Point, Click & Wow!: A Quick Guide to Brilliant Laptop Presentations

by Wilder, Claudyne; Fine, David

• ISBN13: 9780883904848
• ISBN10: 0883904845
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Produce powerful, vivid presentations on your laptop PC Use your laptop computer for your next presentation to capture attention and keep it! Highly illustrated and full of technical tips, this guide helps you tame the technology and be confident when giving electronic presentations. Step-by-step, Point, Click, and Wow!! explains how to: Balance on-screen activity with human interaction to create a powerful, memorable message Create and manage visuals for maximum effect Organize the presentation to manage software and hardware issues, travel, and equipment constraints Each chapter is illustrated with a real-world case study created for such industry leaders as Fidelity Investments and Gillette. This is the only electronic presentation source book devoted specifically to laptop computers'get your copy today!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment	ix
Introduction	xi
Remember, Your Audience Is Human	1	(14)
Think About Your Audience	3	(6)
Personalize the Talk	9	(6)
Design the Flow	15	(34)
Organize Around an Objective	17	(2)
The Solution Format	19	(4)
The Presentation Flow	23	(2)
The Plot-Point Theory of Organizing	25	(2)
Technology Issues	27	(1)
What Is Different About Electronic Presentations?	27	(2)
What Is the Best Equipment to Use in Each Situation?	29	(10)
A Company Road Show	39	(2)
The Customer Conference	41	(2)
Case Study: Company Initiative Launch	43	(6)
Create High-Impact Visuals	49	(52)
Key Steps for Designing Visuals	51	(9)
Templates and Colors	60	(4)
Transitions, Builds, and Interactivity	64	(10)
Pictures, Clip Art, Charts, and Video Clips	74	(8)
Visual Ideas	82	(13)
Single Visual Checklist	95	(2)
Total Visual Checklist	97	(2)
The Ten Don'ts for Visuals	99	(2)
Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse	101	(20)
Check the Equipment and the Room	103	(7)
The Real Rehearsal Flow Chart	110	(1)
Feedback Rehearsal Sheet	111	(1)
Tame the Technology	112	(3)
Present With Total Confidence	115	(6)
Resources	121	(2)
Index	123