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Interviews of people who enrich presentations and PowerPoint.
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Last Updated: March 3rd 2009
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...
Paul
Ludden is the founder and sales director of Omnivox Systems, a
company dedicated to the sales and marketing of specialist audio equipment
utilising the FeONIC 'smart' material technology.
From its base in the UK, Omnivox Systems is developing
global distribution for its brand of desktop audio presentation products.
In this interview, Paul discusses FeONIC technology,
Omnivox products and support infrastructure and the importance of sound
in a presentation.
Jim
Burns is the CEO of Avitage! Communication Systems, a Wellesley,
MA based entity that creates the Avitage! product.
Avitage! (pronounced ah-vi-tazh, derived from the
phrase audio-video montage) is a marketing and sales communication system.
By combining message management with real-time sales coaching, and all
forms of electronic communications delivery, Avitage! turns the daily
tactical communications of sales and marketing professionals into coordinated
parts of a strategic communication initiative.
In this interview, Jim discusses how Avitage! evolves,
ROI, PowerPoint and much more...
Patrice-Anne
Rutledge is the best-selling author of more than 20 non-fiction
books, primarily on communications and web design. She has also contributed
to numerous international publications, founded several newsletters
and websites, and has created marketing communications materials,
technical documentation, and web content for leading international
organizations. Patrice's most recent book is Special
Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (Que).
In this interview, Patrice discusses PowerPoint
versions,
"death by PowerPoint", Producer 2003 and non-conventional PowerPoint. Read
more...
Steve
Rindsberg is the founder and President of RDP, based in Cincinnati,
OH (USA).
Steve's been associated with PowerPoint since the
product originated - his site is a treasure trove of PowerPoint information
in the form of the celebrated PowerPoint FAQ. When he's not updating
his site, he's creating new add-ins that expand possibilities. Steve's
also into a lot of print technology related stuff.
In this interview Steve discusses PowerPoint, the
MVP program, his celebrated FAQ and so
much more...
Tom
Atkins was educated as a chemical engineer, obtained his bachelor's
degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his Master of Science
degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Tom heads Right Seat Software, creators
of the amazing Vox Proxy add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint that
brings talking Agent characters to PowerPoint.
In this interview, Tom talks about Vox Proxy, Microsoft
Agent, Microsoft and the current criticism of PowerPoint blaming it
for everything from the space shuttle disaster to failed board meetings. Read
here...
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