2007 Presentations Professionals Survey
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Questions Addressed
- How many years of experience do you have working as a Presentation Professional?
- Please choose the response which best describes your major area of focus for your college studies.
- Where do you live?
- What is your job title?
- What department do you work in?
- InfoComm International has established the following broad definition of a Presentation Professional:
"… presentation professionals are often hired to produce strong, effective and creative presentations that use the AV equipment to its fullest potential. This ensures a solid return on the organization's investment. Presentation professionals are often hired as in-house resources or as independent freelancers to enhance the message through graphics and video presentations, marketing expertise and creative application of presentation tools."
Does this statement generally define the work you do in presentation media development? - How would you better describe a Presentation Professional?
- How many people work with you in presentation-related support services? (please include administrative support, content developers or regular outside freelance/contract/consultant staff if applicable)
- Please choose the response that most closely describes the organizational environment in which you work.
- What percentage of your typical day do you spend in the following presentation-related tasks? (Please make sure your responses add up to 100%)
- Formatting
- Design
- Contents/strategy
- Other presentation-related tasks
- Other tasks (not presentation-related)
- Please select up to three responses that best describe where the majority of your clients or projects come from.
- Internal Communications — Executive presentations
- Internal Communications — Financial presentations
- Internal Communications — Sales & marketing presentations
- Internal Communications — Training presentations
- External Communications — Academic training
- External Communications — Entertainment/media
- External Communications — Financial services
- External Communications — Government
- External Communications — Healthcare
- External Communications — Military
- External Communications — Public service
- External Communications — Religious
- Do you conduct these types of work in-house or outsource? Please select the response that most closely describes your typical situation.
- Content development
- Delivery
- Overall communication strategy
- Technology
- Visual/graphic development
- How often does your organization contract with outside production firms for presentation development?
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Quarterly
- Annually
- Never
- What percentage of your outsourced work do you outsource to the following geographic areas? (Please make sure your responses add up to 100%.)
- Locally
- Nationally
- Abroad/overseas
- Do not outsource
- If you were in the position of hiring an outside production company to develop presentation media, how important would the following be to you? (Scale 1 – not important at all; 5 – very important)
- Archiving/storage of client job files
- Color proofing
- Creativity
- Experience with similar projects
- Finding qualified independent presentations consultants/contractors
- Geographic proximity
- Price
- References
- Size of production company
- In addition to your role in designing and producing the presentation, are you involved with the following aspects of presentation delivery, and what is your level of expertise?
- Presenter miking and recording — audio system design and operation
- Projector/display connection — video system design and operation
- Computer/LAN/Internet networking — connection and management
- Room and presenter lighting — lighting design and control
- Presenter management tools — cueing devices — time management tools — questioning tools
- Presentation room — influence design and layout — venue staging/construction
- In which of the following presentation mediums do you have a high lelvel of production expertise? (Select all that apply)
- 3D
- Animation
- Electronic presentation
- Video
- Web
- Other
- Which of the following statements best reflects your current attitudes toward popular presentation software?
- I use PowerPoint predominantly
- I use Keynote predominantly
- I use PowerPoint predominantly, but want to learn Keynote too
- I don't use PowerPoint or Keynote
- Please choose your level of expertise in the following software categories.
- Presentation (PowerPoint, Keynote, Presenter, Presentations)
- Business Apps (Word/Wordperfect, Excel, Quattro, Visio, Project)
- Animation (Flash)
- Distribution methods (PDF/Acrobat, Web)
- Design (Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, InDesign, Corel Draw)
- Video (Camtasia, Final Cut, Premier, Avid, Ulead Studio, Vegas)
- Audience Participation (ARS, WebEx/Online voting)
- Please indicate which of the following publications you subscribe to. (Select all that apply)
- Please indicate which of the following e-zines or newsletters you subscribe to. (Select all that apply)
- Please indicate which of the following blogs you read or subscribe to. (Select all that apply)
- Please indicate the following conferences you attend. (Select all that apply)
- From the list below, please select the three responses that best describe where you get professional information and support.
- Books by experts
- InfoComm Presentations Council
- Personal network of other professionals
- Software manuals
- Support group/user group
- Trade magazines
- Web resources
- I don't have any resources
- Other
- Which of the following would help you most in your development as a presentation media specialist?
- Additional conference experiences
- Additional training
- Best practices documents
- Job definitions and salary standards
- Other
