Apr 6, 2020 | Articles
We once added a new weather API to our DataPoint product at times that the Yahoo weather API was having hard times and had outages for longer periods. That made us select the Dark Sky weather API, and we integrated it for real-time weather information and forecasts....
Apr 4, 2020 | Articles, Case Studies, Data Dashboards, DataPoint, Evergreen, Government, iPoint, Reporting
In this video and article, we are going to explore how our software can be used for your smart city project – to make your community or city truly data-driven. Smart City Project Concept What is a Smart City Project? This is a project meant to collect data from...
Mar 26, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, iPoint
Most of us have come across Microsoft PowerPoint at one point, whether we had to give a presentation or sit in on a presentation where the speaker was using PowerPoint. But presentations are only the tip of the iceberg – Here are some creative PowerPoint uses...
Mar 24, 2020 | Articles, How-To
Excel is a great tool to quickly store and calculate data and is probably more used than a real database system. Why? Because everyone has it, you don’t need to install and configure a database system, no real database design needed. You just start with a new...
Mar 21, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen, Retail
Sales reporting requires a direct approach in communicating data, an approach that will covey swiftly and effectively the interpretation of sales to its audience. The use of PowerPoint proffers a direct approach that gives your audience a quick understanding and...
Mar 18, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen
There are tools available to show websites on PowerPoint slides like LiveWeb and LiveSlides (EDIT: website seems to be down – link removed). I’m recommending them often. You can use that to draw a web browser object on your slide, and then specify the URL...
Mar 18, 2020 | Articles, Healthcare, How-To
Work Lessons from Coronavirus With the Coronavirus spreading around the world, many companies and organizations, including our own are having to quickly adapt as this situation affects staffing, travel plans, and many aspects of our operation. Here are some of the...
Mar 16, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Healthcare, How-To
The Coronavirus spread has had a major impact on the world. In this article we will talk about how you can use travel and health care digital signage to keep people informed and help slow the spread of the Coronavirus. These techniques can also be used in other...
Mar 14, 2020 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Evergreen, Interoffice Communication, Logistics
In this article, we explore how a non-profit organization, Edesia Nutrition, handles conference room booking and their warehouse logistics calendar using our DataPoint software. To help understand their use case, we asked management at Edesia a series of questions....
Mar 12, 2020 | Articles
The organization of the Digital Signage Expo decided to postpone the exhibition due to the travel ban and Covid-19 virus. The expo is postponed to the late summer or early fall 2020. UPDATE Mar 25 2020: DSE 2020 New Show Dates: Sept 15 – 18Las Vegas...
Mar 7, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Healthcare, Maps
In this video and article, we are going to show you how to add real-time Coronavirus data or any other real-time data to PowerPoint using our software tool, DataPoint. Finding Coronavirus Data The first step to displaying any real-time data is to find out where to get...
Feb 22, 2020 | Articles, Data Dashboards, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen
OPC defines a revolutionized way of going about industrial processes. OPC, being an aggregation of Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control is currently adopted for use in control processes in smart industries today. In simpler terms, OPC is Open Process...
Feb 13, 2020 | Articles
PresentationPoint Invites You to Enter the World of Experience Technologies at DSE 2020! PresentationPoint is proud to be exhibiting at Digital Signage Expo 2020, and we would love for you to join us! Register with our promo code 17C2D4 for a FREE Exhibit Pass or...
Feb 4, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
We are proud to announce that we have completed a new development. Some revolutionary development in the digital signage world. We can announce that we now have a SignageTube player app for smart TVs. SignageTube is our digital signage in the cloud solution where you...
Feb 4, 2020 | Articles
We are looking for speakers for our 2020 Presentation Ideas Online Conferences. The Presentation Ideas Conferences are annual online conferences that brings together expert presenters and PowerPoint instructors to help attendees bring their presentations to the next...
Feb 1, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, How-To
Fundraising is a way of collecting voluntary contributions or donations for a purpose. From door to door, on a shopping street, on television, on the internet, Facebook collections etc. Fundraising is on the rise, especially due to social media. Think about...
Jan 30, 2020 | Articles
PresentationPoint and its partner Quick Report will exhibit at the upcoming Media Expo Exhibition 2020. This event will take place between Feb 20 and 22, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai, India. PresentationPoint and Quick Report will showcase...
