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Microsoft is announcing a new application in the Office suite: Sway. “An entirely different way to express yourself and bring your ideas to life”. Is this the end of PowerPoint?

A « Sway », that’s the name of the canvas created with the application, lives in the cloud and is easily shareable. It adapts itself to the different screen size: Web, tablet, smart phone.

Its intuitive interface and its automatic design is totally aligned with the need of our hyper connected world.

Is it an appropriate tool for a business presentation? Hard to say. Will it be possible to create or watch “Sway” offline? I haven’t read anything on that point.

Will Sway replace PowerPoint or will they both live side by side, each one addressing specific needs? We do not know yet.

Actually, Sway is on an invitation basis only. Will have a better opinion of the new application after having played with it for a couple of hours.

If it his as good as Microsoft says, it will be a success. With or without PowerPoint.

What’s your opinion?

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There is a new challenger in the presentation software arena. Preseria Presenter claim to be able to play everything you throw at it. That’s a good news for events organizers.

Picture of Preseria presenter

 

The software is in beta. I should put my hand on it next week. For now, there is not much details available, and I have a lot of questions. Does it really play everything? Is it easy to use? Can you modify the files or just open them?

If you want to participate to the beta trial, you can click on the web site link.

 

Source : beta.preseria.com

 

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]]> SlideShare moves to HTML5 https://presentability.com/slideshare-moves-to-html5-from-flash/ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:28:41 +0000 https://presentability.com/?p=1729 If you're using SlideShare, there is a good news for you! You can now share your presentation on iPhone, iPad, Android and other because SlideShare switch to HTML5.

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HTML5 BannerIf you’re using SlideShare, there is a good news for you! You can now share your presentation on iPhone, iPad, Android and other because SlideShare switch to HTML5.

With this announce, SlideShare jump in the HTML5 Bandwagon. Why HTML5?

✔ 30% Faster
✔ New Mobile Webapp: works on iPhone, iPad, Android
✔ Built on open web standards
View Faster. View More. View on the Go. With SlideShare@HTML5

Slideshare is HTML5 now

If you’re not using SlideShare yet, you should give it a try.

via SlideShare moves to HTML5 from Flash.

 

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]]> I Present Naked to the Board of Directors https://presentability.com/i-present-naked-board-directors/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:15:15 +0000 https://presentability.com/2010/02/15/i-present-naked-board-directors/     New stunning campaign from Citrix for is GoToMeeting solution. A true eyes catching ad, with an intriguing message. How can you be naked to present to the board or to collaborate with coworkers? (see picture beside from Los Angeles Airport). You have to use GoToMeeting. It is a solution for online meeting. The […]

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I Present Naked to the Board of Directors | Source : DavidBaeza on twitpic.com

 

New stunning campaign from Citrix for is GoToMeeting solution. A true eyes catching ad, with an intriguing message.

We collaborate Naked | Source : DavidBaeza on twitpic.comHow can you be naked to present to the board or to collaborate with coworkers? (see picture beside from Los Angeles Airport).

You have to use GoToMeeting. It is a solution for online meeting.

The message is simple: you can do your meeting from the comfort of your home without the office dressing code (or naked if you prefer).

Citrix targets a growing trend in business. Telecommuting (not nakedness!).

Pure effectiveness. I like that campaign.

 

 

Really naked

Is there people participating to online meeting naked? According to a recent study, yes (CNBC).

About one in five UK participants in conference calls have called in while naked. Almost half have worn only their underwear while 68 percent have only worn pajamas, a survey by BT Conferencing showed Wednesday.

Is it the start of a new trend?

 

How would you feel to really present naked?

In 2005 Garr Reynolds post a brilliant article: Make your next presentation naked. It is not about removing clothes, but removing everything that is not contributing to the message.

Being naked involves stripping away all that is unnecessary to get at the essence of your message. The naked presenter approaches the presentation task embracing the ideas of simplicity, clarity, honesty, integrity, and passion.

According to this post, you should “Present naked to the board of directors”.

 

Twitter campaign

To my knowledge, Citrix is one of the first to use a Twitter hashtag in a billboard campaign (Twitter is a social media and a hashtag is a keyword helping people categorize the information. The # symbol is preceding the keyword.)

For the campaign,  Citrix have chosen the hashtag #getnaked and they are suggesting people to publish their story on Twitter.

You can search Twitter with the hashtag and see the contributions of the users.

The campaign is not targeting the technological challenged people. It is targeting those who use and understand those technologies.

Citrix is innovating with this campaign in leveraging the social media. Good move.

We will see more and more of this kind of campaign

 

Some fun

On the lighter side, here are some of the gems I found searching Twitter with the #getnaked hashtag.

New Zealand airline video Car snow working from home

 

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