I'm doing a free, 60-minute webcast for my O'Reilly book, The Google SketchUp Cookbook, this Thursday May 14, at 1 PM EST. The focus will be mostly on presentation: using scenes, styles, and layers. I don't know how many more folks can sign up, but here's the URL:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/1333
If you miss it, you should be able to access it for a while on the webcast archive (scroll down on that page). I'm not sure how long it'll stay there. Check out the other webcasts on this page - there's some great stuff!
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