Jan 15, 2020 | Articles
PresentationPoint will exhibit at the upcoming Digital Signage Expo 2020. This event will take place between Mar 31 and April 3, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Nevada, USA. PresentationPoint will showcase their DataPoint and iPoint products, as well as the...
Jan 2, 2020 | Articles, Attractions and Events, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Food & Beverage, Retail
In the 21st century, communication and interaction between organizations and the public have been transformed by advances in technology. In the past few years, a majority of companies and organizations have replaced traditional signage with digital signage, which...
Dec 27, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Visual Communication refers to the transmission of ideas and information using imagery and symbols. Visual Communication is nothing using visuals like graphs, charts, clip art, and diagrams to represent information. Visual Communication plays a significant role in our...
Dec 20, 2019 | Articles, Case Studies, Data Dashboards, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Digital Signage, Evergreen, Interoffice Communication, iPoint, Reporting
In this article, we will explore how Jo De Saunois of VINCI Energies uses digital information boards created using PresentationPoint to communicate important company and safety information across it’s network of offices in Belgium. The Network of Information...
Dec 14, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
It is undeniable that communication and interaction between organizations and the public have been transformed by technological advancements witnessed in the 21st century. Previously, organizations conveyed their messages, announcements, and other relevant information...
Dec 12, 2019 | Articles, Data Dashboards, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Tutorials
Here is a recording of Garland Coulson’s presentation from our 2019 Presentation Ideas Conference. Creating KPI Dashboards in PowerPoint You use dashboards every day you drive your car. Your car dashboard monitors speed, fuel, engine temperature and other key...
Dec 11, 2019 | Articles, How-To
Here is Vickie Gould’s presentation from our 2019 Presentation Ideas Conference. Be Memorable and Close More Sales with Story What’s the use of great teaching points if your audience never remembers it or buys what you’re selling? Be the presentation that...
Dec 10, 2019 | Articles, How-To, Tutorials
Here is a recording Chantal Bossé’s presentation from our 2019 Presentation Ideas Conference. Taking Advantage of Artificial Intelligence with PowerPoint O365 Few people realize that AI is also a part of their PowerPoint O365 tool. In this session we will see 3...
Dec 9, 2019 | Articles, How-To, Tutorials
Here is a recording of Justin Arnold’s presentation from our Presentation Ideas 2019 Conference. 7 Ways To Create Highly Versatile Non Linear Presentations So you learned PowerPoint so well you could do it backwards? Well why does every presentation start at the...
Dec 7, 2019 | Articles, Attractions and Events, Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
I highly recommend DataPoint, which is one of the software packages offered by PresentationPoint. My name is Alan Liddle and I am the Principal of Te Puke High School in New Zealand. Each year, I organise a trip for a group of our students to travel overseas to...
Dec 6, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To, Reporting, Tutorials
Here is a recording of Kurt Dupont’s presentation at our Presentation Ideas 2019 Online Conference. Generating Reports Using PowerPoint When you think of business reports, you probably think of Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word, not PowerPoint. If so, you are...
Dec 5, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, How-To
The last countdown event of the year is always the countdown that we all do; the countdown with family and friends to New Year. Think about Times Square, New York. That is the best example of counting down to New Year. You can create that same effect in your office,...
Dec 4, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
This is a recording of Geetesh Bajaj’s presentation at our 2019 Presentation Ideas Online Conference. Download PDF of Geetesh's Presentation Here About Geetesh Bajaj Geetesh Bajaj is an awarded Microsoft PowerPoint MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for over...
Dec 3, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
A computer or television screen that counts down to next Christmas, creates attention and Xmas-awareness. This awareness is very important for shops. Public holidays or celebrations generate extra sales. Imagine Valentine. When you see that tomorrow it is Valentine,...
Nov 30, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
A recent Tweet caught my attention. Loop Fountain wrote ‘Motion background loop designer for digital signage. Create and manage your own content with eye-catching loops and PowerPoint!’. Reason enough for me to connect directly. The person behind Loop...
Nov 23, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
We put together this overall showing ALL of our software products so our clients, and resellers will better understand what we offer. Let us know what you think of the video and, if you want to know more about any of these software product, contact us. Become a...
Nov 9, 2019 | Articles
Sometimes it can get confusing to know how many PresentationPoint software licenses you need for your project. So we decided to put together an article to help you understand which licenses are needed and how many for a range of projects.If your project doesn’t...
