When giving a presentation in front of an audience, it is pivotal that you get it right! If you’re audience pick up on your nerves, a lack of confidence in what you are saying or obvious errors; then you’re wasting your time. Ok, so it’s not like they’ll throw rotten vegetables at you, boo or hiss, however what will happen is they won’t buy your product, nor will they learn from what it is you’re trying to lecture; they won’t sign up for your cause and they certainly will not recommend you, your company or your product. Nowadays, people expect more than a lengthy speech which will ultimately send them to sleep, even if you do add a little humor. They expect imagery, demonstrations, technology and general interactive content. So before you begin, make sure you have the supplies you need to get your audience involved!

• Find a retailer of good value presentation supplies
• Be Organised – Make sure your content flows well and has a clear focus set out from the start of your presentation. Have some patience; set out your objective first and make sure that you presentation is planned in such a way that the message is clearly put across to your audience, and they understand the goal. Remember, if you’re unsure of your objective, then your audience will stand no chance of understanding what you’d like to achieve.
• Use Various Interaction Methods – It may also help you to know that according to a study done by the Navy, the average adult’s attention span is 18 minutes, so make sure that you vary your speech, it’s format and your interaction methods. Use a flipchart pad for your Q & A section incorporating the audience into your presentation. To illustrate key points, use projector transparencies, making sure not to shadow your projection! Use display systems from table to table providing basic information of your cause, product or business.
• Q & A Section – No matter how objective your questioner is, remain cool and respectful. Rehearse obvious questions before the presentation so that you can be prepared and give clear, concise and intelligent answers. It often goes down well to redirect the question, getting your audience involved and communicating with each other. If you believe the question that has been asked is not clear to others, rephrase it first and then answer.

There are a number of ways that you can make sure that you give an effective presentation, however other than the skill to demonstrate, the most important element are the supplies in which you use to put your message across. At Office 365 you will find a number of presentation supplies which are priceless in terms of their positive effects on your demonstration. Take a look at our Copier film from top quality brands, our Flipchart Pads which are available in various sizes, our inkjet film, laser film and write on film to work in conjunction with your projectors and various other presentation supplies. If you’re looking for the apparatus to perform your presentation, take a look at our presentation equipment section.

Whether it’s a classroom, a boardroom, a control room or a hotel ballroom, at Office 365 you will find projection and presentation solutions for every environment. Our favourite range is by a brand who have formed experience by dealing directly with the customers themselves. 3M has worked with teachers and administrators to develop products that meet the specific needs of educators and students alike. They have focussed their idea’s around the business person too and know that to stay ahead, businesses today need to be more efficient than ever. From training and internal collaboration to customer presentations, our line of 3M OHP Film is made for business. Brainstorming ideas come fast and so they need to be saved for future discussion however, customer presentations need to be clear, concise and focused. We have an OHP film that will help you well on the way to achieving this.

At Office 365 you will find Multipurpose and Dual-Purpose transparency films that can be used on laser printers and copiers (and in the case of Multipurpose – inkjet printers too) making them the best buy.

The Multipurpose Transparency Film CG6000 is the right choice for almost all black-and-white copiers and black-and-white or colour inkjet or laser printers. Buying this particular film enables the ease of just one transparency for all your printers and copiers. It eliminates confusion about which transparency film you need to use or look for in the future. However please not, it is not designed for colour copiers. When buying this product you can guarantee no more fears about using the wrong transparency film or jamming your expensive equipment.

The Green Bit

Corporate responsibility is now high on everyones agendas. Yet 3M has long held the belief that reputation depends not solely on their financial performance but also on the way they run their business. In 1975, 3M was one of the first major manufacturing companies actively to address environmental issues and, as with their drive for innovation, they involved employees through their benchmark programme Pollution Prevention Pays. In the UK and Ireland they have achieved Carbon Trust Standard certification for reducing their carbon footprint year-on-year. They believe they have a sound record of achievement in corporate responsibility but continually strive to improve their performance and address the ongoing challenges and opportunities. 3M are committed to sustainable development through a proactive approach to environmental protection, social responsibility and strong economic progress.

3M’s 2005 - 2010 Corporate Environment Goals

• Reduce Volatile Air Emissions by 25%
• Improve Energy Efficiency by 20%
• Reduce Waste (NonProduct Output) by 20%
• Complete 800 Pollution Prevention Pays projects.

For a complete range of OHP film and Copier film, take a look at our site and if you need a little help, just call one of our friendly team. 0870 7661624

3M Portable Overhead Projector 2 Lamps Triple Lens Varifocal 2500 ANSI Lumens Ref M2660

How does saving a whopping 32% on this top of the range projector sound? That’s right, the rrp of this item is £637.83 – Office365 offer it at an amazing £432.42!(Prices correct as of 16/02/09)

This is an extremely lightweight model weighing just 5.4 kg and comes complete with the soft carry case. It also has a folding arm for carrying and easy storage.

