DiyLightAnimation
Fun => The Porch => Topic started by: kylec on April 22, 2009,
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I am going to be giving a presentation this weekend at our local mini. The topic is DIY Christmas light controllers. If anyone wants to take a look at my power point and give any feedback, that would be great! If there's anything I should add, or take away, or whatever........let me know what you think.
I only get 40 minutes to speak. I will probably spend at least 10 minutes talking about the LE. So I don't have a lot of time to go into detail on EVERYTHING.
Thanks!
Kyle ;D ;D
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All I could see was that the Lynx wireless module plugs in, it is not soldered in permanent.
Not a big thing.
RJ
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Can you up a 2000-2003 version of this. I don't have MS 2007
I am going to be giving a presentation this weekend at our local mini. The topic is DIY Christmas light controllers. If anyone wants to take a look at my power point and give any feedback, that would be great! If there's anything I should add, or take away, or whatever........let me know what you think.
I only get 40 minutes to speak. I will probably spend at least 10 minutes talking about the LE. So I don't have a lot of time to go into detail on EVERYTHING.
Thanks!
Kyle ;D ;D
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You can download the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack if you have and older office version. It will allow you to open the file.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en
Ron
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Kyle,
Nice job on the presentation, I like the way it flows. One thing I would think about is the color of the text on the background though. I had a hard time reading the red text on the green background on my PC, so it might be difficult when projected. You might try looking at a different color font for a little more contrast.
Ron
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Very good use of images so that your listeners can see what you are talking about.
The red text is somewhat difficult to read, white might be a better color.
You might also want to try using one of the animation options to transition from slide to slide, it usually adds to the presentation as well.
Good luck on your talk
Doug
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One piece of general advice I can offer is how to better handle the way you add bullets to a slide so that they appear one by one. You typically start by making one single slide with all of the content. Then right-click somewhere and select Custom Animations to open that pane. Then select an element on the slide like the text of the first bullet. Back on the Custom Animations pane click Add Effect and select something like Entrance / Fly In. You can manually control when the animation starts by choosing Start: On Click. Then you can choose the speed and direction it flies in from. Do that for each bullet, picture or element on the page you want to animate.
Using this technique allows you to keep the number of slides down to a manageable number and adds flexibility and creativity.
Ron
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Kyle:
Here are some of my thoughts:
*Between slides 13 and 14, you might add a slide that defines a coop (a rewrite from the DIYC wiki: A co-operative effort where members pool their resources to make a purchase of an item or items in large enough quantities in order to gain price discounts.)
*I like to think of PPT slides as billboards -- you need to keep the word-count down to something that somebody driving by at 55 miles an hour can read and understand. You have a few slides that exceed the 55-mile limit, but Slide 26 probably needs to be broken down into three or four slides it has so many words.
*In Slide 29, there shouldn't be an apostrophe in "its" (I've always gotten that wrong too and one of the tricks I use to make sure I don't make that mistake is to ask myself whether the words "it is" can substitute; if they can, there's an apostrophe; if they can't, there isn't).
*After Slide 53, I'd add either RJ's or Rick's WMV files that shows what LNT does.
Otherwise, when you include some of the above comments, I think you will have an outstanding presentation.
Best of luck.
\dmc
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Good points from dmc. I especially like the 55-mph billboard analogy and meant to mention that too. Short simple bullet points are best. You can use the notes section at the bottom to write up more detail to use as your talking points.
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Thanks for the tips! I've never done anything like this before, so I didn't really know what I was doing :D.
I'll work on this tonight, and use all your ideas.
Thanks,
Kyle ;D ;D
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We technical people focus so much on the details we forget the creative sides to things. I like the presentation, but you need some pictures (pretty ones too) explaining that a mega-tree might take 16 channels or that the mini-tree's can take 3-4 channels. The setup and the howto and the cost awareness is nice with the powerpoint, but let's show some of this beauty while breaking everything down.
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Here is my revised presentation. I think I hit everything that was suggested. The only thing I'm not sure about is how to end. Should I have some kind of "in conclusion" page?
Thanks again for all the ideas!
Kyle ;D ;D
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For a conclusion, it is always good to go back to your initial position.. in this case it is "why do DIY"... emphasizing the fun, adventure, control, and cost savings. and do it using all the tricks that have been mentioned. i.e. one slide, short and to the point bullets (the flyin is very good here).
and one final line... something like "you are limited only by your imagination"
Larry
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Slide 41 -- another errant "it's" ... ;) ...
\dmc
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It looks nice.
There is no price point for the Express.
Chris
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Okay, it's Sunday Night.... The Weekend is over...
How'd the presentation go ???
Doug
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I think it went really well!
A lot of people seemed to be interested, and I had several people asking questions after the mini was over. The Express was a big hit, as well as the wireless. I think we will have some new Lynx users as a result!
Thank you all for the pointers on the power point! :-* I am really happy with how it turned out, and I think it was one of the best ones of the day! 8)
Kyle ;D ;D
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Kyle's presentation was informative, condensed and had solid demonstrations.
Audience members were near tears at the possibility of going wireless.
Hearing about normalizing for different brands and types of lights rivaled reports of life signs on Mars.
Kyle also spoke highly of the supportive environment of this board.
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At this mini, we had 2 tracks/subjects going at the same time. I had to opposite track in the time slot where Kyle delivered this material. I did however get to see his material, as I had to gather them all, make PDF's and create the hand out CD. So I did get to review his material, and I agree that it was excellent. He was a nice compliment to the DMX Basics that I gave later in the day. So once he spun them up on LE and DMX, I had a nice crowd that was very interested. (Thanks again RJ for your input)
I know he was a bit nervous about talking in front of the crowd, but the feedback was that he did an outstanding job. I think we have a presenter for a long time to come! Great job Kyle.
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Nice job Kyle - I wish I had this presentation about 4 months ago! Can the DIYLIGHTANIMATION portion of this presentation be added to the wiki?
Thanks,
Robb
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Zman,
Kyle was peppered with questions and never missed a beat.
Your DMX presentation was the perfect follow-on subject and it was great to see all your equipment demos in the dark.
I don't see DIY controllers on the PLUS agenda; I may stay home and solder that weekend. There aren't enough days in the year.
Rbar
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Hi Kyle,
I just took a look at your presentation
It looks AWESOME !!!
I really loved the picture of the wired up LE in the beginning LOL
Thanks for doing a great job on the presentation at the mini
Rick R.
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Hi Folks
With Kyle's permission I added his mini presentation to the wiki. If anybody else has a presentation that they want to add please do so.
http://diylightanimation.com/wiki/index.php?title=Guides
Many thanks to Kyle
Rick R.
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Kyle,
Very well done presentation. Professional and entertaining. Look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.
Bill
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Zman,
Kyle was peppered with questions and never missed a beat.
Your DMX presentation was the perfect follow-on subject and it was great to see all your equipment demos in the dark.
I don't see DIY controllers on the PLUS agenda; I may stay home and solder that weekend. There aren't enough days in the year.
Rbar
I think you might want to look a little closer. I was honored to be asked to do the DIY class at PLUS this year and have accepted. It will be one of the few classes they will be running two of on Thursday and Friday at 10:30 AM.
http://www.planetchristmas.com/PDFs/PLUS2009-EducationSchedule-Rev6.pdf
RJ
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RJ, looks like I get to meet you in person then. Looking forward to that.