Ready for a Reboot
Where Have You Been… (Cabo)
My week has been busy, limited in internet access, no cell phone service and beautiful! Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in December is perfect.
(top) view from my room, overlooking the beautiful Hilton resort and Gulf of Cortez blue water.
(middle) tech table. From left: me, Marc, Brian(behind monitors), Gary.
(bottom) my desk back home after a week away.
– Troy @ TLC
Happy Thanksgiving!
My hope is today everyone has time with family (and pumpkin pie!).
– Troy @ TLC
Working Backstage
Just a quick picture of myself backstage at a recent corporate show where I coordinated the presentation design and show computers (for what was projected). I am on the left – surrounded by computers.
Thanks for the picture Paul!
– Troy @ TLC
3 Views of a Corporate Show
Here is my show I just finished and the three views of it.
1. My view, the Graphics View.
2. The audience view.
3. The presenter view.
And all three views have the PowerPoint slides.
– Troy @ TLC
Being In The Audience…
On most projects my work area is setup backstage. But on this particular project, there was no backstage (front projection), and the tech table was completely in use. So I basically setup shop in the audience.
– Troy @ TLC
Green Screen Video for PPT Slides
On a recent show I was asked to develop the speaker IMAG slides with a curved design to match the set design (IMAG = Image MAGnification, and for this event it was live video of the speaker). The solution was to work with the video switch department and setup a green screen video area. Here is my slide:
We went with the standard green screen green. The key was to assure no slide had any solid green on the left half of the slides. During the show, the video switch would bring in the camera shot (rectangular) and it would fill the curved green area to create a custom speaker IMAG window.
– Troy @ TLC
Renewed as Microsoft PowerPoint MVP!
Just a personal note that I am very honored by. I have been awarded as a Microsoft MVP for PowerPoint again (basically renewed)!
– Troy @ TLC
Presentation Summit – MVPs
The 2010 Presentation Summit concluded today and it was a really great event. It is the one public event each year that has a large gathering of the Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs – and Microsoft PowerPoint developers and managers.
Here is our MVP group this year:
Glen Millar, Elen Finkelstein, Julie Terberg, John Wilson, Troy Chollar, Echo Swinford, Glenna Shaw, Ric Bretschneider, Geetesh Bajaj, Sandy Johnson (not pictured)
– Troy @ TLC
Presentation Summit – Garr Reynolds
Garr Reynolds (author of Presentation Zen) was the morning keynote speaker at this year’s Presentation Summit – live from his home in Japan.
This was probably one of the most engaging remote/webcast presentations I have seen.The small rectangle in the lower left is the webcam Garr had of the audience. He managed a very entertaining and audience interactive presentation.
– Troy @ TLC