Presentation Tools
Use the following Flash animations at the beginning of your prospect presentations to highlight big reasons to look to Texas.
For PCs:
Big Reasons to Look to Texas (EXE file type, 3.2MB)
This file does not require additional software to run on PCs. Just save to your computer and double click.
For PC and Mac:
Big Reasons to Look to Texas (SWF file type, 891KB)
This file runs in your default web browser and may also require download of the free Adobe Flash player to run.
PowerPoint template with link to Flash animation:
Download Powerpoint file (PPT, 136KB)
Modify this PowerPoint file with your information. In presentation mode, click on the image on the Big Reasons slide to launch the Flash SWF file linked from this web site. This requires Internet access.
If you will not have Internet access during your presentation, you can save either of the files above in the same place as your presentation. Then, edit the hyperlink on the slide image to link to the flash file location. PowerPoint help can provide further support.
View of first screen of Flash presentation tool
Text from Flash screens:
- If Texas were its own country, its economy would rank 12th in the world, just below Brazil and Russia and higher than India, South Korea and Australia.
- Texas job gains in the past year accounted for almost 75 percent of the entire jobs in the U.S. Over the last five years, Texas has created 1.3 million jobs (net).
- In June 2008 alone, Texas employers added more than 47,000 jobs – equivalent to the population of a mid-sized city.
- The CNBC financial news network ranked Texas as America’s Top State for Business in 2008 and best all-around economy in the United States.