Nov 2, 2019 | Articles
Digital signage or dynamic signage is a process of displaying information’s or adverts through audiovisuals in public places. They are centrally controlled distribution systems which enables digital contents to be played back through high contrast screens. Digital...
Oct 26, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Digital signage is a modern method of displaying information and contents that are targeted at a particular niche kept in a public or private space. However, digital signage is not just a display screen. It comprises of the entire opponent that work together to...
Oct 19, 2019 | Articles, FAQ, iPoint
I know that many of you who have followed PresentationPoint for some time and have seen our SignageTube launch information are smart enough to have probably noticed something odd. You might be thinking something like… “SignageTube for digital signage?...
Oct 12, 2019 | Articles, Case Studies, Data Dashboards, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen, Financial, Government, Reporting
In this article and video, we are going to look at a real-life case study showing how PowerPoint can be used as reporting software. Thank you to Chen Buber, CFO of SG Nordic for taking the time to provide us with details of his process and how he is using DataPoint to...
Oct 11, 2019 | Articles
Looking back over a successful Presentation Summit in San Antonio, Texas. We connected to designers, presentation enthusiasts, people from the Microsoft PowerPoint team, PowerPoint Most Valuable Professionals, and fellow exhibitors. This year we introduced our new...
Oct 5, 2019 | Articles
Undoubtedly Microsoft Excel is amongst the best tools for increased productivity in our workplace today. Microsoft Excel helps workers perform their assigned tasks easily. The use of Microsoft Excel has greatly improved productivity in organizations. It offers a...
Sep 28, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
The digital signage advertising system is growing and advancing in capabilities. As a result, many small businesses are beginning to adopt this system of advertisement. The idea behind social media as regards to advertising businesses some years back is now what...
Sep 21, 2019 | Articles, Data Dashboards, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
When you work in a warehouse, bank, logistic company, plant, factory, or many others, you most probably work with dashboards. Have you ever met an ugly dashboard? Have you met an information panel that did not inform you, but confused you with the information that it...
Sep 7, 2019 | Articles
Digital Signage is on the rise, with experts predicting the industry’s worth to grow to the astonishing $32.8 billion by 2023. But as the market grows, so does demand and to offer our clients the same cutting-edge level of service, we are delighted to introduce the...
Sep 2, 2019 | Articles
More than 1 year we have been working very hard on a revolutionary new product that is a digital signage software solution in the cloud. We baptized this new product SignageTube. Signage from digital signage, and Tube inspired by YouTube.com. The conceptual design of...
Aug 30, 2019 | Articles
Here is another sneak preview about the new product that PresentationPoint is releasing.We will take-off in exactly 72 hours. Case Studies: How People Use Our Software Reviews from our Customers About...
Aug 24, 2019 | Articles, Attractions and Events, DataPoint, iPoint
When walking around in an exhibition center the most important subject is way finding. Most exhibitions have arrows in the air or lines on the ground but more centers are switching to digital signage solutions. Displaying the arrows on a monitor is the future. Look...
Aug 20, 2019 | Articles
We’ve been busy working on a new secret stealth mode product. Curious? Stay tuned for more information in September 2019 when all will be revealed… Case Studies: How People Use Our Software Reviews from our Customers About...
Aug 17, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Reporting
The best way to achieve effectiveness in business reporting is the direct approach. If you want to pass your points across to stakeholders and get them to listen, appreciate and enforce, you must be clear, simple and direct. When presenting a report, you must arrange...
Aug 14, 2019 | Articles
PresentationPoint is excited to announce that Justin Arnold will be presenting at the Presentation Ideas 2019 online conference.Here is more information abou this presentation.7 Ways To Create Highly Versatile Non Linear PresentationsSo you learned PowerPoint so well...
Aug 10, 2019 | Articles, Broadcasting, Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Dynamic elements, Evergreen, Weather
In this article, a professional meteorologist, James Longwith, shares with us how he uses our weather software, Dynamic Elements, to create real-time weather reports.Here are James’ answers to our questions about how he is using our weather software. Tell us a...
Aug 3, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
We have just put together an extensive page highlighting 25 different PowerPoint integrations that you can make using our software. This includes integrations relating to: Digital Signage Facebook Google Calendar Google Sheets JSON Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel...
