Don’t underestimate what you can find on You Tube!

It’s a great source of topic specific video which you could easily use to demonstrate your point in a presentation, without the cost of video production.

Here’s a great tutorial showing how to do it…and demonstrating our point!

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Converting PowerPoint presentation into online/offline e-learning modules is fast becoming the future of presentation delivery. Here’s a very quick guide to help you understand its place in corporate presentation land:

PS client: Metronaps online training tool

What is it?
Briefly, it involves converting your PowerPoint presentation into a flash format, adding any video, additional graphics, and voice overlay to guide and encourage engagement.
Finally, convert it into a format for easy distribution – either via the web, internal intranet/networks or USB’s/CD’s.

Here are some unique features that can be built into e-learning PowerPoint conversion modules:

Quizzes and surveys
Easily add quizzes, surveys, and assessments-they’ll fit perfectly in your presentation. You can even limit the number of quiz attempts, restrict navigation, and send learners down different branches depending on their results.

Customizable, feature-rich Player
Let viewers easily navigate your content and access additional resources.

Add multimedia and interactivity
Seamlessly incorporate Engage interactions and Quizmaker quizzes, video, Flash, and more. You can even embed live web pages for learners to use inside your presentation.

Publish to the Web
Transform your PowerPoint into a Flash-based presentation that can be hosted on virtually any Web server and viewed by almost anyone.

Publish to podcast
You’re one click away from an audio podcast of your narration. Output a lightweight podcast player for the Web, or create a single MP3 file for MP3 players like iPods.

Add Flash
Integrate your existing Flash movies and interactive content, such as SWF files, FLV files, and more.

Embed live, interactive web sites
If it’s on the Web, you can include it in your presentation. Embed live Web sites that learners can use right in your presentation. It’s perfect for including intranet resources and keeping your materials up to date

Top tips
Your e-learning solution should follow some simple guidelines:

• Create engaging and interactive courses. Engagement can mean that the courses are visually appealing, interesting and have interactive learning elements. Look at what people are doing in more traditional e-learning courses. Try to mimic their styles and see what features you can build in your courses.

• Excellent graphics – it must look appealing as you’re encouraging the user to interact for a period of time. You don’t want them to be turned away by dodgy graphics and cheap images.
• Simplicity and clarity - the point must be clear and concise, just like in a traditional presentation environment.
• Clear navigational aids – make it user friendly. Use common navigation language and direction that the masses will understand.
• Narration – make it clear, neutral and importantly – on brand!

Who should use it?

Trainers:
It’s all about self-paced learning, in which trainees learn on their own, without a live trainer. Deliver more training, at less cost, to a wider audience in less time.

Sales People;
deliver product updates nationwide simultaneously with a built in response. Perfect for incentive programmes to encourage product education and inturn increase sales.

Research: distribute surveys, find and examine results immediately online.

Contact:
Email info@presentationstudio.com.au or call 1300 699 609 to find out how Presentation Studio can convert your PowerPoint presentation into an e-learning solution.

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Creative PowerPoint has changed its name to Presentation Studio and launched a new website (www.presentationstudio.com.au ) to better reflect the growing demands of our clients and the increasing  importance of complete presentation services.

In recent times, the company has grown and matured into a leader in Powerpoint design.

“Over the last 4 years we have delivered fantastic PowerPoint design work for clients all over the world, and will continue to do so. However, we’re being asked time and time again for our input and opinion in presentation delivery, structure and interactivity” said Presentation Studio Creative Director, Emma Bannister.

“We feel the name Presentation Studio truly represents our current service offering, giving our clients a one stop “HUB” for complete presentation services. It also reflects our strong emphasis on creativity, our personal service, and hard work ethic.”

Presentation Studio will always remain the PowerPoint presentation design specialists – it’s what we do best, and why our clients love us.  By being the experts in this field has put us at right at the forefront of the latest presentations trends and developments: from Interactive formats, to e-learning platforms, and 3D animation.

Emma adds: “Pushing the limits of presentation design and engagement is what drives our team of designers and copywriters. This is why our mantra: Impact. Engage. Inspire. has become the filter for everything we do for our clients. Combined with our design ethos “Visual Clarity” we are able to deliver incredible presentation results across a range of services. We love the new name and approach and hope you do too”

Visit the new website: www.presentationstudio.com.au or contact us for more information.

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This a great video (although very long) of presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net — presentationzen.com –

Garr shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote.

Enjoy!

Brett

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This is not a new thing, but you’ll be surprised how few presenters make use of such a powerful and easily accessible tool. We thought it was worth sharing…

Audience response systems (ARS) or as a commenter on Techcrunch called them “classroom clickers”, are designed to generate interactivity in a presentation.

PollEverywhere.com using the system at MIT conference.

Put the power back in the hands of the audience by allowing the presenter to integrate polls and questions into their presentation. The audience uses a wireless keypad to respond, which is supplied. This is a fantastic live response mechanism, and can help determine the course of your presentation – adapting to the audience response (see Expedition Blog post). But, one downside – it can be expensive as you have to either purchase the software and handsets, or hire it in for each presentation.

The latest technology to get over this hurdle is SMS messaging. Most people tend to own a mobile phone. This method provides an application that allows the audience to send a text message to a central number, integrated live into your PowerPoint presentation.

The software is low cost and can be set up and integrated into any PowerPoint presentation fairly quickly. The downsides are that users will have to pay for the text – depending on their phone plan.

Another free source is using Twitter, where respondents text to your pre-prepared twitter account. This tends to be limited in text responses, as opposed to polling, but not bad for a free solution.

Get interactive now!

Emma

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Xpeditions” is a NEW People Engagement concept designed by Matt McFadyen and Presentation Studio. It is a unique key note presentation designed to engage, inspire and motivate.

Based on internationally renowned explorer Matt McFadyen’s 5 record breaking expeditions to both Antarctica and the Arctic (see www.mattmcfadyen.com.au), your audience is taken on a fully interactive journey that shares real human experiences in leadership, teamwork and motivation.

We’ve combined learnings from Ernest Shackleton’s leadership methods used in his attempt to cross the Antarctic in 191 5 and we have Australia’s youngest polar explorer to help lead, unite and ignite your people through their very own expedition using the latest multi-media technology.

A choice of 2 Key Note Polar Xpeditions:
North Pole Xpedition
Join Matt on his expedition to become the youngest Australian to trek to the North Pole. Help make critical decisions : whether to brave the storm, emergency extraction due to frostbite, or what to do as a polar bear charges?

Southern Ocean Xpedition
In a tiny yacht facing 50 foot swells, engage with Matt as he unravels the deep troughs of despair, multiple capsizes, team camaraderie and euphoric elation.

“The most successful staff engagement event to date: 96% of people found the Polar Xpedition inspiring. 93% of people found the overall firm briefing valuable.” PWC Australia

For more information: Check out the video below:

To book Matt, contact Presentation Studio on 1300 699609 or go to www.presentationstudio.com.au

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