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Another round of updates to the PowerPoint Twitter Tools, including:<\/p>\n
To access all these tools, please go to the main download page: https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/powerpoint-twitter-tools\/<\/a>. Here\u2019s some information about each of the new features:<\/p>\n As you go through your slides in presentation mode, any text in your note pages between the tags [twitter] and [\/twitter] will automatically be tweeted when you reach the appropriate slide.<\/p>\n The plugin uses Microsoft VBA (visual basic for applications), so is only supported in PowerPoint for Windows (the idea is based on similar functionality already available for Keynote on the Macintosh<\/a>).<\/p>\n Checking the \u201cDisplay success status of tweets\u201d option will show a dialog box during the presentation, telling you whether the tweet was successful or not. It will close automatically after a second or so (the actual time may vary depending on the vagaries of Windows processing).<\/p>\n You can use the twitter feed to reinforce the points you are making in your presentation, or ask the audience questions related to your content, and include a feedback slide later in the presentation to review the audience replies.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s another feedback slide tool for high-tweet locations (web 2.0 conferences, etc.), showing twice as many tweets as the original. Like the original, it auto-refreshes every 30 seconds and supports pagination and custom feeds (for example using a service like http:\/\/TidyTweet.com<\/a> for a moderated feed, or any other atom-based feed).<\/p>\n One option is to use the open-source microblogging platform from Status.Net (motto: \u201cYour life and your business are your own. Take control of your status.\u201d). You can see an example of this product in action at www.identi.ca<\/a><\/p>\n To use the product, you\u2019d need to install a server inside your organization, invite your employees to register, and then use a custom feed such as:<\/p>\n http:\/\/yourinternalserver<\/em>:1088\/api\/statusnet\/tags\/timeline\/thetagyouwanttofollow<\/em>.atom<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The two feedback slides and the ticker bar all support the use of custom feeds. Unfortunately, some of the status.net feeds don\u2019t include the avatars link, so you only get the text updates using this method (e.g. see the screen shot below using the public feed for the \u201centerprise20\u201d tag from identi.ca: http:\/\/identi.ca\/api\/statusnet\/tags\/timeline\/enterprise20.atom<\/a>).<\/p>\n This tool doesn\u2019t connect directly to twitter just yet, but it\u2019s a nice graphic effect that you can customize with your own words. Here\u2019s a glimpse of what it looks like (this text moves towards the viewer, and you can click on values to move them to the center)<\/p>\n Do any of these apply to you?<\/p>\n The answer to all these is to use the setup variables, now supported by most of the tools. To set variables in advance, simple right-click the tool in PowerPoint and add them to the end of the movie name. Here\u2019s a quick list of the variables available:<\/p>\n For example, if you wanted to set up the feedback slide so that it automatically opened with a search for the tag \u201c#sap\u201d, you can simply right-mouse click on the movie, and add \u201c?keyword=#sap\u201d to the end of the \u201cMovie\u201d Parameter (note that in theory you should use URLencoding<\/a> of values, e.g. %23 instead of #, but it seems to work anyway)<\/p>\n And here\u2019s an example of the text to add in order to get a locked-down, custom moderated feed: Here\u2019s the result \u2013 note that the search term can no longer be changed:<\/p>\n To see which values are valid for which movies, click on the \u201cembed\u201d button, and view the options for the embedded HTML:<\/p>\nPowerPoint AutoTweet<\/h3>\n
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The PowerPoint AutoTweet functionality, available as a PowerPoint Add-in, lets you automatically update your twitter status during your presentation.<\/p>\nNew Feedback Slide<\/h3>\n
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What if you would like to use the PowerPoint Twitter Tools for an internal meeting, but don\u2019t want to blast your critique of executive strategy over the internet?<\/p>\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sapweb20\/2009\/11\/image9.jpg?resize=463%2C299&ssl=1\" "\\"image\\"")
<\/p>\nZoom Text Tool<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nSupport for Predefined Values and Templates<\/h3>\n
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