Jan 19, 2023 | Articles, DataPoint
Business presentations have a reputation for being boring. Too many slides with bullet points and reams of financial tables. Here are our creative business presentation ideas to help you break out of boring and into grabbing your audience’s attention. One Point...
Oct 4, 2022 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Government
In this article, we discuss how Robertson County Government in Tennessee in the US used DataPoint to create their own election dashboard software for their election viewing party. A big thank you to Chet Biggers, IT Manager for Robertson Country for sharing this story...
Sep 27, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, How-To
Microsoft Office is a very powerful tool that can be even more powerful with PowerPoint automation. Why do you need to use Automation in PowerPoint? Let’s face it – we are all far too busy to be spending time copying and pasting numbers, pictures, and...
Sep 20, 2022 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Scoreboards
This story comes from the UK and shows how one of our clients, British Gymnastics, uses DataPoint as scoreboard software for some of their events. About British Gymnastics British Gymnastics is the National Governing Body for Gymnastics in the UK. They are based at...
Sep 1, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint
Imagine if each person in your audience received a customized presentation just for them based on their needs and interests. That’s right: a custom presentation. Just for them. If you can’t imagine it, that’s because it sounds impossible—but not by...
Jul 7, 2022 | Articles, Digital Signage, Food & Beverage, Hotel, Marketing and Advertising
Remember the split-flap displays on train stations and airports? The ones that showed your flight or train schedule, with letters and numbers that clacked as they changed? Generations of travelers have many fond memories of these clacking information screens seeing...
Jul 2, 2022 | Articles
What is a PowerPoint designer’s worst nightmare? When your amazingly crafted, beautiful PowerPoint presentation ends up in the hands of your client’s employees who then proceed to butcher your treasured creation beyond recognition! You know the feeling....
Jun 25, 2022 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Digital Signage
In this case study, we explore how St John Properties uses DataPoint to create their building lobby digital signage directories. About St. John Properties St. John Properties is a commercial Real Estate company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. St. John...
Jun 13, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint
Microsoft recently announced Power BI PowerPoint integration, finally connecting two of their major software products – their premier data reporting tool (Power BI) with the world’s leading presentation software (PowerPoint). Let’s examine their...
Jun 2, 2022 | Articles
Digital signage is a powerful tool. With its motion, video, and vivid imagery, it’s no surprise that it grabs our attention as we walk by. But what happens after the patron sees the ad? How do you get them to take action NOW instead of just going about their...
May 26, 2022 | Articles, Digital Signage, FAQ, How-To
We best know PowerPoint with its interactive presentations that are typically used at meetings where you have one person (the presenter) who shows a slide and tells about it. When he is finished, he uses the mouse or a presenter stick to click and move to the next...
May 12, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, How-To
Recently I was asked by a customer if DataPoint can show thematic maps, colored by data. A thematic map is a type of map that portrays the geographic pattern of a particular subject matter in a geographic area or shape. Of course, the answer was yes, but you need to...
May 3, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Digital Signage
QR codes (also called quick-response codes) are like barcodes, but they’re made to be scanned by a cell phone camera. They’re used by businesses today in all kinds of ways—from marketing to creating a seamless payment experience. The beauty of QR codes is...
Apr 25, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Digital Signage, Weather
Download our free New York weather template for PowerPoint. This template displays the current weather conditions, the high temperature and low temperature of the day, as well as the forecasted weather for the next five days. This free New York weather template will...
Apr 11, 2022 | Articles, MessagePoint
If you’re running a business, you need to know how to effectively communicate with your employees. For the past few years, office digital signage for workplace communication has been on the rise. Why? Because it helps businesses harness the power of technology...
Apr 4, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen
“Data” and “report” are the two words you are well accustomed to, even though you may or may not have to deal with it every day. But in case you have to create reports and manage dashboards every single day, then you are already aware of how arduous it is to manually...
Mar 27, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen
QR code images or quick response images are often used in prints and displays. These can be scanned with your telephone’s camera app. This camera app detects that it is a QR code image, and translates the information into a link to a destination where you can...
Mar 14, 2022 | Articles, MessagePoint
When you are looking to fill openings in your company, have you thought of the advantages of internal recruitment? What is Internal Recruitment? Internal recruitment is the filling of jobs from people already within your organization. Advantages of Internal...
Feb 28, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Healthcare
In this video, we show you how to create a live coronavirus dashboard using PowerPoint and the PowerPoint add-on, DataPoint. Then we break down some of the steps and show how-to screenshots in the article. Find A Coronavirus Dashboard Data Feed The first step is to...
