by AJ George 
I've heard from several eLearning developers expressing their frustration over being given lackluster PowerPoint presentations and asked to magically transform them into effective and engaging eLearning lessons and courses. Are you in the same boat? Perhaps you are creating the PowerPoint presentations as well? Maybe (gasp) you're the one creating the lackluster presentations?
Amongst my own office, opinions often differ when taking into consideration the presentation delivery goal and mode as to what constitutes a good presentation. Are layout and design concerns really that different when a PowerPoint presentation supports a public speaker, an online meeting/class or webinar, or is used for eLearning? Are the concerns design based at all, or is it really the content that must be different?
Whatever the case, we'd like to hear from you about your experience using PowerPoint in conjunction with eLearning. Please take a moment to fill out our short survey. Your responses will help us to help you and, more specifically, address your needs going into 2012.
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About the author: AJ George is IconLogic's lead Technical Communicator and author of both "PowerPoint 2007: The Essentials" and "PowerPoint 2008 for the Macintosh: The Essentials."