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Using Flickr in Presentation Slides

Posted Sun, 2009-03-01 23:01 by matthew

This Wednesday Ben Jeavons and I (of pingVision) and Mollee Bauer (the owner/founder of pregnancy.org) will be doing a case study/showcase presentation at Drupalcon DC.  I’ve been working on our presentation in Keynote over the weekend based on our collective notes.

One of the challenges of combining the notes of three people into a single presentation is creating something with one voice that comes across as coherent.  One of the ways I work to create a single voice is through images. When I’m putting together a slides I have a few rules.

  1. Don’t write every word you are going to say on the slides!  It will bore your audience to tears.  Short points that emphasize your commentary will suffice.
  2. Use your slides to keep momentum up.  They should be punchy and interesting.  A little bit of humour is helpful.
  3. Try and have roughly 50% of your slides contain images.  They will help generate interest.

Drupalcon DC--Are You Still Looking for a Place To Stay?

Posted Sat, 2009-01-10 04:02 by matthew

In both Barcelona and Boston many of us at pingVision rented a flat that we shared rather than stayed in hotels. 

In my last job with the Western States Arts Federation, I was traveling close to 50% of the time and ended up working with agencies in some 36 States in the US and 2 Provinces in Canada giving hundreds of presentations and sleeping in many hotels.  I'm not keen on hotel staff coming into my room--I simply don't feel comfortable in the space.  Typically you pay extra, A LOT extra, for Internet access.  You end up eating at restaurants, which while nice is expensive.  Having a flat means you can eat at least some meals at grocery store prices.  Staying in an apartment means you have more space to spread out--helpful if you are going to, temporarily, extend your office to another city.

Pregnancy.org -- A Proposed Casestudy for Drupalcon DC

Posted Sun, 2008-12-07 23:40 by matthew

pingVision designed, developed, and imported content for the new Pregnancy.org.

pingVision will present the new Pregnancy.org Website. The presentation will include: Development of a Basal Body Temperature Tool using the Google Chart API; ad serving from three services, integration of vbulletin, various other tools; and a sizeable import of users and articles from the old and inflexible PHPNuke site.

Proposed Session at Drupalcon DC - SportingNews.com

Posted Wed, 2008-12-03 23:22 by matthew

pingVision has been working on a Drupal update for SportingNews.com. The first phase of the multi-phase project is in testing and when it is released, the public face of the site will boast robust articles with features designed to enhance the news reading experience. However, the best bits are under the hood.

Drupalcon DC BOF - Creating a Nonprofit!

Posted Tue, 2008-12-02 22:23 by matthew

Drupalcamp Colorado this summer was a rousing success. There were well over 100 registrants. We had two full days with sessions and quite a few BOFs. While a rag-tag bunch of do-o-crats did a great job putting the camp together, we found we needed more organization to make everything perfect.

  • We wanted an easier time soliciting donations.
  • We wanted ways to pursue grant monies.
  • In short, we needed a nonprofit to help out.

Who better but a bunch of Drupal-heads to know the needs for such a nonprofit?

Come join a discussion on the ins and outs of putting together a 501(c)3 in a Birds of a Feather session at Drupalcon DC.