slide:ology!

If you’ve checked out our lineup of awesome presenters, and you’re still looking for more reasons to come to PresentationCamp, here’s another:

The awesome folks at Duarte Design were kind enough to send along a few copies of slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations, which we will be giving away to five lucky attendees!

Here’s a bit about this awesome book:

No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, the odds are high that you’ve delivered a high-stakes presentation to your peers, your boss, your customers, or the general public. Presentation software is one of the few tools that requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology fills that void.

Written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore’s Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, this book is full of practical approaches to visual story development that can be applied by anyone. The book combines conceptual thinking and inspirational design, with insightful case studies from the world’s leading brands.

Don’t miss a chance to get your very own copy of slide:ology, by snagging your free ticket to PresentationCamp Toronto.

Thanks again, Duarte Design!

Sponsor Spotlight: SevenL Networks

Please join me in thanking our sponsor SevenL Networks, who has graciously made the web hosting for PresentationCamp available to us!

I met the very personable David Gallo, Managing Partner at SevenL this past week, learned about his growing business, his smart team, and the incredible infrastructure that supports SevenL. About that last point: one of the series of tubes that powers Toronto’s internet leads directly to SevenL’s facility!

SevenL also offers shared workspaces to work, with free, blazing-fast internet connectivity included, at an affordable price and just steps away from the Queen Street streetcar.

Here’s what you need to know about SevenL:

SevenL Networks Incorporated builds and maintains servers specifically designed for unique business functions. Their services lineup includes Dedicated Server, Virtual Private Server (VPS), Managed Dedicated Server Hosting, Management Services, Web Hosting, Colocation, Managed Colocation, Data Center services, Web Application Design and Development. SevenL Networks is an industry leader and currently boast over 200,000 different server flavours and complete customization. SevenL Networks operates out of its data center in Toronto, Canada.

If you’re looking for a place to work, or you’re a business of any size looking for managed hosting, at affordable prices, backed by a great support team, check out SevenL Networks.

Sponsor Spotlight: Ryerson ITM Student Association

Please join me in thanking our sponsor the Ryerson ITM Student Association, who has graciously made the lecture hall for PresentationCamp available to us!

The ITMSA welcomed us into Ryerson’s Ted Rogers School of Management for ProductCamp Toronto in 2008 and 2009. So, I reached out to them to see if they would be willing to host PresentationCamp, they graciously offered a lecture hall at the Ryerson University Library. It really is perfect for the event! Seriously, it’s awesome.

Here’s what you need to know about the ITMSA:

The Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management at Ryerson is Canada’s only Bachelor of Commerce program dedicated to business management and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The Information Technology Management Students’ Association (ITMSA) is the course union/students’ association for the ITM program at Ryerson University. They run social, academic and advancement events for students in the ITM program and within the Faculty of Business.

An event like PresentationCamp really isn’t possible without a venue like this, so my hat’s off again to the Ryerson ITM Student Association.