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Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed at the Web 2.0 Expo yesterday that Google will soon release a slideshow application for Google Apps. The slideshow application is viewed as the “missing link” in Google’s office productivity suite (which currently includes Docs and Spreadsheets) and allows it to compete more effectively with Microsoft Office.
Schmidt downplayed the competition with Microsoft, however, saying
“I don’t think we compete with them. We’re not as fully functional as MS Office — we’re more in line with how people use the web than how they use the desktop.”
But he later conceded that Google Apps is a viable alternative to Microsoft Office for people who “use the web a lot.”
Oh… thooose people.
Your audience is most likely to remember what you say first, and what you say last.
Learning how to communicate effectively is essential for your career growth. What good are your ideas if you can’t communicate them? Whether it’s your presentation to the to the executive board, your two-minute elevator pitch, or an interview.
In her research on short-term memory, Elizableth Hilton observed
“A person has a tendency to remember the first and last few items being presented because the brain will start to rehearse the information that was presented first and last, and have an inclination to forget the middle items.”
Don’t bury your ideas in the middle of a your presentation. If you want people to remember them, state your ideas clearly at the beginning, and repeat them at the end.