Feb 21, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint
Creating reports and data presentations out of scratch can be a hefty task and requires lots of research. The process begins with the collection of most updated numbers and stats found in the internet or any other source and then operation to sort out those data...
Feb 14, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint
Customers all over the world use our DataPoint plugin for PowerPoint to run a real-time slideshow with up-to-date news, weather, key performance indicators, messages, etc. Some want to add inspirational or funny quotes to this slideshow to motivate personnel....
Jan 31, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Digital Signage, Dynamic elements, How-To, Weather
In this webinar recording, PresentationPoint partner Kurt Dupont shows how to set up a Live Weather display using PowerPoint and our PowerPoint add-ons, DataPoint, or Dynamic Weather. Have a look at this exclusive and in-depth webinar about showing real-time and live...
Jan 30, 2022 | Articles, Attractions and Events, Case Studies, Non-profit, VideoPoint
In this article/video and case study we look at how Reverend George Rizor creates virtual church services using PowerPoint and our VideoPoint software. For three years now, my church services, which incorporate multiple cameras have been working terrifically. The...
Jan 24, 2022 | Articles, How-To, iPoint, SignageTube
Digital Signage software is a very important aspect of any business that wants to grow their engagement and customer base. As well as if any company wants to create a positive impact worldwide, then what is better than advertising through digital signage displays? But...
Jan 17, 2022 | Articles, How-To
PowerPoint is an amazing program not only because it’s a great way to communicate and share ideas with others, but also because it can take content from myriad sources, and combine them all cohesively with visual unity. There are essentially two ways in which...
Jan 8, 2022 | Articles, Digital Signage, How-To
Professionally I have been active for more than 30 years in the AV and digital signage industry. Every day I’m confronted with people that are designing their advertising and messaging in a basic design tool, exporting it to images, copying it on a USB stick and...
Dec 20, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen, How-To
Here is a recording of a recent webinar we put together on “Amazing Things You Can Do With Airtable and PowerPoint” exploring how you can use Airtable for online data collection and then use DataPoint to show Airtable data in real-time on PowerPoint....
Dec 11, 2021 | 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 7, 2021 | 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,...
Dec 7, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Industrial/Manufacturing
If you are white-collar personnel or a firm whose whole work involves dealing with numbers, data (i.e., creating reports and presentations) and dashboard, you know how difficult it is to sort them out and arrange them in one place. But what if you can do much more...
Nov 30, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, Digital Signage, Education, iPoint, SignageTube
Technology has made our daily lives effortless in almost every aspect. Especially when the pandemic hit us and going outside for either work or school became totally restricted. Technology played a pivotal role and connected us with our family, school, work etc. With...
Nov 23, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen
Technology has heavily influenced our daily life, making our lives easier in every aspect. Daily necessities have become easily available and affordable. In the corporate world, where people often have to track and play with numbers, technology has created different...
Nov 16, 2021 | Articles, Evergreen, Non-profit
Here are some fundraising PowerPoint ideas to help you use PowerPoint for fundraising for your organization. 1: Public Speaking Opportunities Public speaking is a great way to use PowerPoint for fundraising. You can speak in front of hundreds of people and get the...
Nov 9, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen
Updating data manually is always a hefty task. You have to go through piles of pages to find a few relevant pieces of information you are looking for. But does it end there? Unfortunately, the answer is no. After finding the data you are looking for, you will have to...
Nov 2, 2021 | Articles, Evergreen, MessagePoint
In this webinar video, we show you how to use PowerPoint for interoffice communications by turning your existing computer network into a company-wide broadcasting system. Show the latest company news, sales figures, welcome new employees, or showcase the next office...
Oct 26, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen
The Power of Data Dashboards Wherever your eyesight wanders around, you will see data, and with every step, you will experience the changes it has brought about. For example, if you look in the world of business, data is being used constantly to analyze, innovate,...
Oct 15, 2021 | Articles, Attractions and Events, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Digital Signage
Congratulations Sotheby’s for this new record #loveisinthebin. Looking totally different now at all the shredded invoices and papers here in our recycle bin . Nice to see that real-time information on your screen there with our DataPoint presentation software....
Oct 2, 2021 | Articles, How-To
Microsoft has announced that they are going to add some new features in their one of the most popular and commonly used products, PowerPoint. PowerPoint was first released on April 20, 1987, and was initially available for Mac. Later on, it was acquired by Microsoft...
Sep 28, 2021 | Articles, Evergreen, How-To
I love when I drive or walk by a business and they have a funny sign out front. It shows me that the shop owners have a sense of humor and I have a warm feeling about the business and enjoy that they made me laugh. In this video, we will show you how to create your...
