[DM-MUG] Keynote presentations

[John Eller]

easy enough for a dufus like me to use.

i've used it to create "living overheads" for the classroom.

the kicker is the integration with itunes and other "i" apps.

not knowing i'd created anything exceptional, i was showing one of  
the presentations i made to the designated tech help at my school  
(all windows).  i was emphasizing the content, not so much the style.  
she's used powerpoint extensively and her gut reaction to viewing the  
first ten seconds was "now i like that."


On Jun 1, 2006, at 5:59 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> From my lawyer list.
>>
>> We've been using Keynote for mediation presentations.  We haven't
>> been doing anything particularly creative, mostly just highlighting
>> pages of depositions, medical records, accident reports, etc.
>>
>> Last night I created a very quick and dirty "special effect".  We
>> have a crummy, freehand, not-to-scale diagram on a Texas Department
>> of Public Safety accident report.  I filled the screen with that
>> diagram.  I then dissolved to a very basic schematic which traced the
>> officer's objects and lines and added text boxes indicating
>> measurements.  Then, using those same objects and lines, I dissolved
>> to another version which moved objects and lines around to put the
>> diagram in rough perspective.  It took about twenty minutes for me to
>> figure out how to do it; it will take me five minutes next time.
>>
>> We played it today during the mediation, and opposing counsel was
>> wowed by it, asking how we did it, and noting it was obvious it
>> wasn't Powerpoint.  I haven't played with Powerpoint since I've been
>> using Keynote (for about two years), so I cannot verify that
>> statement.  But it was interesting.
>>
>> I'm attaching an article below, extolling the virtues of Keynote.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2006/06/ 
>> duarte_design_h.html
>>
>> Duarte Design helps Al Gore "go visual" -- very interesting;  Gore  
>> uses Keynote.
>>
>>
>> Chris Scott
>> Connolly & Castagna, L.L.P.
>
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