Pete
McChrystal is the founder and CEO of Accent
Technologies. During the early years, Accent’s
focus was on high-end presentation development and management
services for corporate clients. Today, Librarian is used
by many Global 2000 companies to manage and distribute
documents and presentation materials to global offices
and mobile sale forces. In
this interview, Pete discusses PowerPoint, DAM and ADM...
Adrian
Doyle heads Visual Exemplars Ltd, a UK based
company that creates Perspector, the popular add-in for
PowerPoint that allows you to use animated 3D objects
and effects inside PowerPoint. Adrian has worked in the
IT sector for many years implementing large scale business
and enterprise applications for clients including British
Airways and the UK's Inland Revenue. He also has managed
new start-up companies in the Internet sector and helped
to turn them into successful businesses. In
this interview, Adrian discusses Perspector, 3D and PowerPoint...
Troy
Stein is Camtasia Studio product manager at TechSmith
Corporation in Okemos, Michigan. He has over a decade
of experience in technology services and product management
and has worked with start-ups, Fortune 500 companies,
and small businesses. In addition to developing the strategic
product roadmap and promotion of Camtasia Studio, he
works with TechSmith’s development team and customers
to formulate new releases.
Jim
Endicott is a nationally-recognized consultant, designer,
speaker specializing in professional presentation messaging,
design and delivery.
Jim has been a Jesse H. Neal award-winning
columnist for Presentations magazine with his contributions
to the magazine's Creative Techniques column. Jim has also
contributed presentation-related content in magazines like
Business Week, Consulting and Selling Power as well as
a being a paid contributor for a number of industry-related
websites.
In this interview, Jim discusses PowerPoint,
presentation training and more. Read
here...
Chris
Ferrone, Managing Partner of Matton Images LLC, a
complete royalty free resource, has worked in the stock
photo industry since 1987. He has served at Vice President
of Index Stock Imagery's International Sales Division
sas well as managed their domestic sales office in Los
Angeles. Chris is also President of Retrofile.com which
licenses rights-managed and royalty free vintage stock
imagery world-wide through a variety of agents and other
distribution channels. He is also currently the President
of the North American stock photo industry trade association,
the Picture Archive Council of America.
In this interview, Chris discusses "royalty
free"
and usage of images in PowerPoint. Read
the interview here...
David
Marcovitz is Associate Professor in the Education
Department and Director of Graduate Programs in Educational
Technology at Loyola College. He received his Ph.D. in
Educational Technology from the University of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign where he studied support for technology
in elementary schools. He has taught computer applications
and computer programming at the high school level, and
he has worked as a technology specialist in a high school.
Prior to coming to Loyola College, he taught in the educational
technology program at Florida Atlantic University.
Mai-lan
Tomsen Bukovec is a Lead Program Manager with Visio
at Microsoft. Mai-lan has been with Microsoft for five
years, working on Microsoft Commerce Server, Microsoft
Transaction Server, and Visio. She is the author of two
technology books for business managers and multiple articles
in MSDN Magazine. Mai-lan is currently working on the
next version of Visio.
In this interview, Jeffrey discusses
sound, recording, voice-overs and their relation to PowerPoint.
Don't miss Jeffrey's hardware recommendations for recording
voice-overs for PowerPoint presentations. Read
the interview here...
Rodney
Saulsberry is one of the top voice-over talents in
the United States, and author of the new book, You
Can Bank on Your Voice. For more than a decade the
Detroit native and University of Michigan graduate has
given voice to many successful commercial campaigns,
including Toyota Camry, Alpo, Verizon, and numerous movie
trailers such as, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Finding
Forrester, Tupac Resurrection, Friday and Dumb & Dumberer.
Saulsberry, the voice of Joe Robbie Robertson on the
cartoon series Spider-Man, resides in Agoura, California.
Vitaliy
Kuznetsov is a Program Manager for PowerPoint in
Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU). Currently,
he drives the development of PowerPoint, and in the past
has shipped PowerPoint 2001 and PowerPoint X, as well
as worked on a few Mac Internet products.
Kuznetsov’s work interests are
in the areas of productivity and multimedia software development,
user interface design, and, of course, beautiful PowerPoint
presentations.
Her company, Ellen Finkelstein, Inc.
helps clients create presentations that communicate clearly
and achieve their goals. She maintains a Web site at www.ellenfinkelstein.com that
offers PowerPoint tips and a selection of free backgrounds.
Paul
Stannard is the CEO of SmartDraw.com, a provider
of business graphics software. Stannard started the company
in 1994 with no debt, no capital, and no outside funding.
Recognized for its explosive growth by Deloitte & Touche
and Inc Magazine, SmartDraw.com generates more than 2
million visitors each month.
In this interview, Paul discusses
SmartDraw, visuals and PowerPoint. He also speaks about
SmartDraw's success story, their support infrastructure
and shares some trivia.
Michael
Doyle is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Of Impatica.
He has founded several successful high technology companies
including Computer Innovations which became Canada’s
largest personal computer sales and service organization
with revenues of over one billion dollars annually. Mr.
Doyle served as a member of Canada’s National Advisory
Council on the Information Highway and on the Ministers
Council on Educational Technology. He started his career
as a Systems Engineer with IBM Corporation and co-founded
Impatica in 1998.