Aug 1, 2019 | Articles
PresentationPoint is pleased to welcome Vickie Gould as a new presenter at our November Presentation Ideas 2019 online conference. Here is some information about Vickie and her presentation.Be Memorable and Close More Sales with StoryWhat’s the use of great teaching...
Jul 27, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Looking for improved connectivity and internal communication? Digital Signage Screen is one screen that motivates through interconnectedness and engagement. It is providing your team with the smartest solutions specifically for communication. Not only for big...
Jul 13, 2019 | Articles
We are pleased to announce that PresentationPoint will be at the Oil Sands Conference & Trade Show in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada from Sept 10-11, 2019. Our goal is to connect with people in the oil and gas industry to discuss ways that our software can be used...
Jul 10, 2019 | Articles
PresentationPoint is pleased to announce that Chantal Bossé is returning to speak at our Presentation Ideas 2019 online conference. Chantal’s presentation last year (PowerPoint’s Zoom Feature: Your Key to Audience Engagement) was well received and this...
Jul 6, 2019 | Articles
PresentationPoint is an official gold partner of the Presentation Summit being held in San Antonio, TX, USA from October 6 till 9, 2019. Come and visit us here for more information and news on our products. Have you heard about the Presentation Summit? Four days,...
Jun 8, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Designers of traffic signs and wayfinding signage in public buildings need to put in a lot of thought into designing wayfinding signage that is easy to process by people who frequent the location. Texts used to be widely used in the past when designing public...
May 28, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Why Your Neglect of This Reporting Tool May Be The Biggest Business Growth Mistake… You’re Making. PowerPoint? Yes! You may have been enchanted by the beauty of PowerPoint as a presentation tool… But, do you know that you can use PowerPoint to create...
May 18, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
We call this video “from Porsche to NASA: a day in our sales department”. This video isn’t about fast machines although Porsche has very fast machines and NASA’s are even faster, rather this was a day that our sales department told us about...
Apr 27, 2019 | Articles
Since the dawn of computers, connectors have always played an all-important role in transmitting data from data sources to a display monitor, and they continue to remain important today. Connectors are of many types, and they can be incorporated into different...
Apr 25, 2019 | Articles
Digital Signage Uses Digital signage has tons of different uses. Almost everywhere you look now you’re seeing new monitors popping up that have digital signage on them. Here are a few common uses Advertising: Advertising is a common digital signage opportunity....
Apr 19, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint
DataPoint is mostly used to display the latest information dynamically on your PowerPoint slide. But sometimes people want to display random stuff. Like the joke of the day, quote of the day, etc.For all of the 25 data providers that you have in DataPoint, you can set...
Apr 17, 2019 | Articles
Our recent business trip to New York was so successful, we decided to add New York to our existing presences to now provide coverage in the US, Canada, and Europe.Here is our New York mailing address.PresentationPoint1177 Avenue of the Americas, 7th floorNew York, NY...
Apr 9, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Here is a recording of Garland’s presentation “10 Creative Ways to Use Data In Presentations” from our 2018 Presentation Ideas Conference. If you have comments or questions about the presentation, let us know. PresentationsData is increasingly...
Apr 3, 2019 | Articles
Our 2018 Presentation Ideas Online Conference was a great success, so we are on for Presentation Ideas 2019!At this time, we are putting out the call for speakers to present at our online conference from Nov 20-21, 2019. If you are a speaker who would like to present...
Apr 1, 2019 | Articles
We are pleased to announce that PresentationPoint will be exhibiting our software at the Western Manufacturing Technology Show at the Edmonton Expo Centre (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) from June 4-6, 2019. The show will be located in the Edmonton Expo Centre. During the...
Mar 29, 2019 | Articles, Attractions and Events, Case Studies, Data Dashboards, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Digital Signage, Evergreen, Non-profit
In this video we’re going to do a case study for museum digital signage thanks to our client, The Wild Center who agreed to provide us with information about how they’re using our tools and products to set up their museum digital signage. Here are the...
Mar 20, 2019 | Articles
As part of our commitment to PresentationPoint affiliates, we offer regular affiliate training and brainstorming sessions. Our next session is scheduled for April 30, 2019 at 6 pm / 18:00 Western European Time 4 pm / 16:00 UTC 10 am Mountain Time If you are already an...
