Saturday, November 25, 2006

iPods for Presentations

Think the iPods are for your listening pleasures only? Well, think again...

One fascinating way I put my video iPod to use is for presentations. Whether you are talking about Powerpoint presentations or a simple speech at a small (or large) gathering, Steve Job's creation can be a tremendous asset. Why haul your laptop when this little pocket device can do the trick? A few times, perhaps, that bulking up isn't necessarily all that good!

PowerPoint has a feature to save its slides in JPEG format. SLAM DUNK! Simply transfer those images as photos into your video iPod (I guess, the same thing applies to the Nano as well) and you are all set. Just plug your iPod to a projector and go through your "photos." Pretty convenient!

You'll lose the animations of PowerPoint, but I hardly use them anyways.

How about speeches? Same concept. You can just as easily use your iPod as your note card. Create your speaking points in PowerPoint and transfer them to your iPod (nano may not work well here because of its small screen) and there you have it... Your speech prompts are literally at your finger tips!

So what do you say? Time to put your iPod to a slightly different use?

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