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Why I think about ‘Star Wars’ whenever I make a PowerPoint

The Next Web

Whenever I create a PowerPoint, I think about Star Wars. But thinking about Star Wars is an incredibly productive way for me to create a PowerPoint presentation. All good PowerPoints tell a story This is hardly an original observation. These days, the business world is overrun with people who use “storyteller” as.

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Blogging & Storytelling PowerPoint

Have Fun - Do Good

I just finished co-presenting a "Storytelling" session at NTEN's WeAreMedia Webinar with Michael Hoffman of See3 Communications. Blogging And Storytelling View more presentations from Britt Bravo. Michael talked about how nonprofits can use video to tell their stories, and I talked about blogging.

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Once Upon a Design: An Introduction to Visual Storytelling

NTEN

Storytelling as a technique has been getting a lot of buzz in the nonprofit world. Annual reports, infographics, video, PowerPoint presentations—even physical spaces—can become visual stories. After all, effective visual storytelling relies on the medium matching the message. By Rebecca Hume, Senior Designer, Big Duck.

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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence for Nonprofits: Why You Should Care About AI Right Now, Not Later

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Data-Driven Storytelling : AI can analyze large datasets to identify trends and patterns, helping nonprofits craft compelling stories that highlight their impact. However, if we look at Microsoft, applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, each has features like predictive text, grammar and style suggestions, and even data insights.

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59 Useful Mobile Apps & Online Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

PowToon enables user to create video animations for video storytelling and presentations. SlideShare is the largest PowerPoint sharing site in the world. It’s a great online home for decks from speaking engagements, about your organization, or even call-to-action PowerPoint presentations. Video Editing. Splice :: iTunes.

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Telling your Nonprofit's Story through Video

VisionLink

Last night, a couple of us from the VisionLink team attended another wonderfully informative Tech4Good forum on the power and execution of video storytelling. After watching a few short, low budget videos, it became clear just how effective (and inexpensive) film could be when it comes to spreading your nonprofit''s story and mission.

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Accel, Square Peg back Chronicle’s tool for presentations that won’t put you to sleep

TechCrunch

You would expect the co-founder of a startup that improves on traditional slide presentations to hate tools like PowerPoint. But Patole and Gawande say those tools weren’t created for effective storytelling. The reality is, PowerPoint essentially forces you to be a designer. The second are design tools like Canva and Pitch.

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