Looking for the best alternative to PowerPoint?

Impress in Collabora Online offers everything you need to deliver polished, professional presentations — with features like Speaker Notes, Next Slide Preview, and a powerful Presenter Console.

All in a flexible, open-source environment — no vendor lock-in, no compromises.

Explore them in our blog post: https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/4-more-reasons-impress-is-the-powerpoint-replacement-for-you/?utm_campaign=Blog&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=Impress

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Giving a talk?

Don't let the tech take you by surprise.

Figure out beforehand: what kind of mic is it, should I bring my own clicker, can I just plug in my laptop, what is my backup plan? Be prepared - it helps with the nerves and gives you confidence.

Microphones Do I really need a microphone?

Yes! You might think you have a booming voice, but It's not about you & folks at the back may be struggling with the echo, or the hum of the air con, or using a hearing aid & induction loop.

If its provided, use the mic.

Looking for a new way to create presentations?
Try https://sli.dev – a powerful, modern and open-source alternative to Reveal.js, made by @antfu (https://antfu.me)
Write your slides in Markdown, enhance with Vue.js, and hack everything

Speed vs complexity

In a talk, the trade-off of speed and complexity is a fine balance...

Fast + Complex = Overload
Slow + Simple = Patronising
Fast + Simple = Broad understanding
Slow + Complex = Deep understanding

One week until #btconf Düsseldorf invites you again to celebrate #inspiration, #knowledge and high quality #networking. And guess what: we still have a few tickets left. Join us! https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusseldorf-2025/tickets

So many talks are just lists!

Here's all the things we did, all the papers published, all the grants won.

Much better to make a point! Have a key message, an agenda, something that the talk revolves around. Say something of note.

We all get nervous.

Presenting nerves appear because we fear the unknown/the unfamiliar.

Dry throat, hot face, queasy stomach all happen because of our fight or flight response to the unknown. This is why rehearsal matters - you are making the unknown known.

Playing around with a hardware/software setup idea to record #presentations, #lectures, demos.

Initial test looks promising. I just need to find a way of recording audio in a better way.

Maybe I'll record my #PIM lecture and publish it as a series of videos on my #PeerTube channel...

What's the biggest crime people commit when it comes to their presentation slides?

We ask lots of people this - and the answers all add up to "too much stuff"

People put too much stuff on their slides and it overwhelms the audience.

Stop it.

Ok. Here we are. After speaker drop outs and rearrangements I am done with the schedule. Spent last night, shifting topics around and I think this one is going to be pretty great! Can't wait. https://btco.nf/schedule

The SciComm 101 #webinar introduced some of the fundamental practices and #tips for delivering oral and poster #presentations at scientific #conferences.

If you missed it, check out the recording now published on YouTube!
: https://egu.eu/35YG6D/

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Did you know that Collabora Online Impress now lets you add Interactive Elements?

Set custom actions for images and objects, like jumping to a slide, playing audio, or running a macro. Perfect for creating dynamic, non-linear presentations!

Swipe to learn how you can make your slides more engaging!

Watch it in action: https://youtu.be/p4Mu8KeG_s0?utm_campaign=Feature_Friday&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=Interactive

If you write your #presentations using #markdown with #hedgedoc/#revealjs, here's another slide template you might find useful: A quadrant layout: https://gist.github.com/cboulanger/81131e81e4320b71400431fbc88b90c5

4 More Reasons to Switch!

After our recent post outlining why Impress is the best PowerPoint Alternative, we’re excited to share yet another reason to release your presentations from their proprietary shackles into a flexible, open environment.

Explore them in our blog post & upgrade your presentations today!
https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/4-more-reasons-impress-is-the-powerpoint-replacement-for-you/?utm_campaign=Blog&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=Impress

Easy Decks with Pandoc

Ever wanted to create a quick presentation that results in a polished slide deck? Then, check out Pandoc!

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/02/15/easy-decks-with-pandoc/

I'm starting to prepare the ideas for the talk I'll give at OSDay (https://osday.dev/agenda) next month. One of the issues I often face is explaining to people that just because I appreciate and prefer using the BSDs doesn't mean I'm AGAINST Linux. I never liked the "distro wars" even twenty-five years ago because I’ve always thought that, in the end, we’re all heading in the same direction.

The message I’ll try to convey isn’t that I don’t want to use Linux, but that the BSDs are more suited to the ways I use them, and why, in my opinion, they can also be useful to those who will attend. In other words, I’ll suggest giving them a try.

In an extremely polarized world (even in tech), it probably won’t be easy.
Just before the Covid emergency, I was offered a "challenge" talk (by a Windows sysadmin I know). People, he said, love this kind of format. I declined. For me, it's just about using the right tool for the right purpose, not a war.

Dialogue, not battle.

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Sharing knowledge, gaining knowledge, meeting colleagues and connections, making new ones…
(and local, so convenient to take one bus home, no parking... easy peasy... (too cold for two wheels!))
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