Mar 16, 2019 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Evergreen, How-To, Merge
In this video and article, we will show you how to create personalized videos using PowerPoint. For this example, we have decided to use a situation where you might want to create personalized videos for each of your employees during your employee review process. Here...
Mar 9, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, iPoint
Technological advancement has led to the digitization of information. Digitized information allows you to know so much within a limited time frame. This can happen when the information is presented on an infoscreen with as few words as possible and with currently...
Mar 6, 2019 | Articles
Love our software? Want to share it with others and build another income stream? We’ll show you how to get started with affiliate marketing with PresentationPoint. Here are just a few of the types of businesses and individuals we work with. If you work in any of...
Mar 3, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Dynamic elements, How-To
We are bringing out a special expansion pack for our real-time weather display capabilities in DataPoint and Dynamic Weather. This expansion pack works great with our latest Weather provider service and is able to display today’s weather and next days forecast...
Feb 16, 2019 | Articles, Aviation, Case Studies, Data Dashboards, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Digital Signage, Dynamic elements, Evergreen
Here is how Air Tindi, an airline based in Canada’s far North uses digital signage for airline schedules and communicating with customers. Question: Tell us a bit about your company or organization or what you do. Answer:30 years of service and a Northern Based...
Feb 9, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, iPoint
When you are in the train stations, airports, or shopping malls, you will see video advertising for clothing, electronic devices, bags, perfumes etc. everywhere. They are using very attractive and colorful television screens to broadcast their ads. These screens...
Feb 2, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Automation, How-To
Many of you will have noticed that the Excel “share workbook” command is now missing in later versions. In this video and article, we will show you how to recover the Excel share workbook command. Many of our customers use our great DataPoint add-on for...
Jan 19, 2019 | Articles
Here is Sharyn Fitzpatrick’s fantastic presentation from our 2018 Presentation Ideas Conference. In a piece of impeccable timing, Sharyn put up a “Don’t Panic” slide talking about what to do about technical difficulties, just as our software...
Jan 12, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Guest blog article by Crowdbeamer Crowdbeamer is the first presentation system that streams any screen content wirelessly to all smartphones, tablets, and laptops in a live audience. That comes in very handy during any presentation, especially if you’re using...
Jan 5, 2019 | Articles, Tutorials
Here is a recording of Ellen Finkelstein’s wonderful presentation from our Presentation Ideas Conference 2018. 9 Techniques to Make Your Presentations Modern — So You Don’t Look So Old! When you have millennials in your audience, you don’t want your...
Dec 31, 2018 | Articles
A lot. Microsoft’s PowerPoint is no doubt one of the most versatile and most used Office applications. From helping people organize charts, statistics, data and information, to helping presenters pass information to an audience in the simplest and most visually...
Dec 29, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
A monitor is a device used for displaying output or information. Example of places where monitors are used is in television, gaming. The most commonly used monitor display is the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitor. When purchasing or selecting an LCD monitor, it is...
Dec 22, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Tutorials
Here is a recording of Troy Chollar’s fantastic presentation from our Presentation Ideas Conference 2018. 40′ tall and 200′ wide, no problem for PowerPoint – if you know how! PowerPoint is behind a lot of multi-screen, large screen multimedia productions – it’s...
Dec 15, 2018 | Articles
Welcome to Video Marketing: 10 Ways to Use Videos in Your Marketing. Why is video so critical for marketing?YouTube is now bigger than primetime TV. More people watch YouTube than watch television at any given time. It’s an amazing statistic.YouTube video search...
Dec 5, 2018 | Articles, Tutorials
Here is Chantal Bossé’s excellent presentation on the PowerPoint Zoom feature from our Presentation Ideas Online Conference 2018. Ever dreamed of being able to adapt your presentation content to your audience’s needs? Or skip some content altogether because you...
Dec 1, 2018 | Articles, Data Dashboards, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation
PowerPoint presentations are very time efficient and effective. Not only do they erase the burden of having to read a large chunk of text, they also afford you the opportunity to see the most important information instantly. With PowerPoint, data can be presented...
Oct 27, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Logistics
Why organizations need data-driven presentation software for its logistical sectorRelying on instincts is a dangerous game play that should be avoided by the most sophisticated organization as well as a new business.The United States boast of the most equipped...
