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The Presentation Podcast Talks Google Slides

A new episode of The Presentation Podcast is available today! This episode we are joined by Vincent Thompson, a Creative Consultant at BrightCarbon to help us better understand Google Slides. Listen to episode, 86 – Should You Use Google Slides for Your Corporate Presentations. Listen in on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify and Soundcloud – just search for “The Presentation Podcast” – or go direct to the episode page here: https://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/86

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2019-09-16T09:34:53-07:00September 17th, 2019|Resource/Misc|

Things To Know About The Presentaiton Summit (New Episode! The Presentation Podcast, Episode 85)

A new episode of The Presentation Podcast is available today! This episode join Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk with Rick Altman, the Presentation Summit conference director. Listen to episode, 85 – Things To know About The Presentation Summit (w/ Rick Altman) for news about this years conference and stories never told before!

Listen in on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify and Soundcloud – just search for “The Presentation Podcast” – or go direct to the episode page here: https://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/85

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2019-09-01T17:29:35-07:00September 3rd, 2019|Resource/Misc|

New Podcast Episode Released Today!

A new episode of The Presentation Podcast is available today! This episode join Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk with Echo Swinford and Glenna Shaw from the Presentation Guild about the upcoming launch of the Professional Presentation Certifications.

Episode, 84 – Presentation Professional Certifications are Here! (with Echo Swinford and Glenna Shaw) is a behind the scenes conversation with the organizing team at the Presentation Guild about how the certification program came to be, the rational of the test experience, how often the test questions may be updated and more. Listen in on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify and Soundcloud – just search for “The Presentation Podcast” – or go direct to the episode page here: https://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/84

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2019-08-19T23:34:05-07:00August 20th, 2019|Resource/Misc|

What to Wear, as a Presenter

I do not repost other stories very often, but this is a good article for anyone that is presenting on stage, or in front of the camera. It is written about being in a video, and all of the tips apply to a presenter on a large stage (where you are also generally on camera too!):

https://sproutvideo.com/blog/help-executive-look-good-camera.html#close

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2019-08-10T18:31:25-07:00August 16th, 2019|Resource/Misc|

SMK-Link Navigator – How To Train an Additional Receiver

TLC Creative Services really likes the SMK-Navigator presentation remote. We have used them for several years, but it is not for the presenter, it is the remote we use backstage to run the computers while the presenter has a cue light remote that signals when to advance the content.

One of the key features of the SMK-Navigator remote is the receiver, the unit connected to the computer, can be sync’d to a remote. More importantly a single remote can be connected to 2-4-12 computers!

The key to the great feature is knowing how to program, or train, the additional remotes to the receiver.

1. Remove USB Receiver from USB port, wait 5 seconds and reconnect.

2. Press and hold the Next button (right arrow) for 10 seconds until red light rapidly flashes.

3. Click the advance button on the remote and the LED light on the receiver should turn solid green (and then back to a slow flashing green).

Done! Now that receiver will work with that remote. Repeat for as many computers as you want the remote to simultaneously control.

Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2019-08-08T13:52:49-07:00August 14th, 2019|Resource/Misc|

No Video Playback, Try These Nvidia Settings

Out of the box we found that our new fleet of show computers did not play .MP4 videos in slide show. We checked PowerPoint was up to date (Offie 365, 64-bit). We confirmed Windows 10 Pro was up to date. We confirmed we had the most current Nvidia drivers. To make things more confusing, videos would play in slide edit view, but not in slide show. A very frustrating situation!

Fortunately for our IT manager, I have already encountered Nvidia and PowerPoint issues. After a few setting updates in the Nvidia control panel, everything works great. Let me share the settings we use on our Nvidia graphics card laptops.

Right click desktop and select “Nvidia control panel”

Go to MANAGE 3D SETTINGS and set these PowerPoint specific settings:

Go to PROGRAM SETTINGS tab
Select MICROSOFT POWERPOINT from program drop-down list
Change Preferred Graphics Processor to HIGH PERFORMANCE NVIDIA PROCESSOR
Change POWER MANAGEMENT MODE to PREFER MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE

Go to MANAGE 3D SETTINGS and update these global settings:

Power Management Mode = Prefer Maximum Performance
Texture Filtering – Quality = High Performance
Threaded Optimization = On

This final Nvidia setting is not a factor in videos actually playing, but it can affect the video quality. The issue is the default color space is not actually pure white and pure black. So if you have seen a video with a white background that does not match the slide white background, this may be the reason.