Sep 21, 2021 | Articles, Digital Signage, Evergreen, iPoint, Marketing and Advertising, SignageTube
In this video and article, we discuss how to benefit from location based advertising on digital signage. Digital Signage Excels @ Location Based Advertising You can use digital signage monitors close to the advertiser to deliver advertising while prospects are in the...
Sep 13, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen
Our customers often use PowerPoint to create menu boards and price lists. A good tip for price lists is to show your items for as long as possible. The risk of a PowerPoint price list is that you are going to use multiple slides to show all your items and...
Sep 6, 2021 | Articles, Evergreen, iPoint
In this video, we explore how to choose and manage music backgrounds for your retail store, restaurant or other environment. Music has a huge impact on our experience. It taps our emotions. Music can be uplifting, melancholy, or make us want to dance. Music can soothe...
Aug 31, 2021 | Articles, Data Dashboards, Non-profit
Ever wonder what PresentationPoint staff do for vacations? Our founder, Kurt Dupont, donates some of his vacation time to cook for 150+ hungry campers at the nonprofit Chiro Youth Camp. Being Kurt, he came back and created this nonprofit infographic dashboard in...
Aug 20, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen
This week we added a great feature to our DataPoint (Enterprise edition). This edition already includes a PowerPoint generator to generate individual and personalized presentations and documents for you, via its Snapshot Save As feature. But we have added an...
Aug 17, 2021 | Articles, Digital Signage, SignageTube
Successful businesses evolve with market trends, technological innovation, and internal forces. As your organization grows, you have to upgrade to stay ahead of the competition. This principle also applies to digital signage. A decade ago, a USB stick was the go-to...
Aug 10, 2021 | Articles, Digital Signage, Evergreen, iPoint
Lets explore the use of timed content within your digital signage content management system. What is timed content? Timed content for digital signage is content that changes based on time. This might be: Time of day Day of the week Seasons/Weather Holidays and events...
Aug 3, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, Transportation
The trucking industry is a challenging one, with many logistics to manage. In this video, we will show you how to set up a truck logistics dashboard using PowerPoint and our PowerPoint add-on, DataPoint. Why are Truck Logistics Important? Truck logistics dashboards...
Jul 20, 2021 | Articles, MessagePoint
In this video and article, we explore how you can use your existing computer network for inter office communication using push notifications and by controlling your network’s login screens, wallpaper and screensavers. Inter Office Communication: The Problem...
Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Digital Signage, Evergreen
Forget old, static billboards! Digital billboards let you add movement and video to your advertising and to show hundreds of messages instead of a single message. Why Digital Billboards? With digital billboards, you can show a playlist of multiple ads instead of a...
Jul 4, 2021 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Evergreen, Non-profit
In this video and article, we provide a non-profit digital signage case study, showing how Bravo Ambulance uses our DataPoint software to communicate with their dispatchers, paramedics, and other team members. Thanks to Tony Napoli, President of Bravo Ambulance for...
Jun 28, 2021 | Articles, Evergreen, Human Resources, MessagePoint
One of the most troublesome parts of having workstations all over the office, the country, even the world, is getting everyone on the same page with information. Send out an email and only a small percentage will read it in time. Sending a printed newsletter is...
Jun 21, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen, Financial
In this video, we explore how to create a crypto dashboard in PowerPoint to show real-time pricing of cryptocurrencies. See the video above to see the crypto dashboard in PowerPoint in action. The first step whenever you are creating a data-driven PowerPoint...
Jun 15, 2021 | Articles
Cancer in a child has a huge impact on the family. It is a terrible disease and leaves no one untouched. How can you as an entrepreneur make a big difference for these families? BNI Foundation Belgium is auctioning an exclusive 80-year-old Japanese tree! We already...
Jun 11, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Digital Signage
In today’s highly competitive marketplace, businesses should adopt intensive cost-cutting to stay ahead of the curve. Undertaking as many tasks as possible in-house or yourself is an effective way to cut costs. Professional digital signage services are costly. So, you...
Jun 4, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, Financial
In this video, we are going to show you how to create a live crude oil price dashboard in PowerPoint using our DataPoint add-on for PowerPoint. Click on the video below to see our process. Live Crude Oil Price from Web URL Our first attempt was to gather the...
May 31, 2021 | Articles, Attractions and Events, Evergreen
Here is a recording of our recent webinar, “Event Promotion Using PowerPoint.” PowerPoint Create as Video: Quality and File Size How to Hide Video Media Controls on Slideshows FAQ: Should I Export Presentation to 4K Video? Voter Turnout Personalized Videos...
