Best PPT Moment Contest

What was the best moment of your life? Did you know it could have been worth $10,000? iFilm.com and Microsoft are running a contest to see what the best depiction of a “Best Moment” is. The submission details were basic: five slides in PPT 2007 to depict the best moment of your life. You submitted it, they play it, and the best ten go up for judging by fan votes.

The top ten were posted recently, and voting ends June 29, 2007. There are some interesting moments there, but only one presentation I found really interesting from a PPT point of view.

Most of the presentations are regular picture and text tell a story things. Only a couple even use features of PPT that would have helped make their point. But one uses PPT in ways you may not have even guessed were possible.

Ted Thayer, a contributor to PowerPoint Heaven, submitted a presentation on learning to ride a bike. What makes this presentation different from all the others is that ALL of it was done in PPT. Watch the video, vote for it, then come back and read that sentence again. Yes, ALL of it.

There are no animated gifs there. No internal videos. All of that motion – all of the effects, even the kid’s head bobbing when he is sitting on the sofa – all of it was done in PPT 2007 using only 2007 drawing tools.

Some of the other videos have more votes. I think that is a shame. They are great moments, but they aren’t great PowerPoint presentations.