Love it or hate it, PowerPoint is the corporate dream. I personally loathe it with a passion, yet I recognize it’s influence on Corporate America. It offers a cheap, aerodynamic solution for producing linear presentations. Toss in a few transitions and BOOM, you’re the new grandmaster of all things technical! Sheeeit! Might even get that 10 cent raise, nah mean?!?

Unfortunately though, your rule as “grandmaster” will suffer interrogation, as you stuff your presentations with every transition known to man. This, my friend, is the way of the amatuer! All it takes is one loss—one failure to secure a million dollar contract—and its coming down the pipeline. Now everyone’s sweating, and your days at the cubicle are numbered!

Are you in this position? Do you need a solution to secure your 10 cent raise? Well, at this point, it may be too late. But if its not, or if you would like to be proactive and learn a solution that requires some expertise, then I present to you “How to Embed Flash in PowerPoint Presentations.” This method is not only a sure way to “wow” your audience, but it gives purpose to an otherwise useless application (did I mention that I hate PowerPoint already?).

You might ask, “what would be the purpose of integrating Flash with PowerPoint?” Well, for one, you could create a Multimedia Intro to your presentation. Just imagine a professional, introductory slide with music and animation, looping as constituents of a business convene for an important meeting! Sounds cool, eh?

Here are some examples of Mutlimedia Intros I did some time ago. Yeah, yeah, I know…I hated every minute of it! Believe me!

IBM - Johnson & Johnson Intro
http://thomashubbard.net/portfolio/2009/ibm-johnson-johnson-intro-only

IBM - General Motors Intro
http://thomashubbard.net/portfolio/2009/ibm-general-motors-intro-only

NOTE: There are many sites out there that offer tons of customizable flash templates…some for free, some for a fee. FLASHMO (www.flashmo.com) is one worth checking out. If you cannot find/afford a customizable Flash template, then this technique will require Flash expertise!

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