May 11, 2021 | Articles, How-To
A surprising message from Microsoft recently. Microsoft is going to replace its default font. Originally it started with Times New Roman and with Office 2007 it switched to the current Calibri font which was the default font for the last 15 years. Now Microsoft is...
May 10, 2021 | Articles, How-To
Tech-giant Microsoft recently announced 2 new versions of Office. A consumer Office 2021 version and Office LTSC for commercial customers. They will become available later this year for both macOS and Windows. After Office 2016, Microsoft started to promote more of...
May 4, 2021 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Makeovers
Today’s story is from Torsten Maier, a student at Penn State. Torsten wanted to re-make a favorite Pokeman board game for his sister that they played in their childhood. Torsten didn’t want to make all the Pokemon tiles by hand, so he Googled ways to...
Apr 27, 2021 | Articles, Digital Signage, SignageTube
Many businesses have screens they want to put signage up on. Up to now, that’s been a pain. You have to create something in one program and manually load it to the screen. Changing it is a lot of work, until now. SignageTube makes all of this a lot easier. And now,...
Feb 28, 2021 | Articles, MessagePoint
PresentationPoint is proud to introduce: MessagePoint, the most powerful communication tool your office has. MessagePoint uses your company’s screensaver, background images, and push notifications to keep your team informed, motivated, and moving together. It allows...
Feb 23, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint Automation
While it is a useful tool, it is unusual that a PowerPoint presentation becomes a major player player in international politics and tension. Let’s look at how the Meng Wanzhou PowerPoint became the “smoking gun” that has lead to multiple arrests and...
Feb 9, 2021 | Articles
By popular demand, here is a recording of Chantal Bossé’s recent webinar she taught for our members – “PowerPoint for Video Production.” Please hit the like and subscribe buttons on our YouTube channel to encourage us to continue creating...
Jan 26, 2021 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen, Financial
PowerPoint navigation is an underutilized feature. You can use navigation to create interactive presentations, kiosk presentations, directories and much more. Let’s explore how to use PowerPoint navigation to create a self-guided client presentations that your...
Dec 14, 2020 | Articles, Case Studies
PresentationPoint is proud that our software is used in military planning for mission-critical situations needed by people who serve in military organizations. Our software is used by such militaries as the US Air Force and US Army. Recently we created a custom...
Dec 1, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint
DataPoint is absorbing TickerPoint. We already have our DataPoint plugin to connect text boxes, and other PowerPoint shapes to real-time data and data sources. With a normal text box, text is shown: left aligned, centered, or right aligned. But the text is placed...
Nov 24, 2020 | Articles
When you want to show a video in full screen on a PowerPoint slideshow, then you can insert that video to slide. When you are using this slideshow for your information screens at the company, then you want it to start automatically. To start a video automatically,...
Nov 20, 2020 | Articles
Here is a recording of Richard Goring’s fantastic “Cool New PowerPoint Functions in Office 365” webinar he taught for our PresentationPoint audience. In addition to his great teaching we caught on video, Richard has also generously provided us with a...
Nov 17, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Would you be watching screens and channels for a long time when you assume that they are just showing old content on their digital signage television screens? Probably not. People want to see real-time data, accurate information, the latest key performance indicators...
Nov 10, 2020 | Articles, How-To
This article will help you to set up a digital menu board for your restaurant, take-away, bar, or coffee shop. Back in the old days, people used menus on paper, but they were expensive to create, and expensive to update because you had to reprint them. Or they used...
Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Our lives are filled with data. Step counters, sleep monitors, earnings reports, the list goes on. From the second we wake up, to when we go to sleep, we are consuming data. Not all methods of consuming data are created equal, though. This is demonstrated by the...
Oct 28, 2020 | Articles, BreakPoint
Meetings can be boring. Sorry to say, but yes, they sometimes are. Meeting breaks are mostly better😊. But the PowerPoint slide that announces the meeting break is boring then again. Nothing moves. It mostly brings the virtual message: “Well done! You...
Oct 26, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint
Elections are a great time for people who love data. In this video and article, we will show you some different ways to show US elections polls data in PowerPoint. Step 1: Assemble US Elections Poll Data The first step is to assemble the data. I found some US...
Oct 24, 2020 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Evergreen, Government, Non-profit
In this video, we show you how you can create personalized voter turnout videos using PowerPoint. The examples shown are for the US election, but will also work for any country, state, province, or municipal election. This could be used to increase voter turnout on a...
Oct 17, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen
People in western countries spend up to 12 hours per day looking at screens. As I write this article, I’ve easily spent 36 hours over the past three days either staring at my computer screen, television screen, phone. Screens have undeniably become a massive part of...
