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Learn PowerPoint 2010: SmartArt Graphics
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Any of you who has used SmartArt may think it is among the coolest
features that Microsoft has ever introduced in PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office
products -- not only because it is easy but mainly because you can customize SmartArt
to such a large extent.
Kate
Skelly is vice president for corporate and business
development at Brainshark, Inc., overseeing strategic partnerships,
and the addition and integration of complementary products
and services. Brainshark’s cloud-based software enables
users to create, share and track online and mobile video presentations,
for use in eLearning, sales, marketing and corporate/HR communications.
Thousands of companies use Brainshark to improve the reach
and results of their business communications, while dramatically
reducing communications costs. In this conversation, Kate discusses
Brainshark’s partnership with Blackboard, which the company
is announcing today. 
Dr.
Nick Morgan is one of America’s top communication
theorists and coaches. A passionate teacher, he is committed
to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas – and
then delivering them with panache. He has been commissioned
by Fortune 50 companies to write for many CEOs and presidents.
He has coached people to give Congressional testimony, to appear
on the Today Show, and to take on the investment community.
He has worked widely with political and educational leaders.
In this conversation, he discusses his work and books -- and
how presenters can communicate with trust and charisma. 
Jim
Endicott is an internationally-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 conversation, Jim discusses the results of
the 2010 Annual Presentation Impact Survey conducted by his
company, Distinction Communication, Inc. 
Spencer
Lambert is a presentation designer by day, and serial
business starter by night. He started his career as a rostrum
cameraman making slides on film (remember that?). His first
PowerPoint job was in 1993, and sadly has been using it pretty
much every day since. Along the way he has started a new media
production agency (1997), an e-commerce website (2000) and
a bar (2004). Some soul searching led him to decide to concentrate
on what he was really good at, and at the end of 2009 decided
to embark on a project that would evolve into Present.me. In
this conversation, Spencer discusses Present.me. 
Harman
Singh is the Founder of two Internet platforms - authorSTREAM
and WiZiQ. authorSTREAM.com is a PowerPoint sharing platform
striving to make your presentations sharable on the Web - whether
they are viewed from desktops, mobile phones or tablets like
iPad. authorSTREAM recently announced changes and improvements
in their premium subscription plans -- Harman discusses this
and more exclusively in this conversation.
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