Ten ESSENTIAL Slideshare Presentations for Marketers
Feb 19, 12:12 am PST
Check out this compilation of 10 awesome SlideShare presentations for marketing folks. This has been published on DPDialogue, an Australian marketing blog.. go here to check out the blogpost.
Incidentally the post starts with this somewhat funny narrative of what things were like in presentation rooms way back in the 1960s-70s before the PC (and Powerpoint era)… Here’s an excerpt
” The presenter would have prepared for weeks; researched diligently and practiced five times the night before, just to make sure everything went according to plan. No stone would have been left unturned. No ‘t’ would have been un-crossed. No ‘i’ left un-dotted.
Presentation day would have arrived. Seats would have been arranged. A screen erected at the front. The presenter would have turned up, ready to begin; a glass of water beside the lecturn; a hot cup of instant coffee on standby.
Marker pens would have been in hand, ready to highlight the important points; a few carefully-practised hand shadow animals would have lurking in the wings, ready to storm the virtual stage should the crowd require some half-time entertainment. A strange bunch of clear plastic sheets would have been piled neatly on the table, but they would have drawn negligible attention, because they were dwarfed by the strangest looking lamp the admin assistant had ever seen. The year was 1957.
“What’s that?” She would have asked (excuse my misogyny, I’ve been watching too much Mad Men).
“It’s an overhead projector,” the presenter would have announced proudly. “It’s the latest in presentation technology.”
The admin assistant would have nodded.
“Is there anything I can get you then before you begin, Mr Presenter?” She would have asked
“Yes,” Mr Presenter would have said. “I need a power point?”
“Power point?” She would have asked, a puzzled look on her face. “Well, there is one, but it’s way over there in the back of the room. If you want people to see your presentation I’ll need to get you an extension cord.”
Powerpoint, of course, the Microsoft version, spelled the end of the overhead projector back in the early nineties.
Slideshare.com, has spelled the end of the extension cord.
Feb 19, 1:05 am
Thanks for the link love, but you left out the best two lines of the intro:
“Powerpoint, of course, the Microsoft version, spelled the end of the overhead projector back in the early nineties.
Slideshare.com, has spelled the end of the extension cord.”
I thought you would have left that in!
Cheers anyway!
Matt
Feb 19, 1:20 am
The last two lines have been added in….. got missed out actually
Feb 21, 4:12 pm
Very good advice.
Jun 15, 4:49 am
Hi this fun yet enlighten post