcasts and podcasts with extensive tracking of viewer statistics. No training is necessary. Global organizations including IBM, NEC, several Fortune 100 companies and two large professional services firms have already successfully begun company-wide trials.
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
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 Colin Adams (pictured to the left) is the president and founder of Indigo Rose Software Design Corporation -- who also create the Liquid Cabaret collection of music tracks.
Privately held, Indigo Rose develops innovative software products and multimedia authoring tools that are used by thousands of customers around the world. Indigo Rose is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.
Geetesh: Tell us more about your Liquid Cabaret collection.
Colin: Liquid Cabaret is a 20 volume collection of unique, royalty-free, background music tracks ideal for use in PowerPoint presentations. Each volume centers on a musical style or theme such as "Instrumental Pop,""World Journey," and "70's Movie Soundtrack." There's a really wide variety of styles represented, so you're sure to find the perfect tracks to accompany your presentation.
Since presentations vary in length and format, so does the music in the Liquid Cabaret collection. Each of the 300 tunes comes in four different lengths, ranging from about 30 seconds to two and half minutes -- plus, you have the option to play a track on a continuous loop. Also, all of the tracks are available in high quality MP3 (256k) and OGG (Ogg Vorbis) formats.
All 300 tunes in the Liquid Cabaret collection were written and performed by Montreal-based professional composer, Paul Shrofel. You can purchase any of the volumes in the collection individually or you can get all 20 CDs on a single DVD-ROM at a greatly reduced package price.
Samples of each track are available online at our site and orders may be placed online or through our office at +1 (204) 946-0263.
Geetesh: How well does Liquid Cabaret complement PowerPoint. Also, what's your favorite track selection for use in a corporate presentation scenario.
Colin: What's the line? "Say it with music." We think that a great presentation is enhanced by a great soundtrack. Whether you want to set a mood, match a "theme" or key concept in your presentation, or just add interest and make things more dynamic, music is the way to go.
The Liquid Cabaret collection is the perfect complement to a PowerPoint presentation. First of all, it's easy to incorporate. You just drag and drop your audio files into your PowerPoint software, and you're good to go. Second, you have a ton of choice in terms of style and format. There are 300 songs to choose from, so you're sure to find the tune that matches the tone of your presentation. Plus, each of the songs comes in different lengths and formats so it can be further tailored to your needs. Third, Liquid Cabaret is royalty free so you don't need to go through the hassle of securing permissions or dealing with copyright issues. You just purchase your music, add it to PowerPoint, and then show your presentation to an audience of two or two hundred.
As far as my favorite track selection goes, I think that the tunes on Volume 12 "Instrumental Pop" and Volume 17 "Thinking Positive" are ideal for corporate presentations. The tracks on both of these volumes have a fresh, upbeat sound that work well as interesting, energizing background music. Having said that, you would probably get a lot of attention in the boardroom by adding tracks from the "70's Movie Soundtrack" or "Liquid Metal" to your presentation!
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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Visual Exemplars has released an update of its Perspector 3D add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint that makes it compatible with the new version of PowerPoint, 2007.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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 Stas Kravets (pictured to the right) is COO of worldwide markets at KsanLab, a multimedia design company. Stas has worked in IT since 1997, acting as a product engineer, project manager and marketer. He has an MA in Applied Mathematics, and writes for online marketing media and for KsanLab's E-xperiential blog.
Geetesh: Tell us more about yourself and your work.
Stas: I am COO of worldwide markets at KsanLab and responsible for defining and implementation of worldwide marketing and sales strategy of KsanLab's products and services. KsanLab is an international interactive agency with specialization in multimedia tools for marketing, PR, IR and HR communication. At the moment we work on US, German, and Russian markets and have many world famous clients. As a COO, I participate in planning, business development, negotiations with clients and partners and project management.
Geetesh: How do you decide if PowerPoint is not suitable for a particular job - and then, which program do you normally use?
Stas: Well, the first time I understood that I need something different was on my previous job, when we needed an introduction movie and a document shell for a corporate CD business card. The introduction had to be a movie -- not a video, but rather cartoon with music, animation and finally with an update-able guide of PowerPoint presentations written on the disc. PowerPoint's animation capabilities are well geared for slide presentations with schemes and diagrams, but not for movies or cartoons, so we made a request for a Flash reel with support of an external XML file that contained links and descriptions of files stored on the CD.
KsanLab started as a small web design studio and later, reacting to market demands switched from static design to interactive multimedia products. Macromedia Flash is a de facto standard for multimedia information tools -- it possesses all necessary capabilities for rich graphic design, animation, integration of various kinds of info (video, sound) and interactivity. Now it is used all around the world for development of product demos, internet games, banners, trainings, and so on. I want to highlight that it is not comparable with PowerPoint -- it is always a question of selecting the right tool for your task. In some cases, Flash is a pure excess that will eat the time and money and in some cases a PowerPoint presentation will be just boring, and give you a back eye.
My article for MarketingProfs contains several criteria when you should switch to Flash (or other technology such as Apple QuickTime, Java, etc) from PowerPoint. I've chosen them basing on our expertise from projects we've done for our clients in the past. Those projects are mature ones -- so we were able to analyze their impact and potential. In short, the cases when you need to consider multimedia are:
- When you need to impress. Flash gives you a great deal of opportunity to make your message look great and different from others.
- When you need to catch and keep attention of your audience. Sometimes information is too complicated or the audience is too passive to read and understand every single word. With multimedia you can show this using images and animations -- of course this becomes much more comprehensible and interesting to see.
- Sometimes you have a lot to say. 80 slides -- are you sure that everyone will get all of them? Instead, you can have something absolutely different, the series of dynamic reels with professional voice over. Note, that such presentation can be used even without your personal attendance.
- Multimedia presentations can put together pieces of information of different nature -- video, audio, music, 3D, interactivity and animation, without losing of control of them.
- Very important topic is that with multimedia you can transfer not only information -- you can transfer emotions. Multimedia product is capable to express your feelings, express the spirit of your company or product. This feature is used by virtual tours -- the best way to present the beauty of resort or atmosphere of restaurant.
- When you need interactivity. Think about quizzes, trainings and games (educational or advertising).
In all cases, a multimedia product delivers on several goals simultaneously. For example, a virtual tour not only conveys lots of information, but also creates a great impression and attracts attention of customers.
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Monday, January 15, 2007
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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Microsoft will update its Office productivity suite for Apple users later this year with a new version that for the first time takes advantage of the Intel processors in new Macs. The update, Microsoft's first in three years to the Macintosh version of Office, will help speed graphics processing in PowerPoint and other apps.
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007
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Targus Inc. announced a new patent-pending 4-in-1 Voice Recording Wireless Presenter. The new Voice Recording Presenter incorporates four individual products into one small form factor. It functions as a wireless PowerPoint presenter, voice recorder, laser pointer, and SD memory card reader.
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Monday, January 08, 2007
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