![]() Point #3 - What do if you are wanting to use your computer This will help the AV company spot any differences in the appearance of your presentation when they run it on their computer. ![]() With that folder, also send either a hard copy printout, or PDF printout, of what your slides are supposed to look like. Then, send THIS folder to the AV company. This puts all elements (fonts, layout, images, video files, background images) within a folder. So how do you avoid this? Most versions of PowerPoint and Keynote have a "bundle package" option for saving your presentation. Different versions have different settings. are native to the computer that created the content. are completely different that on your home computer? This is because fonts, layout, background images, etc. How many times have you sent a file and opened it up on another computer only to find that the fonts, background images, slide elements' placement, etc. Point #2 - Things don't always look the same on different computers ![]() This gives that person plenty of time to download and check your presentation. coordinate with the company, find out who you need to send your slides to, and do it early. If you are a good presenter, you will have your slides done well in advance. The odds that they have internet access and the time to download and check your presentation during this time are very slim. Remember this, if your presentation is at 8 am, that crew is probably arriving to do their final preparations at 5:30 or 6:30 a.m. We can not stress this enough! Just like the example of waiting until the night before to "cram", if you wait until the night before to send the files to the AV company, there are so many things that can go wrong. If you wait until the night before to coordinate with the AV company, or even worse, a few hours before you presentation, the results will most likely (not always, but you have a higher chance) be bad. If you wait until the night before a test to "cram", the outcome will most likely be bad. To start, think back to your old school days. One quick disclaimer though, if you are a presenter that brings their own laptop, with your own projector, with your own screen YOU ARE GOOD TO GO! You can skip reading this article. In this article, we give a few key suggestions and pointers on having a successful PowerPoint presentation. This event sparked the thought process for this blog. ![]() Last week we received a call on our after hours line from a customer that was having issues with connecting a guest presenters laptop to their in-house video system. Presenter brings an iPad in hopes that we have the proper connection to make it work.Īll of these above scenarios are just recipes for failure. Presenter emails us the file around midnight the night before because they were still up working on it.ĭ. Presenter brings us a thumb drive about an hour before their presentation with the file on it.Ĭ. Presenter brings their laptop, we connect to our projectors.ī. The typical scenario is one of the following:Ī. We deal with a ton of presentations from guest speakers. These helpful points will reduce potential snags in your presentation integration. ![]() Whether you are a professional speaker, or simply doing a presentation at your local real estate board or chamber of commerce one time. Here are 8 tips to help when presenting to an audience using Keynote or PowerPoint. ![]()
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