Mimeo Lounge

PowerPoint Presentation Tips

Posted on October 7, 2008 at 8:58am, written by Jeff Grill, VP Marketing

Seth Godin has published some good tips on how to keep PowerPoint presentations interesting.  His points include:

- Buy your own font to stand out.  He recommends buying one from the site Smashing Magazine.

- More ideas, fewer words

- Don’t use bullets, it means that people should take notes...read more

Tags: powerpoint, presentation tips, seth godin, sliderocket

             

Where Did the Name Mimeo.com Come From?

Posted on August 11, 2008 at 10:10am, written by Jeff Grill, VP Marketing

One of the questions that I’m frequently asked is where the name “Mimeo” came from.  The simple answer is that it is derived from the word Mimeograph and on this anniversary of its’ August 8, 1876 invention, I thought it only appropriate that we pay homage to this simple revolutionary printing...read more

Tags: a.b. dick, mimeo.com name, thomas edison

             

ASTD 2008 Recap

Posted on June 10, 2008 at 8:54am, written by Keith Miller, Director, Integrated Marketing

Doesn’t seem like an entire year has gone by since I wrote the ASTD 2007 recap post, but here I am reflecting on the 2008 show in San Diego.  Probably more so than ever, our team was excited to get in front of the world’s top training and development professionals to showcase our new booth, our...read more

Tags: astd, astd 2008, learning and development, san diego zoo, training