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Nick Hodge is a professional geek and digital diplomat for Microsoft in Australia. More info lives underneath the About Box...

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IABC Presentation, 28th May 2008

Friday, May 30th, 2008

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Top 11 Tips for Technical Talks

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Scott Hanselman provides his Top 11 Tips for Technical Talks and Presenations.
After 11 years doing technical presentations, all I can do is reinforce the accuracy of his 11 Tips. They are tops.
Go read them NOW!
For other little personal nuances, read this blog post on from my presentation at BarcampSydney3

Blogging from a Corporate Perspective

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Questions my AIM Presentation Last Week:
 
A big thanks to Stephen Collins of acidlabs for his detailed response. As an expert who speaks to senior decision makers daily on Web 2.0 and social-networking, he's an excellent resource.
 
1. Susan asks: Does Microsoft have a Corporate Blogging Policy?
For me, it's encompassed in this simple phrase: "Don't be Stupid"
However, [...]

Questions to be Answered from AIM, August 23rd

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Nick Hodge, starring in the de Bono Room (not that Bono, this de Bono)
Excellent to meet many new people, and a few old faces. A good 45 turned up for 1h15m of me talking.
Questions:

How does Web 2.0 make sales people more effective
Example of an employee going blog-astray, and how it is corrected
How do you know [...]

Presentation: AIM 23rd August 2007

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Presentation (.pptx) for Australian Institute of Management (AIM) presentation on Web 2.0, eCommerce.

PowerPoint 2003 version of the presentation
PowerPoint 2007 version of the presentation

Just as a note: Download Compatibility Pack for previous versions of Office
By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able open, edit, and [...]

Explaining to my Mum what I actually do

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Having grown up on a farm, I saw what my Dad did every day. I saw it grow; and helped around. I learnt how to read clouds and the sky to determine the weather, and what the time was without a watch. From memory, at about 12 years old pretty much anything that could be [...]

Scripting+XML=Productivity

Tuesday, July 30th, 2002

Presentation from OpenPublish 2002. Scripting+XML=Productivity

XML Asia Pacific

Sunday, November 26th, 2000

For those who attended the XML Asia Pacific conference, the demo files I used Adobe Tips, Tricks and Techniques

Shred The Web Presentation

Sunday, November 26th, 2000

Hello to all those visiting from the "Shred the Web" Roadshow in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangalore and Mumbai. For those who attended "Shred the Web" (South East Asia) or "Stay on the Edge" (Pacific) I will post the Tips, Tricks and Techniques to MungeNet in coming weeks.