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Interviews of people who enrich presentations and PowerPoint.

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Presentations Editor-in-chief Tad Simons is an award-winning editor, journalist and media analyst with more than 20 years on the communications industry. During his tenure as editor of Presentations magazine -- a business-trade magazine dedicated to people who create and deliver professional presentations -- the publication has won numerous regional and national awards for feature writing, design and commentary.

He frequently writes about the effects of technological change on communication, work and life, and reports on all aspects of multimedia, projection and display, digital imaging and collaboration technology.

In this interview, Tad discusses Presentations magazine, PowerPoint, presentation hardware and more...

Tom Bunzel specializes in knowing what other presenters need. He has appeared on Tech TV's Call for Help as "Professor PowerPoint" and spoken at the PowerPoint LIVE conference in Tucson, Arizona. Bunzel is also a "technology coach" for the Neuroscience Education Institute giving one-on-one instruction to physicians.

A prolific writer, Tom Bunzel just completed "Teach Yourself PowerPoint 2003 in 24 Hours" for QUE.

In this interview, Tom discusses PowerPoint, multimedia, video and more....

Many people have opinions about PowerPoint, but few can speak on the topic with the authority of Richard E. Mayer, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Named the most prolific researcher in the field of educational psychology, Rich is the author of 18 books and more than 250 articles and chapters. His 12 years of research in multimedia learning and problem solving have important implications for PowerPoint users.

In this interview, Richard talks about PowerPoint and its impact....

Jim Reisteter is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Interlink Electronics. He is responsible for sales, marketing and product development for the Business Communications and Home Entertainment groups at the company.

Jim joined Interlink Electronics from Kodak, where he most recently held the position of Vice President of Channel Sales and Marketing in the Kodak Professional unit.

In this interview, Jim discusses Interlink, the presentation hardware industry, wireless technologies and PowerPoint. Read here...

Sonia Coleman is the owner of SoniaColeman.com, an amazing site that's got tons of PowerPoint content. Sonia is among the most active PowerPoint MVPs (Most Valuable Professional) - you can often find her in the PowerPoint newsgroups answering questions and resolving problems.

Sonia also creates PowerPoint add-ins that simplify the task of creating autorun CDs. In addition, she is an artist who does photography, sewing and needlearts, collage and stamping, a bit of painting, etc. She also works on freelance projects for clients.

In this interview, Sonia discusses her add-ins, her site and lots of other PowerPoint stuff...

Colin Adams is the president and founder of Indigo Rose Software Design Corporation.

Privately held, Indigo Rose develops innovative software products and multimedia authoring tools that are used by thousands of corporate, government and ISV customers around the world.

In this interview, Colin discusses Indigo Rose and their new PowerPoint related products. He also speaks about their support infrastructure and how he uses PowerPoint. Read more...

Kurt Dupont is based in Belgium - after his Computer Science studies, he started with Andersen Consulting (Accenture nowadays) in Brussels. After 3 years he moved to the Brussels Airport Terminal Company that runs the Brussels airport - this last placement inspired the start-up of Take-off in 1998. Take-off creates the DataPoint add-in for PowerPoint that allows presentations to interface with databases of all sorts including those in text and Excel files.

In this interview, Kurt discusses DataPoint, case studies, support infrastructure and the importance of using databases with PowerPoint. Read more...

Jonathan Blank is currently the founder and CEO of Wildform, a video, animation and presentation software company. Wildform's products include the Flix Flash video encoders, the Wild FX video titlers and text animators and the Linx Flash editor.

Jonathan is also an award-winning filmmaker. Among his films are: "Sex, Drugs & Democracy" ("A seductive argument" --Roger Ebert), "Anarchy TV" ("A wild, crazy and twisted comedy" --Jan Wahl, KRON-TV), and "Collecting America" ("Fascinating.3 ½ stars" --Joe Gelmis, NY Newsday).

In this interview, Jonathan discusses PowerPoint, Flash and Wildform's own products. He also discusses the significance of video in a presentation. Read more...

As an independent management consultant and president of Sociable Media, Cliff Atkinson advises the senior leadership of some of the world's largest companies on how they can engage the organizational phenomenon called PowerPoint.

These companies are beginning to understand PowerPoint as more than just a presentation tool, and are seeking answers to deeper questions about its organizational use.

In this interview, Cliff discusses his work, the advantages of PowerPoint and why both PowerPoint and Toastmasters make a great team. Read more...

As owner and principle designer at Terberg Design, Julie Terberg develops custom presentation solutions — unique for every client and purpose.

She is a contributing editor to Presentations magazine, and has recently co-authored a book on crafting medical presentations. Perfect Medical Presentations, co-authored by Terry Irwin, will be available later this year.

In this interview, Julie discusses the 'art' in PowerPoint; design, color and typography; inspiration, stock and digital photography and so much more...