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David Marcovitz is Associate Professor in the Education Department and Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology at Loyola College. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Technology from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he studied support for technology in elementary schools. He has taught computer applications and computer programming at the high school level, and he has worked as a technology specialist in a high school. Prior to coming to Loyola College, he taught in the educational technology program at Florida Atlantic University.
Here’s a list of links on Indezine.com where he has been featured:
Start a PowerPoint Presentation Without Clicking
June 26, 2005
An Interview with David Marcovitz
September 11, 2004
Book Extract: Powerful PowerPoint for Educators
September 4, 2004
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Tagged as: MVP, Personality, PowerPoint
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Echo Swinford began making slides as a medical meeting planner in 1997 and just never stopped. She uses PowerPoint as the basis for webcasts, CDs and online applications. Her Echo’s Voice site is graced by dozens of downloadable and helpful documents, and she has been a member of the Microsoft PowerPoint MVP team since 2000.
Here’s a list of links on Indezine.com where she has been featured:
Presentation Summit 2024: Conversation with Echo Swinford
September 20, 2024
Building PowerPoint Templates v2: Conversation with Echo Swinford
October 20, 2021
Presentation Summit 2020: Conversation with Echo Swinford
June 11, 2020
Presentation Summit 2019: Conversation with Echo Swinford
November 12, 2019
Show Some Love to PowerPoint Tables
June 26, 2019
Presentation Summit 2017: Conversation with Echo Swinford
August 21, 2017
The Presentation Guild: Conversation with Echo Swinford
October 17, 2016
Presentation Summit 2016: Conversation with Echo Swinford
August 19, 2016
Presentation Summit 2015: Conversation with Echo Swinford
September 23, 2015
Building PowerPoint Templates: Conversation with Echo Swinford
November 10, 2012
Crash Courses at the Presentation Summit 2012
October 8, 2012
Outstanding Presentations Workshop 2012: Conversation with Ellen Finkelstein
September 13, 2012
Semi-Circles Again in PowerPoint 2003
September 18, 2009
Creating an Autorun PowerPoint Presentation
March 3, 2009
Medicine Presentations: Conversation with Echo Swinford
April 13, 2008
Ric’s Podcast: Why You, Too, Should Kiss Your Frog!
March 24, 2008
Ric’s Podcast: Presentation Party Invitation to PowerPoint Live
January 20, 2008
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit: Conversation with Echo Swinford
January 19, 2008
Change Case Cycles: How They Work?
August 19, 2007
An Interview with Echo Swinford
June 05, 2006
Real PowerPoint Help
March 28, 2006
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
January 15, 2006
Change Alignment of Numbers in a Chart
June 21, 2005
PowerPoint Autorun CD Do-it-Yourself
January 12, 2004
Autorun CD Using the New Viewer
January 5, 2004
Bézier Curves in PowerPoint
December 18, 2003
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Tagged as: Echo Swinford, Microsoft, MVP, PowerPoint, Presentation Guild
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Carmen Simon is a cognitive neuroscientist, author, and founder of Memzy, a company that uses brain science to help corporations create memorable messages. Carmen’s most recent book, “Impossible to Ignore: Create Memorable Content to Influence Decisions,” has won the acclaim of publications such as Inc.com, Forbes, and Fast Company and has been selected as one of the top international books on persuasion. Carmen holds two doctorates, one in instructional technology and another in cognitive psychology. Carmen speaks frequently to corporate, academic, and government audiences on the importance of using brain science to craft communication that is not only memorable but sparks action.
Here’s a list of links on Indezine.com where she has been featured:
More than Pretty: Composition that Impacts Meaning
June 25, 2025
Do Audiences Recall your Slides?
May 15, 2025
Presentation Management 23: Short and Memorable Presentations
May 12, 2021
Presentation Summit 2017: Conversation with Carmen Simon
September 11, 2017
Presentation Summit 2016: Conversation with Carmen Simon
September 12, 2016
Create Memorable Content: Conversation with Carmen Simon
May 17, 2016
Impossible to Ignore: Conversation with Carmen Simon
May 13, 2016
Carmen Simon at the Presentation Summit 2015
October 21, 2015
Remembering Your Slides: Conversation with Carmen Simon
June 9, 2014
Remembering Slides: Conversation with Carmen Simon
December 11, 2013
Counterintuitive Research Findings
March 6, 2013
Carmen Simon at the Presentation Summit 2012
October 11, 2012
Remember Slides Seen 2 Days Ago?
September 20, 2012
Carmen Simon at the Presentation Summit 2011
September 21, 2011
An Interview with Carmen Simon
December 05, 2009
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Let’s imagine your slide background is filled with some picture or texture. This may cause your chart columns to appear merged with the background. In such a situation, you can make your chart columns prominent by formatting the walls and floor of your 3D chart.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Format Walls and Floor of 3D Charts in PowerPoint 2013
Format Walls and Floor of 3D Charts in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 10 11 04
Previous: 10 11 03 Rotate 3D Charts in PowerPoint
Next: 10 12 01 Adjust the Chart Gap Width in PowerPoint
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When your 3D chart comprises columns of various heights, chances are that some of the columns hide other columns placed behind them. To overcome this problem you can rotate the 3D chart so that you end up with a view in which the shorter columns become clearly visible.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Rotate 3D Charts in PowerPoint 2013
Rotate 3D Charts in PowerPoint 2011

Tutorial Code: 10 11 03
Previous: 10 11 02 Make 3D Columns Semi-Transparent for Charts in PowerPoint
Next: 10 11 04 Format Walls and Floor of 3D Charts in PowerPoint
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