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Blogging Presentation

Apr 29, 2008 Posted in Misc

Blog Presentation Screenshot

As part of a requirement for my IS5800 course for the UMSL MBA program, I worked with a group (Benjamin Gilham, Chloé Gray-Le Coz, Irene Heschl, and Tatyana Telnikova) to create a presentation on blogging.  One of the screens for the presentation is pictured above.  Researching and giving the presentation was a really good experience and led to me building this blog. I figured I would post the presentation for general consumption, as well as, to serve as a fitting conclusion to the semester.

You can find the presentation here:  Emerging Technologies:  Blogs (ppt).  You can also read about our presentation on our project blog.

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  • Melody Says:

    I like the presentation! Very informative, and well researched.

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