Auto-Tweet Directly from PowerPoint And Other Twitter Tool Updates

Another round of updates to the PowerPoint Twitter Tools, including: Auto-tweeting An additional feedback slide An option for secure internal use A customizable text-zooming tool The ability to set up values in advance (for example, to add the tools into a conference template) To access all these tools, please go to the main download page: http://timoelliott.com/blog/powerpoint-twitter-tools/. Here’s some information about each of the new features: PowerPoint... [Read More...]

Too Scared to Use the PowerPoint Twitter Tools? Moderation, Updating, New Options

I’ve posted a new set of tools to the PowerPoint Twitter Tools pages. The new features include: Moderated tweets New tool to tweet directly from PowerPoint New “mood meter” tool New voting pie chart tool Moderated Tweets and New Feedback Slide Options Are you scared of your audience? Me neither. But when I recently asked several senior executives if they were interested in using the PowerPoint Twitter Tools in their conference presentations,... [Read More...]

PowerPoint Twitter Tools Update: Make Some Noise!

New versions of the PowerPoint Twitter Tools, built using SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius, are now available. If you’re using the PowerPoint template with the embedded widgets from this web site, you will automatically get the new versions. To access the new tools, download the PowerPoint templates from the main page. More detailed instructions are available here. New tool: PowerPoint Crowd Meter When you want to take a break from using Twitter for... [Read More...]

Integrating Live Twitter Streams into PowerPoint Using Xcelsius

As a frequent presenter, I’ve been wanting to add some more interaction to presentations for a long time. A couple of years ago, I used some .php code I found on the web and an early version of Xcelsius to display a ticker bar during the presentation that contained the subject lines of emails sent to a particular address. And after some frustration, I even managed to put together a simple voting-by-email service that was adapted by the BusinessObjects... [Read More...]

Web 2.0 Presentation Tools from SAP – Integrate Twitter into PowerPoint!

In today’s web 2.0 world, sometimes the presenter on stage is the only one who doesn’t know what the audience is thinking – because everybody else is viewing the Twitter stream. These new prototypes fix that problem, allowing you to give presentations in web 2.0 style, with the comments from your audience appearing directly on the screen, in real time, during your presentation! Based on the SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius dashboarding technology,... [Read More...]