Go to ADJUST VIDEO COLOR SETTINGS

Select WITH THE NVIDIA SETTINGS
Go to the ADVANCED tab
Dynamic Range = FULL (0-255)
Click APPLY

Hopefully you have not encountered videos not playing issues, but if you have, and you have an Nvidia graphics chip, these options solve things for you!

Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2019-08-08T13:44:01-07:00August 12th, 2019|Resource/Misc|

Podcast 83

A new episode of The Presentation Podcast is available today! This episode join Troy Chollar of TLC Creative, Lori Chollar of TLC Creative. Richard Goring of BrightCarbon, and Tara Sheffield of SlideRabbit for a conversation about the experience of taking (and passing!) the Presentation Guild, Specialist Level Presentation Certification. , Nolan, and Sandy is available today!

Episode, 83 – We Took The Presentation Professional Certification – and Survived! is a must listen to for anyone considering taking the new presentation industry certifications. Listen in on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify and Soundcloud – just search for “The Presentation Podcast” – or go direct to the episode page here: https://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/83

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2019-08-06T06:16:04-07:00August 6th, 2019|Resource/Misc|

Give Me Back My Sykpe for Business!

Microsoft is making the move to Microsoft Teams. But if you looking to stick with Skype for Business a bit longer, Microsoft does not make it is easy to find. These steps worked for us (as of today):

– Log into your O365 account

– Click settings GEAR

– Click INSTALL SOFTWARE

– Ignore the list of installable apps and click SKYPE FOR BUSINESS link on the left

– Pick 32 or 64 bit (match to your version Office) and install

– You have Skype for Business again! Previous settings should be preserved, but you may need to log in and adjust app preferences if not retained.

Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2019-07-31T14:51:05-07:00August 1st, 2019|Resource/Misc|

The Microsoft Office Insider Newsletter – Get It.

The Microsoft Office Dev teams have been doing a good job of getting new release and Tips & Tricks posted on the Microsoft Office blogs. But it is a separate blog for every product and some products have more then one blog… I really like the Microsoft Office Insider (Email) Newsletter, which is a nice summary of the hottest news and announcements on the many Office blogs compiled into a nicely formatted HTML email.

I find this a great resource for reading not only about PowerPoint and Excel features that are a part of my daily work life, but seeing info about other apps I generally do not subscribe to their blogs, such as Android and IOS releases, Dynamics, and others. You can sign up to have the free Microsoft Office Insider newsletter show up in your inbox here.

Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2019-07-13T15:34:26-07:00July 24th, 2019|Resource/Misc|

The 7 Most Used Creative Commons Licenses

Creative Commons licensing is an important item to understand as “CC” licensed images are used often in presentations. I have found one of the large misunderstandings of many designers is that “Creative Commons” licensing does not always mean the image is free to use, free from attribution needs, and free to own. This is a very high level overview of Creative Commons and I am calling out the 7 most used Creative Commons licensing options.

Here are a few soundbytes of info, and as much detail into legal use, where to use, how to use I am including (eg. basically none):

The best, short, definition of Creative Commons I found and like to use is: “Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.“
Copyright is the exclusive legal right, given to the legal owner of the art piece to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, AND to authorize others to do the same.
Copyleft is approval to use, modify and distribute an art piece freely on condition that anything derived from it is has the same rights (eg. anything created from a Copyleft art piece is also Copyleft).
Share-alike is used by Creative Commons and virtually the same as Copyleft; approval to use, modify and distribute an art piece freely on condition that anything derived from it is has the same rights.
The official website for Creative Commons is CreativeCommons.org.
The Creative Commons Wikipedia page is a great resource on the topic.

Creative Common licensing is visually represented by rectangle logos like these. Inside the rectangle, each circle icon has an exact meaning and logos can have 1 or several of the Creative Commons attributes, or clauses, assigned to it.

The icon tells us a lot about that image. The Creative Commons “CC” logo is on left of every logo. To the right are icons representing the clauses, or rules, that apply to that image.

Here is a quick primer on the 4 most common licensing clauses:

ATTRIBUTION (BY). You can copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative works if they give the author or licensor attribution.

SHARE ALIKE (SA). You can distribute derivative works only under a license identical (“not more restrictive”) to the license that governs the original work (Share Alike and Copyleft are similar concepts).