Roy Pereira

FacebookCampToronto 3 set for February 4th

Date: 2008-01-09 | Tags: facebook, presentations Bookmark: Digg Facebook Technorati Del.icio.us! Slashdot Yahoo! Reddit! StumbleUpon!

Having had 2 previous successful FacebookCamp events in 2007, we are ready to announce the next Facebook Marketing and Developer event.

 

Slated for Feb 4 at MaRS, we are expecting a great keynote speaker from Facebook as well as a great list of great speakers and topics.

 

The event's page is at http://barcamp.org/FacebookCampToronto3

 

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PowerPoint Presentations Rules

Date: 2005-08-23 | Tags: marketing, presentations Bookmark: Digg Facebook Technorati Del.icio.us! Slashdot Yahoo! Reddit! StumbleUpon!
I was recently asked how to build a great PowerPoint presentation, so I decided to write an blog entry on what I have learnt over the years.


1) Don't use PowerPoint...

Unless you are presenting or summarizing information, PowerPoint is not the best tool to use. This is because it forces you to communicate in a certain way. Bullet points and large font sizes on a slide don't allow for much detail. It is better to use a word processing and/or spreadsheet application for the bulk of the information and to use PowerPoint only to summarize that information. Some advertising agencies would even go one step further and state... [ More ]