Your humble hosts have been invited to speak at the Big Ideas in Higher Education Conference next week on the campus of Rutgers University. Unfortunately, Dave cannot make this event but has promised he’ll grace us with his presence on future ones. I’ll be providing a hands on workshop of all things related PowerPoint and Keynote. If you happen to be attending the conference, make sure you say hello, I’d love to give you a high five.

Speaking of future events, we are currently booking workshops for late summer and fall if your business, school or family reunion is in need of some presentation development training. We’d love to chat if you’re interested.

Note & Point | BigIdeasConference :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter

Here’s some very well done slides by Karolina Szczur to accompany her presentation at the Appspirina barcamp in Warsaw this past March. Very well balanced without overdoing it which most of us are in the habit of doing.

Content Strategy for Mobile :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter

Congrats to another alumnus, Emiland De Cubber, for utilizing his skills and a social media platform to land a new career! Hopefully his new gig will continually allow him to share his deck building skills with N&P!

How I landed a job with Slideshare :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter

There’s definitely a lack of content around these that I’m sure the presenter did a great job of tying in but I dig the simple approach to the framework of this theme. Bold colors and simple font usage with some nice infographics & imagery sprinkled in. Kudos to Idan Gazit for the Friday inspiration.

Data, Design, Meaning :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter

This deck by Marcelo Somers was a really good way to start my creative morning. – great reminders to the fact that it isn’t all just about pretty pictures and pixels, our goal with design should be to solve problems first. Good stuff, definitely worth taking 10 minutes to dig through. From the Big (D)esign conference in 2011. Thanks, Marcelo!

Design Is How It Works :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter

This is a pretty killer deck by Donny Epp of Field Agent that covers a multitude of uses for your iPhone (and other smart phones as well). While the content might not be anything new to you, the design and context around them should be quickly added to your arsenal of tools. Nice work, Donny!

I Can Do That With My Phone? :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter

A nice submission from the interactive agency Prophets this morning for your viewing pleasure. A nicely done custom deck with plenty of visuals to help inspire you creatively.

Trends in Interactive Design 2012 :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter

N&P alum, Patrick Haney, put together this deck with the intention of helping you get your stuff together.

In his words, “design and development is a lifestyle choice for many of us, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to get out and enjoy the other things in life. When most of your day is spent on trivial tasks rather than productive work, it’s time to evaluate your process and improve it.”

EDIT: Slides have been updated with a more recent version from Patrick.

Getting Things Done :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter

Black and white. More challenging to pull off than you would think. Nice work, Markus.

The Complex Today :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter

A presentation entirely based upon a Mad Men theme? Andy, you know us too well. Dig into some serious CSS3 Transition work with this large AEA presentation from Andy Clarke. Bonus: there’s an animation that goes with it to see how it all came together: MADMANIMATION

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes :: Note & Point
Submit | Contact | Twitter