Oct 14, 2018 | Articles
[Garland] Hello I’m Garland Coulson from PresentationPoint and today we’re doing an interview with PowerPoint MVP, expert, speaker, trainer and best-selling author on PowerPoint Ellen Finkelstein. Ellen, welcome to the show. [Ellen] Thanks Garland, thanks...
Oct 1, 2018 | Articles
PresentationPoint is pleased to announce our first ever Presentation Ideas Online Conference. For the Presentation Ideas Conference, we have gathered together 7 great speakers to deliver 8 online presentations that provide tips on presenting, PowerPoint, slide design...
Sep 30, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, TickerPoint
The content of this article is not 100% relevant anymore. DataPoint’s ticker option now got a new option to play text ticker over all slides of a presentation. TickerPoint is now obsolete. Check this article for more information. A PowerPoint ticker text...
Sep 22, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Once in a while, you as a man, you have to go shopping with your wife. So did I. 5 years ago, the shopping mall we were visiting, only had a limited number of digital signage screens where you see advertising. Nowadays, almost every shop has at least one monitor...
Sep 9, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Automation
Some of us use PowerPoint as a tool from time to time for business presentations. But for some of us, PowerPoint is more than that. Some of us use PowerPoint for a living… What kind of people use PowerPoint for a living? Here are a few examples: Professional...
Sep 1, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Our customer AB Inbev (Leuven plant in Belgium) asked us to use a data-driven presentation for their LED signage wall in the entrance of the brewery. They already had this LED display operational, mainly showing the number of days since the last accident, then a...
Aug 25, 2018 | Articles
In this video and article, we share our “10 Secrets to Exceptional Presentations” to help you avoid Death by PowerPoint. #1. Start With the Outcome in Mind Start your exceptional presentations by having a clearly defined outcome for the presentation in...
Aug 18, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint
A Trivia quiz is always great. Questions, suspension, doubt, reaction speed, fun and a good humor. Who needs more to break the ice and to spend some time with friends or family? Typically for Trivia, you get a question for a given point of interest, e.g. like sports...
Aug 12, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Manufacturing has been taken to a whole new level. As a matter of fact, Industry 4.0 is considered the fourth industrial revolution. A massive yet expected leap from computerization and automation to cyber physical systems. Simply put, machines finally get to...
Aug 7, 2018 | Articles
PresentationPoint is an official partner of the Presentation Summit being held in San Diego, CA, USA from September 23 till 26. Come and visit us here for more information and news on our products. Have you heard about the Presentation Summit? Four days, dozens of...
Jul 29, 2018 | Articles, Data Dashboards, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation
When you work with a lot of data, it is really boring to stare on the huge sheets of numbers in Excel or similar software. It is much better to visualize the information and present it in a form of chart, graphs or infographics – like logistics dashboards. No...
Jul 21, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
We created this gun ownership infographic to show you how you can use PowerPoint to visually show data. Click on the infographic to see it full size. What is an Infographic? “Infographics” is a shortened compound word from “information” and...
Jun 23, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
PowerPoint comes with some basic transitions to provide some extra interest and movement as you move from one slide to the next slide in your presentation. But the standard PowerPoint transition effects are overused because everyone has the same transitions. So...
Jun 10, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Marketing and Advertising
In this article, we will explore how PowerPoint can be used as an infographic maker. What is an Infographic? An infographic is a graphic, VISUAL representation of data or information you are trying to convey. It goes beyond just charts by combining the visual...
May 27, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
In this article, we will explore how a live Twitter feed can help your business. Twitter has over 330 million active users who send over 500 million tweets a day. Twitter provides businesses an opportunity to engage in real-time with their users. Your live Twitter...
May 9, 2018 | Articles
PresentationPoint is proud to announce our new PowerPoint Add-ons Affiliate Program. Our PowerPoint add-ons are used by some of the leading organizations in the world. Organizations like NASA, Boeing, Sony and Microsoft have chosen our software for their dynamic...
May 6, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Dynamic elements, iPoint, MessagePoint
In this article and video, we will look at what narrowcasting is, why it is important and why PowerPoint is a good solution for narrowcasting software needs. What is Narrowcasting? Most of us are more familiar with the term broadcasting. “Broad”casting is when...
Apr 22, 2018 | Articles, Attractions and Events, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Financial, Healthcare
Waiting rooms are common. Doctor offices, business offices, banks, hospitals and government offices all have places where clients are forced to wait to be helped. In this article, we will give you Reception Area Comfort Tips so you can keep your clients happy and...
