Comments on: Joe describes how to embed YouTube videos in a PowerPoint, but…

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:40:02 +0000

Brad: Good call… If I had the YouTube video “cached” before the presentation, I’d feel much better about using the embed tool…

By: Brad Czerniak

Brad Czerniak — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:27:59 +0000

Playing around with it a bit, it looks like you can load up a YouTube video the same way as in the browser — so prior to actually presenting just play through the video in the slide and keep PowerPoint open.

By: Jim Reppond

Jim Reppond — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:30:51 +0000

I use the “Download Embedded” Firefox Add-on, which does about the same thing. But recently I have been using the capture screen video feature of SnagIt for quick an dirty screen quality captures to reference in emails or Twitters. It’s very quick and easy and I find it to be “good enough” for a lot of uses. I suppose in presentations you might want to keep the quality a little higher, though.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:43:41 +0000

Jim: Glad to hear the timing works well for you!

By: Mike Hale

Mike Hale — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:38:22 +0000

Now, of course I only recommend you use this for videos you have rights to… but you can use this website to save a copy from most of the video streaming sites (including YouTube) regardless of the browser you are using:

http://www.keepvid.com

By: Jim Duncan

Jim Duncan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:36:50 +0000

I am giving a talk tomorrow about blogging for beginners, and this looks very, very useful, as the Common Craft videos are perfect.

http://www.commoncraft.com/store

By: Tracey-Los Angeles Real Estate Talk.com

Tracey-Los Angeles Real Estate Talk.com — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:51:51 +0000

This is great for those of us who are technically challenged.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:44:38 +0000

Also, just a head’s up… I REALLY wanted to do a demo of twitter at a NAR conference in Vegas, but the event center was underground, so even the Verizon air card wouldn’t work!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:42:10 +0000

Great stuff Joe. Amusingly, when I did my first blog presentation with Top Producer a little over a year ago, I used the exact methodology above to embed that blogging video into my presentation. Amusingly, I didn’t ask permission and it turned out that the source of the video (RUDY!) showed up at my first presentation!!!

By: jf.sellsius

jf.sellsius — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:40:26 +0000

Here’s the link for those you have not seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12yD8JyaVvY