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This presentation is a recent winner of a Slideshare contest judged by top presentation gurus including, Guy Kawasaki, Bert Decker, Garr Reynolds, and Jerry Weissman.

Great Inspiration for your next powerpoint presentation.

Guy Kawasaki’s classic presentation on startups and entrepreneurship, based on his book The Art of the Start. Guy himself says this presentation went great!

An honest speaker will tell you that she has “on” days and “off” days. The result of a truly “on” day is a standing ovation. I had a very “on” day at TiECon on May 13, 2006.

Where can you find great stock photos for your business presentations? Sites like iStockphoto are great resources for affordable stock photos for presentations and websites. What is so great about iStockphoto is their powerful search feature, which allows you to zero in on the photo quickly. Squidoo has a great lens with stock photo tips that highlights some of the great features of iStockphoto, including tips on using the various features of the site to find unique photos quickly. Another perk of joining iStockphoto is that there are weekly free stock photos at a variety of resolutions. Their photos are affordable anyway, but it is nice to have some freely available to build up a library of images. Here are some examples:

Photo of Lightbulb

Photo of Dark-Haired Woman

Photo of Horses Running

Presentation Zen offers a good round up of places to find images. There is also a great list of sites with free stock photos at DazzlinDonna.

Changethis.com has released a new “manifesto” from Kristen Arnold, author of Boring to Bravo (Kindle Edition), called “15 1/2 ideas to Make Your Presentation Go From Boring to Bravo”.

The tips …

1. It’s Not About You
2. Engage Early
3. Be Relevant
4. You Are the Number One Visual
4.5 Get Out From Behind the Lecturn
5. Use PowerPoint with a Purpose
6. Is is a Slide or a Slideument?
7. Know Your Speech
8. Have a Mini-Conversation
9. Ask Engaging Questions
10. Tell the Story
11. Embrace Technology
12. Involve the Audience
13. Facilitate Rather Than Present
14. Ask for the Order
15. Be Deliberate

Check out the tips in full -
Download available here.

Great way to kick off The Presentation Examples Blog! Bestselling author and great speaker, Seth Godin delivers an entertaining presentation based on his book, All Marketers are Liars.

“All Marketers are Liars” Presentation - Seth Godin

Check out this 9 minute video on how to include a YouTube clip into your PowerPoint presentation. It works offline so you don’t need an internet connection when you give the presentation. They describe how to use Video Downloader to save the clip and then how to use SUPER to convert it to use in your PowerPoint presentation.

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Here is a funny and insightful video lesson from a comedian on some of the common mistakes people make when creating and presenting Powerpoint presentations. This is gold!

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Here is a Slideshare Presentation on their annual Presentation Competition. Past winners include Meet Henry and Shift Happens. Follow the links in the presentation for more information or to enter.

How I Built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09

Slideshare presentation on the numbers behind Truemors.

Google Blogoscoped reports Google has released Google Presentations as part of Google Docs.

This provides a way to build a presentation online, with a system familiar to anyone who uses Powerpoint. Due to the application being web-based, the presentations can be easily shared, allowing collaboration in building the presentation. Of course there is also a way to publish and share the presentation online once it is complete.

Perhaps don’t rush to share it just yet - they also report a security flaw which introduces Privacy Problems Introduced Google Through Presentations. Check the comments on that post to see when the issue is resolved.