Mar 31, 2018 | Articles
In April 2018 we celebrate 20 years of PresentationPoint. In April 1998, a new company was grounded and named Take-off, with its main focus: projects around data delivery at airports. After some years, we started to develop our DataPoint product for a more general...
Mar 14, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Automation
Guest blog article by Slide Cow Color psychology isn’t just a fancy gimmick that you learned in your Psych 101 class back in college; it’s 100% real! In fact, marketing professionals always choose the ‘right’ colors for their campaigns just to...
Mar 1, 2018 | Articles
Guest blog article by Wow3D Wow3D is a software that converts a PowerPoint into an interactive 3Dpresentation and a video in one click from the PowerPoint interface. It allows companies to differentiate themselves during events and key business meetings and ensures a...
Feb 22, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Guest blog article by PDFConverter.com Making presentations in PowerPoint can be very interesting, especially because it involves playing with charts, graphics and other visuals. It can be boring to write a speech, especially if you are required to do research...
Feb 18, 2018 | Articles
We have added a new section to our website for documentation and manuals. In the old days, we were shipping manuals as PDF documents along with the setups. But we found out that we quickly added more features to our products without documenting it properly. So we had...
Feb 11, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To, Marketing and Advertising
In this article, we will explore why PowerPoint ad creation is a great alternative to more expensive graphic design software. Advertising brings in customers, as well as money. With the emergence of screens everywhere, this has led to an increase in the available...
Jan 14, 2018 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Guest blog article by Tom Howell, Synapsis Creative Motion design is the art of using motion in media to convey ideas. That can be anything as simple as a slide transition or as extreme as an animation. Thanks to PowerPoint, it’s never been easier to add motion design...
Jan 6, 2018 | Articles, Attractions and Events, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
It is the dawning of the Internet of Things era, and digital displays are becoming smarter each day. There’s no reason why arts centres should not have digital signage on their premises. Digital signage allows the administrators of the art centres to convey...
Dec 13, 2017 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Guest blog article by TemplateMonster People often put the slug on various presentations. To say the truth, in many cases, this criticism is completely justified. Most of us know how it feels to listen to a voluble, but a stodgy presentation that brings out one single...
Dec 10, 2017 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, iPoint
PowerPoint is a very resourceful tool that can help businesses achieve more. Unfortunately, there are several possibilities within PowerPoint that people don’t know. The only thing that people know is how to design the presentations, but they don’t know they can use...
Dec 2, 2017 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Get Inside Their Heads: Planning Your Presentation Around Your Target Audience Guest blog article by PresentationLoad. The moment has arrived. Your boss has just asked you to give a presentation at the next department meeting. Or maybe you have been asked to speak at...
Dec 1, 2017 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
PresentationPoint has had great success over the last 20 years, with some of the world’s leading companies and organizations like Sony, Hewlett Packard, SpaceX, NASA, eBay and Coca-Cola using our software. To keep our world leading position in digital signage...
Nov 19, 2017 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Many people seem to consider PowerPoint to be a tool to provide and display static info. Now, what do I mean by static info? Static info is something you feed in, and it never changes unless you go and make changes manually. When I say static info, the info could be...
Oct 22, 2017 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, iPoint, Marketing and Advertising
PowerPoint Digital Signage? Most people are surprised when we suggest PowerPoint digital signage as a solution. A simple but powerful, method to grab the attention of anyone, anywhere, is to use a screen. A TV, computer screen, or mobile screen is great attention...
Oct 11, 2017 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
What is the Presentation Guild? The roles and capabilities of presentation professionals are not well understood by the general public. We want to establish an appropriate category—recognized as a legitimate and influential industry—with the hope that it comes into...
Oct 8, 2017 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Maps, Weather
The long dreaded Category 5 Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, were millions of residents have fled the streets of Miami Beach, and the hurricane continues north towards Tampa Georgia. Already, 23 people have suffered the wrath of the deadly storm and Islands...
Oct 4, 2017 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens
I am so glad that I attended the Presentation Summit last week at Clearwater Beach, Florida. The summit was perfectly organized by Rick Altman and his team and the sessions were very inspirational, led by highly motivated people, sharing their knowledge. I was able...
