How to be a Presentation God: Build, Design, and Deliver Presentations that Dominate!

10.1. ENTER SLIDEROCKET

SlideRocket.com is a small presentation web site that is changing the world—or at least the world as presenters know it. Smart design always answers the most important questions first, and in presentations the first and best question (from our perspective) is always, "How do I get the most out of my deck?" SlideRocket's answer begins with the most basic solutions (like making sure that you're able to actually use the deck—anywhere, anytime) before getting into the simple, functional elements, like designing slides for public viewing.

We depend on technology for nearly everything we do, which is amazing when you consider how often it fails us. Computers crash, batteries fail to charge, programs don't convert, and files corrupt. Murphy's Law rules the digital age with an iron fist. To be fair, technology also streamlines everything we do, making communication and execution simpler and more effective than ever before. But how do we harness the good without encountering the bad?

SlideRocket allows you to utilize their web-based presentation design applications online. You don't download anything to your computer, which means that although you'll need an Internet connection to use it, your presentation's success doesn't depend on a single, fallible technological device. You're welcome to save copies of your final presentation deck to your computer, a memory stick, or any other portable storage device that's designed to help presenters everywhere hedge their ...