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Designing Presentations: Beyond the Basics (A 3-Part Series) at Princeton Public Library

When in doubt, visit your library, by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org
When in doubt, visit your library, by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org

I was given a great opportunity to teach people how to create great presentations.

TIMES: Jun 11 2012 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm  Jun 18 2012 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm  Jun 25 2012 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm

LOCATION:  Technology Center

Part 1 – Monday, June 11, 6:30 – 8:30 PM – Design Elements. In this session, we discussed the elements of design, bringing together color, inspiration, fonts, message, and more to create interesting, eye-catching visuals. The presentation I used is here:

Part 2 – Monday, June 18, 6:30 – 8:30 PM – A Focus on PowerPoint

Part 3 – Monday, June 25, 6:30 – 8:30 PM -Exploring Prezi & Google Docs Presentations

Learn how to incorporate design elements to create captivating, memorable, and effective slide presentations. In this three-part series, technology instructor John LeMasney will cover a variety of presentation tools and techniques, including images, colors, fonts, readability, and movement. Skill Level: Intermediate.

Taken from Designing Presentations: Beyond the Basics (A 3-Part Series) | Princeton Public Library at

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LILRC: Workshop – Hands-on Inkscape

BP oil spill
BP oil spill
Ampersand (cc-sa lemasney)
Ampersand (cc-sa lemasney)

On June 4th, 2012, I gave a long session on using Inkscape in-depth to the Long Island Library Regional Consortium. We discussed bitmap versus vector images, and introduced all of Inkscape’s main tools, then ran through recreating an illustration. Some feedback I got after the session included:

  • Speaker has extraordinary knowledge
  • Instructor was very open to answering questions and going over things multiple times
  • Overall, very well done
  • Very knowledgeable
  • Hands-on with excellent answers to our (millions) of questions
  • Very detailed instructor
  • Excellent intro to new capabilities
  • The instructional concept in using inkscape/graphic design (was a strength)
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Newark Academy: Day-long session on Inkscape and design skills

An apology
An apology
Variations on Open #Inkscape
Variations on Open #Inkscape

On May 31st, 2012, I got the opportunity to teach high school students about Inkscape, open source software, and open standards. I went over basic functionality in Inkscape, demonstrated some design techniques, and helped students with portfolio based projects. Special thanks to Mike Harris and Debi Dixler.

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Newcomers: Pinterest and a short history of image formats.

Hey Pinterest: Followbacks.
Hey Pinterest: Followbacks.

On 5/23/2012 I gave a talk to the Newcomers of West Windsor on the benefits and functions of Pinterest, and got a chance to talk about the gentle move towards PNG from GIF and JPG, as well as the increased importance of visual communication skills for the average person. The response from the organizer was “Thank you so much for the wonderful job you did lecturing at Tech Talks on the history of images on the web and Pinterest. Your depth of knowledge always amazes me. You are our favorite teacher.”

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ICON PC User’s Group: Best practices for Facebook

I want you to notice when I'm not around by John LeMasney via LeMasney.com
I want you to notice when I'm not around by John LeMasney via LeMasney.com
I want you to notice when I'm not around by John LeMasney via LeMasney.com
I want you to notice when I’m not around by John LeMasney via LeMasney.com

Presented a talk on Facebook tonight to the ICON PC user’s group in Long Island, NY.

Presentation is here: Google Docs presentation

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NJEdge.net: WordPress: a versatile academic solution

mixtape by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org
mixtape by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org

On November 18th, 2011 I gave a talk at NJEdge.net’s Conference 8.0 in Plainsboro, NJ with my Princeton Colleague Ben Johnston on the topic of WordPress being used at Princeton to solve various academic needs.