PowerPoint from Screencasting Webinar

by Tom Johnson on Dec 17, 2009
categories: technical-writing • screencasting • video

If you're interested in the PowerPoint for my screencasting webinar, here it is below.

I always smile a little when people ask for the PowerPoint, because it just consists of pictures. I resist detailed bullets points on each slide because it locks you into a certain order that may be at odds with your presentation's flow. Also, when you give people text to read while you're speaking, you lose some of their attention.

I promise to record a podcast this week covering some of the same screencasting content, so stay tuned for this.

By the way, the more presentations I give, the more I find that Guy Kawasaki's 10/20/30 rule of PowerPoint really is true.

Also, someone asked for examples of screencasts I've done. Most of the screencasts I do are for work and are behind the firewall, unfortunately. But here are several of my screencasts (the first three in the list below) as well as screencasts from other sites.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XzwTcAyqkc
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0DTvH0tr_k
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F8WUZBsLpg
• http://wordpress.tv/2009/05/29/getting-started-with-google-analytics
• http://commoncraft.com/world-wide-web
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtgYTWRdTSU
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UylBZey1bs
• http://www.instantindesign.com/videos/InstantInDesign-6.mp4
• http://tv.adobe.com/watch/indesignsecrets-videocast/effects-sans-objects

I'm also finishing a bunch of screencasts for a public-facing project at work this week, so I'll post those when they're ready.