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"Have an important presentation coming up? You should really be working on that instead of browsing the Internet, but if that doesn't sound good to you right now here are a few sites and tools that might help get you started. We've shown you how to improve your PowerPoint skills overnight, but there's more to …"

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Presentation Marker is a Windows-only downloadable software utility which makes it easy to highlight, amrk-up, annotate and draw on any computer screen, on top of what is already being displayed.

This is a great tool for presenters, teachers and professional trainers who often need a toolkit to help them direct and focus attention of their students/viewers to specific parts of their screen.

 

Presentation Marker integrates among others:

- Text tool

- Arrow pointer

- Pen brush

- Shapes

- Magnification lens

- Spotlight

- Clock

- Screen capture

 

Find out more: http://www.presentation-assistant.com/pmarker/index.htm 

 

A free 30-day trial is available here: http://www.presentation-assistant.com/download/presentationmarker.exe 

 

A full version, usable on three different PCs costs $19.95: http://www.presentation-assistant.com/pmarker/register.htm 

 

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Great presenters understand how people think, learn, and react. In this video Dr. Weinschenk shares 5 Things from her book, "100 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People".

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Slidepoint is a free web-based presentation tool that integrates all of the functions and features o a standard presentation tool. It allows you to create basic presentations using text, graphics, videos and images that make no use of Flash.

 

The basic Slidepoint presentation editor offers all of the basic functionalities you would expect in a slide-show creation tool:
- insert text and graphics - ready-made shapes 

- insert list, tables 

- insert YouTube, video, or questions module

- insert audio clip associated to a slide

- duplicate slides and objects

- front and back order of elements on a slide

- font size, style and color choice

- alignment of objects

- precise positioning

- transition effects and actions

- and most any other basic function you would expect

 

Each presentation created with SlidePoint can be easily shared on the major four social networks Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Google+ as well as being embedded on any site or blog.

 

Free accounts can create a maximum of 10 presentations and have a free storage space of only 25MB.

 

To gain more storage space or increase the limit of presentations that can be created, Slidepoint uses a reward system, that gives you more point as you perform more activities inside the service. 
Find out more here: http://www.slidepoint.net/a/account_rewards.php  

 

PowerPoint presentations can be imported by utilizing the "Windows only) utility available here: http://www.slidepoint.net/files/ppt_to_slidepoint.net.exe 

 

 

Find out more: http://www.slidepoint.net 

 

(Reviewed by Robin Good)

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PresentationTube provides a video presentation desktop recorder (PC) to record, publish and share quality, accessible, and interactive video presentations.

 

PresentationTube synchronizes presenter's audio and video, PowerPoint slides, whiteboard, drawing board, and Web content.

 

PresentationTube also integrates a vertical thumbnail slider allowing the user to jump through presentation slides while keeping the video in sync.

 

Engagement options in each presentation include a discussion board and a self-assessment quiz.

 

The video part of each presentation can be uploaded to PresentationTube or imported straight from YouTube.

 

Presentations created with PresentationTube can be easily shared across social media networks as well as embedded on any site or blog.

 

Free, with no ads, no banners.

Unlimited bandwidth and storage space.

 

Presentation showcase: http://presentationtube.net/index_watch.php 

 

Presentation Recorder software (free) for Windows and how to use it tutorial : http://presentationtube.net/index_record.php 

 

Find out more: http://presentationtube.net/ 

 

(Reviewed by Robin Good)

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