For additional protection it has a clamshell head and it also has a varifocal lens for variable focus without having to move the OHP. Blue and brown light borders are avoided with this particular machine as it has triplet lens for bright sharp images. This clever contraption has two lamps should one fail during your presentation

2400 lumen output
250 watt lamp
Also see Non Portable Overhead Projectors on our site for more very competitive prices. If you are looking for more Presentation Equipment, see our wide and inexpensive variety online.

With fast and changing technology in this 21st centaury, presentation and interaction between individuals and groups has evolved from basically handing out notes to graphical presentation i.e. interactive whiteboards , with uses of graphics, sounds and videos to make the presentation more interesting and less time consuming to prepare. An interactive whiteboard is a touch-sensitive projection screen that allows you to control a computer directly by touching the board rather than using a keyboard or mouse.

An interactive whiteboard needs a multimedia projector and a computer to display. With the connection of the projector to either a pc or laptop, the displays are then seen on the interactive whiteboard which acts as a display screen. There are several different types of interactive boards but the two most popular are: pen (works on electromagnetic technology) and analog resistive (finger).

Computer interactions are usually carried out on the help of mouse, but with an interactive whiteboard you can touch the buttons and carry out functions without having to click on the mouse. The interaction on a white board is done with either the finger itself or a special pen. Interaction on a whiteboard is similar to the use of mouse where here the pen or finger acts as the mouse and the cursor follows with the pens or fingers movement and to perform a function you simply double tab on the desired section of the screen.

The finger touch sensitive whiteboards are ideal for use in the different sectors of buth education and business training environments which includes schools and colleges. The corporate and training organisations can choose the best type of digital whiteboard according to their needs. Medical environments usually use the finger touch boards such as dragging pictures or having other functions. Whereas Business environments tend to use finger touch boards for report presentations.

Interactive whiteboards are connected to the computer through either USB or a wireless network. The software device driver is usually loaded to the computer and then the board can be used with the pc and projector. Whiteboards come with built in OCR (optical character recognition) which means the characters you write on the screen can be recognised by the computer and be run as commands.

A CRT projector uses a small, high brightness CRT (picture tube) as the image generating element. The image is then focused and enlarged onto a screen using a lens in front of them. The earlier CRT projectors used to be monochrome, nowadays in a modern CRT projector you can find 3 different colour tubes blue, red and green along with their own lens to display the image or data on a screen.

The red, blue and green portions of the incoming video signal are processed and sent to the respective CRTs whose images are focused by their lenses to achieve the overall picture on the screen. These types of projectors are ideal for use in homes; businesses; educational centres etc. with proper tube size, video processing and lens combination, and an lcd projector can produce excellent displays.

The most common resolutions for a CRT projector are 800 × 600 and 1024×768 pixels. The various advantages and disadvantages of this type of projectors are:
Advantages: Can achieve very good resolution, brightness and picture size. Has a long tube life or projection life (22,000 hours).

Disadvantages: It’s large in size, bulky, non portable, more expensive than other projectors and has low maximum brightness level.

An LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) projector is a type of video projector used for displaying video, image or computer data on a screen or other flat screen surface. LCD projectors contain three separate LCD glass panels, one for red, green, and blue components of the image signal being transferred to the projector. As the light passes through the LCD panels, individual pixels can be opened to allow light to pass or closed to block the light. This activity modulates the light and produces the image that is projected onto the screen . Some advantages and disadvantages of this type of projectors are:

Advantages – generally more light efficient, lcd projectors tend to produce more saturated colours.

Disadvantages – Generally more bulky, as there are more internal components. If it fails it’s very expensive to replace.

LCD projectors are now becoming the defacto standard type of projector on the market today.

A projector is a device that integrates a light source, optics systems, electronics and display(s) to project an image from a computer or video device onto a wall or screen to increase the display size for long distance viewing. These devices attach to a computer or video device as you would connect a monitor or television. It is an ideal device for any individual or a business as it serves various different purposes for displaying information.

The display of a projector differs on various aspects of the projector such as resolution, brightness, noise level, display size, contrast, and aspect ratio. Projectors are categorised into two groups: Video projectors and Transparency projectors.

The size and quality the video projectors display varies from one projector to another based on its resolution, brightness and other specifications. The common display resolution sizes that most of today’s projectors support are:

SVGA(800 × 600 pixels)
XGA(1024×768 pixels)
720p(1280 × 720 pixels)
1080p(1920 × 1080 pixels)

The pixel is a basic unit of composition of an image on any display screen TV screen, computer or any display screen. It is a single, addressable point on a graphic screen. Screens are rated by their horizontal to vertical pixels like 1024×768 pixels, means a display screen has 1024 pixels horizontally and 768 pixels vertically.

The more pixels the screen contains the more the displayed data can be close to the original or more realistic. For coloured displays the pixels red, blue and green sub-pixels are each energized to a particular intensity, and the combination of the three colour intensities creates the perceived colour to the eye.

The cost of an LCD projector varies mostly on the basis of resolution but there are other characteristics that make up the difference such as: light output, acoustic noise output and contrast