Kathy
Jacobs is a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP (Most Valuable Professional).
Right now, Kathy's professional time is spent writing, supporting
her site, and answering PowerPoint and other questions.
The rest of the time goes into email, Girl Scouts, and outdoor
cooking (especially using Dutch Ovens). She has a husband
who is also a computer nerd and outdoor cook. They live in
Phoenix AZ and love the weather.
In this interview, Kathy talks about PowerPoint, support
systems like MVPs and newsgroups and presentation skills.
Read here...
Claudyne
Wilder is guest lecturer at conferences, business shows
and corporate events. She recently did a web talk for The
National Investor Relations Group. She is the creator of three
presentation seminars: "The Winning Presentations Seminar,"
"The Winning Presentations Sales Seminar;" and "Creating
PowerPoint Presentations That Get Your Point Across."
She offers "The Winning Presentations Seminar publicly
about six times a year. She also licenses this seminar to
companies and consultants to teach.
She is the author of two presentation books: The Presentations
Kit: 10 Steps For Selling Your Ideas! and Point, Click &
Wow! A Quick Guide to Brilliant Laptop Presentations.
Pete
McChrystal is the founder and CEO of Accent
Technologies. During the early years, Accent’s
focus was on high-end presentation development and management
services for corporate clients. Today, Librarian is used
by many Global 2000 companies to manage and distribute
documents and presentation materials to global offices
and mobile sale forces. 
Adrian
Doyle heads Visual Exemplars Ltd, a UK based
company that creates Perspector, the popular add-in for
PowerPoint that allows you to use animated 3D objects
and effects inside PowerPoint. Adrian has worked in the
IT sector for many years implementing large scale business
and enterprise applications for clients including British
Airways and the UK's Inland Revenue. He also has managed
new start-up companies in the Internet sector and helped
to turn them into successful businesses.
Troy
Stein is Camtasia Studio product manager at TechSmith
Corporation in Okemos, Michigan. He has over a decade
of experience in technology services and product management
and has worked with start-ups, Fortune 500 companies,
and small businesses. In addition to developing the strategic
product roadmap and promotion of Camtasia Studio, he
works with TechSmith’s development team and customers
to formulate new releases.
Jim
Endicott is a nationally-recognized consultant, designer,
speaker specializing in professional presentation messaging,
design and delivery. 
Chris
Ferrone, Managing Partner of Matton Images LLC, a
complete royalty free resource, has worked in the stock
photo industry since 1987. He has served at Vice President
of Index Stock Imagery's International Sales Division
sas well as managed their domestic sales office in Los
Angeles. Chris is also President of Retrofile.com which
licenses rights-managed and royalty free vintage stock
imagery world-wide through a variety of agents and other
distribution channels. He is also currently the President
of the North American stock photo industry trade association,
the Picture Archive Council of America.
David
Marcovitz is Associate Professor in the Education
Department and Director of Graduate Programs in Educational
Technology at Loyola College. He received his Ph.D. in
Educational Technology from the University of Illinois
at Urbana Champaign where he studied support for technology
in elementary schools. He has taught computer applications
and computer programming at the high school level, and
he has worked as a technology specialist in a high school.
Prior to coming to Loyola College, he taught in the educational
technology program at Florida Atlantic University.
Mai-lan
Tomsen Bukovec is a Lead Program Manager with Visio
at Microsoft. Mai-lan has been with Microsoft for five
years, working on Microsoft Commerce Server, Microsoft
Transaction Server, and Visio. She is the author of two
technology books for business managers and multiple articles
in MSDN Magazine. Mai-lan is currently working on the
next version of Visio.
Jeffrey
P. Fisher provides audio, video, music, writing,
training, and media production services. He also writes
about music, sound, and video for print and the Web.
He's published six books including: 
Rodney
Saulsberry is one of the top voice-over talents in
the United States, and author of the new book, 
Vitaliy
Kuznetsov is a Program Manager for PowerPoint in
Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU). Currently,
he drives the development of PowerPoint, and in the past
has shipped PowerPoint 2001 and PowerPoint X, as well
as worked on a few Mac Internet products.
Ellen
Finkelstein is the author of 
Paul
Stannard is the CEO of SmartDraw.com, a provider
of business graphics software. Stannard started the company
in 1994 with no debt, no capital, and no outside funding.
Recognized for its explosive growth by Deloitte & Touche
and Inc Magazine, SmartDraw.com generates more than 2
million visitors each month. 
Michael
Doyle is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Of 
Kathy
Jacobs is a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP (Most Valuable Professional).
Right now, Kathy's professional time is spent writing, supporting
her site, and answering PowerPoint and other questions. 
Claudyne
Wilder is guest lecturer at conferences, business shows
and corporate events. She recently did a web talk for The
National Investor Relations Group. She is the creator of three
presentation seminars: "The Winning Presentations Seminar,"
"The Winning Presentations Sales Seminar;" and "Creating
PowerPoint Presentations That Get Your Point Across."
She offers "The Winning Presentations Seminar publicly
about six times a year. She also licenses this seminar to
companies and consultants to teach.