Although it's true PowerPoint is all you need to be thoroughly visually interactive with your speaking performances, future presenters will have an additional tool. We want to make the Relational Presentation process even easier and more powerful, beyond what PowerPoint currently can accomplish.

Aspire has now teamed up with the Computer Science Department of Arizona State University, along with several Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs, to build a software application that will do the job. This application will integrate with PowerPoint 2007 and create a truly relational networking platform, similar to products used for designing Web sites. Once this software is available, building sophisticated presentation networks will be a whole lot easier.

We don't yet have an estimated release date, although an initial rough prototype is being tested now. Production may be delayed somewhat as we gauge the stability of PowerPoint's new xml platform. Updates will be posted here as they become available.