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First turn on the Developer Tab on the Ribbon by clicking on the Microsoft logo at the top left of the window and selecting PowerPoint Options all the way at the bottom of the menu. Next put a check next to the unchecked item to show the Developer Tab
Go to YouTube and select a video to embed
Copy the URL
Open Notepad and paste the URL
In the URL delete "watch?" and change the = sign to a ⁄
Copy the new URL
Back in PowerPoint, on the Developer menu choose "More Controls"
Select Shockwave Flash Object
Click and drag on the PowerPoint slide to draw a box in which the video will appear
Right Click the box and select properties
Paste the URL into the Movie Property field
Adjust the options for Looping or AutoPlay if desired
Close the Properties window
You can now adjust the size of the video by dragging the corners as needed

Your YouTube video will now play directly in your presentation provided you are connected to the Internet.

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I’ll be speaking in Las Vegas next week

Jan 2009

By Michael

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Just a quick pair of thanks to the librarians at Love Library on the campus of University of Nebraska, Lincoln and to the attendees of the Southeast Library System (NE) 2008 Training Extravaganza, both of whom I spoke for last week. Both groups were fun and my hosts were a pleasure to work with. Below is a photo of some Wii Boxing fun which will link you through to my other photos from the SELS event. (My presentation was on LibraryThing and it was not recorded nor were there handouts.) Video, audio, and the slides from my UNL talk are available through the NLC blog.

Oh, and UNL librarians: Yes, Diana will be one of your students this fall. Got any work-study openings?

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Spring Speaking Schedule

Feb 2008

By Michael

March

11 – Rapid City Public Library, Rapid City, SD, Social Web Workshops
12 – South Dakota Library Association Spring Forum, Rapid City, SD, Keynote (Social Web) and closing (Observations from the day)
14 – South Dakota Library Association Spring Forum, Brookings, SD, Keynote (Social Web) and closing (Observations from the day)
19 – Library Camp Kansas, Manhattan, KS
20 – University of Nebraska Council of Libraries (UNCL) Staff Development Day, Lincoln, NE, Social Networking & Library 2.0

April

6 – Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, Gaming Preconference (attending)
7 – Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, Moderator for Track A
8 – Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, C202: Libraries a-Twitter & del.icio.us
9 – Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, eBooks & eInk Cybertour
10 – Computers in Libraries 2008, Crystal City, VA, RSS Postconference
17 – Nebraska Library Commission, Lincoln, NE, Get Your Game On! The How and Why of running a gaming tournament in your library
24 & 25 – 3rd International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (attending), Peter Kiewit Institute, University of Nebraska Omaha
25 – Lincoln City Libraries Staff Day (unconfirmed), Lincoln, NE, Library Signage

May

7 – Prarie Area Library System (PALS) Day, Starved Rock State Park, Il, Reference 2008
20-23 – NLC Workshops, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE, Topics TBA
28 – NLC Workshop, Lincoln, NE, XHTML
29 – NLC Workshop, Lincoln, NE, CSS