Oct 3, 2020 | Articles
What is NUMBERISH or NUM8ER1SH? Today, all of the information we need, across the entire world, is at our fingertips. Unfortunately, all of the information we need, across the entire world, is at our fingertips. What we mean to say is: the information you’re searching...
Sep 26, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation
Westerners spend over 12 hours per day staring at their various devices. Along with this, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated every single day. We’re not at the precipice of this trend yet, either. Humans will continue to generate and consume data in larger...
Aug 2, 2020 | Articles
PresentationPoint is an official partner of the Presentation Summit going virtual this year, on screens and devices around the globe, on August 10-13, 2020. Headlining the event will be Garr Reynolds, one of the most acclaimed and iconic figures in the presentation...
Jul 25, 2020 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, Food & Beverage
Here is a digital signage case study about how an ice cream parlor, Two Scoop Steve in British Columbia, Canada, uses our software. Tell us a bit about your company or organization and what you do. We are small Ice Cream Shop and Cafe located in the East Kootenay...
Jul 11, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint Automation
Here is the recording of Richard Goring’s “Masterclass in PowerPoint Design” presentation at our Presentation Ideas Europe 2020 online conference. About PresentationPoint Case Studies: How People Use Our Software Presentation Ideas Europe Your...
Jul 4, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint Automation
Here is a recording of Simon Morton’s presentation from our 2020 Presentation Ideas Europe online conference – The Pitfalls of Presentation (In)Efficiency. About PresentationPoint Case Studies: How People Use Our Software Presentation Ideas Europe Your...
Jun 27, 2020 | Articles
Here is the recording of Garland Coulson’s “Creating and Promoting Online Courses” webinar from our Presentation Ideas Europe 2020 online conference. About PresentationPoint Case Studies: How People Use Our Software Presentation Ideas...
Jun 20, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
As promised, here is a recording of Kurt Dupont’s presentation from our Presentation Ideas Europe 2020 Online Conference, “How to Create Data-Driven Presentations in PowerPoint.” About PresentationPoint Case Studies: How People Use Our Software...
Jun 11, 2020 | Articles
If there’s one thing that the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has shown us, it’s that being able to share important information quickly and effectively is one of our best ways to tackle an international crisis. Governments across the world have utilised everything from...
Jun 1, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
The Airtable service is an all-in-one collaboration platform to create and maintain lists like to bug tracking, expenses, spreadsheets, project reporting, product planning, product catalogs, and many more. You can easily share your lists and documents with others. Use...
May 12, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Retail
Practically all shops and public spaces were closed due to the Covid-19 virus and the world came to a standstill. Now, it looks like governments are allowing shops to open again, but with limitations. A most important limitation is the social distancing and the...
May 11, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, Food & Beverage, Retail
What is Multiscreen Digital Signage? Multiscreen digital signage is where you have your messages shown on more than one screen in your facility. This lets you ensure that your messages and information can be seen throughout your facility so that you can keep all your...
May 5, 2020 | Articles, How-To
Most modern televisions have a usb slot on them so that you can put your pictures and videos on your usb drive and show them on your television. But is a usb drive useful for digital signage or should you have a dedicated digital signage media player? When I travel, I...
May 3, 2020 | Articles, Attractions and Events, CounterPoint, Financial, Food & Beverage, Healthcare
Streamlining your waiting queues is important for the well-being of your customers. It brings tranquility to your waiting area and it takes away stress. Imagine that you have to ask something, or arrange something. You go to that business or that location. That can be...
Apr 24, 2020 | Articles, Dynamic elements
As of today, we have free trial setups available for everyone who wants to try out our great Dynamic Elements plugins. We have 7 Dynamic Elements for you: Dynamic Likes to show the number of Facebook likes that you have a business Facebook page that you administer....
Apr 23, 2020 | Articles
During times of crisis such as the recent Covid-19 outbreak, many of us turn to the Internet to keep informed. But what about people with no Internet access at home? According to Statistica, in January 2020, only 59% of the world’s population are Internet users....
Apr 21, 2020 | Articles
The success of our Presentation Ideas online conferences has lead to us deciding to have two conferences this year. Presentation Ideas Europe which is more convenient for people in European, African and Asian time zones and Presentation Ideas West which is more...
Apr 13, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint
We are very excited to announce that Salesforce PowerPoint integration is now available with our DataPoint software. This is a powerful new data source for your data-driven presentations, dashboards and reporting. What is Salesforce? Salesforce is one of the...
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, DataPoint, Evergreen, Government, iPoint
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, 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
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
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, 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, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, iPoint
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, DataPoint Real-time Screens
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
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
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...
