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Presentation Planning
- 3 big mistakes professionals make when presenting financial or operational data to executives
- 5 Tips for working on PowerPoint slides as a group that will save time pulling the final presentation together
- 6 ways to save time creating a presentation; Issue #403 November 28, 2017
- Are We Wasting $250 Million per Day Due to Bad PowerPoint?
- Audience with different levels of knowledge; Issue #360 March 29, 2016
- Avoiding “Are we there yet?”; Issue #345 September 1, 2015
- Be the presenter and an attendee in a Zoom meeting on the same computer
- Change at a pace your audience can handle; Issue #351 November 24, 2015
- Confusing the message with supporting information; Issue #322 October 14, 2014
- Dealing with quad charts; Issue #348 October 13, 2015
- Dealing with requests for spreadsheet slides; Issue #341 July 7, 2015
- Designing and Delivering Non-Linear Presentations; Issue #156 April 1, 2008
- Determining the goal of your presentation is hard; Issue #270 September 18, 2012
- Discernment; Issue #320 September 16, 2014
- Document or Presentation? How to choose; Issue #401 October 31, 2017
- Don’t Grab and Hope; Issue #382 February 7, 2017
- Don’t judge a presentation by the number of slides; Issue #286 May 14, 2013
- Don’t start by copying previous slides; Issue #314 June 24, 2014
- Executive Summary slide; Issue #394 July 25, 2017
- Five Tips to Make PowerPoint Business Presentations More Effective
- Four places to find headlines in your slides; Issue #421 August 21 2018
- Handling requests for one slide only; Issue #377 November 22, 2016
- Headline template for result of analysis; Issue #372 September 13, 2016
- How to check your presentation outline with your boss before spending time creating slides
- How to get the audience to care about your presentation; Issue #374 October 11, 2016
- Ignore the advice to only use images; Issue #343 August 4, 2015
- Less isn’t more, Clear is More; Issue #375 October 25, 2016
- Lessons from TED talks; Issue #334 March 31, 2015
- Limiting the # of slides doesn’t work; Issue #342 July 21, 2015
- Make Deliberate Decisions; Issue #364 May 24, 2016
- Meetings won’t be the same in the future; Issue #464 May 12, 2020
- PowerPoint Presentation Best Practices Audit; Issue #455 January 7 2020
- Prepare for questions or concerns; Issue #266 July 24, 2012
- Quality of conclusion, not Quantity of work; Issue #376 November 8, 2016
- Raise the average two slides at a time; Issue #282 March 19, 2013
- Redefining the KPI acronym; Issue #419 July 24, 2018
- Should you switch to 16:9 slides?; Issue #292 August 6, 2013
- Strategic approach for presenting to Boards and Senior Management; Issue #365 June 7, 2016
- Ten steps you can take to improve your PowerPoint presentations in 2019; Issue #430 January 8 2019
- The cost of executives redoing presentations; Issue #338 May 26, 2015
- The Top Ten Things You Can Do To Improve Your Next PowerPoint Presentation
- Top 5 PowerPoint Tips for Student Presentations in School
- Updating the three “Tell Them” statements; Issue #291 July 23, 2013
- What is the REAL Cost of Poor Presentations?
- What presenters can learn from how TV shows start; Issue #311 May 13, 2014
- What top leaders do when requesting staff to create a presentation
- Why today’s Apple Watch Series 8 and iPhone 14 launch is not a model you should follow in your business presentations
- Why you can safely ignore most advice for speakers; Issue #373 September 27, 2016
Slide Design
- 5 Good reasons to use your corporate PowerPoint template; Issue #448 September 17 2019
- Capitalization of Headlines; Issue #413 May 1, 2018
- Choose a boring font; Issue #260, May 1, 2012
- Choosing Colors for Your Presentation Slides
- Creating a style guide to keep the look of slides consistent in an organization
- Creating slides that print well in B&W; Issue #309 April 15, 2014
- Design advice corporate presenters can ignore; Issue #390 May 30, 2017
- Getting Designer ideas without Office 365 at work; Issue #422 September 4 2018
- How to create a consistent look when many sources are contributing slides to a presentation; Issue #210 May 18, 2010
- How to determine if the font on your slides is big enough; Issue #152 February 5, 2008
- How to make slides that are accessible for those with hearing or sight impairments; Issue #151 January 22, 2008
- How to Select and Use Fonts on Presentation Slides
- Make slides easy to see; Issue #267 August 7, 2012
- Making presentations more accessible; Issue #429 December 11 2018
- Should you switch to 16:9 slides?; Issue #292 August 6, 2013
- Testing how a slide looks to someone with color deficiency; Issue #330 February 3, 2015
- Three steps to reformat a presentation with a new slide design; Issue #187 June 16, 2009
- Using your organization’s template; Issue #410 March 20, 2018
- Why do presenters change the organization’s template?; Issue #214 July 13, 2010
Slide Creation & Editing
- 5 Good reasons to use your corporate PowerPoint template; Issue #448 September 17 2019
- 5 Tips for working on PowerPoint slides as a group that will save time pulling the final presentation together
- 6 ways to save time creating a presentation; Issue #403 November 28, 2017
- Add design flair to sequence diagrams in PowerPoint using shape techniques
- Capitalization of Headlines; Issue #413 May 1, 2018
- Creating some of the new graph types in older versions of Office; Issue #362 April 26, 2016
- Dealing with quad charts; Issue #348 October 13, 2015
- Four places to find headlines in your slides; Issue #421 August 21 2018
- Free training videos; Issue #447 September 3 2019
- Getting Designer ideas without Office 365 at work; Issue #422 September 4 2018
- Headline template for result of analysis; Issue #372 September 13, 2016
- Highlighting an area with a mask; Issue #451 October 29 2019
- How to add the Draw ribbon to PowerPoint so you can use Inking features
- Less time creating slides, more time outside; Issue #466 June 9, 2020
- Making presentations more accessible; Issue #429 December 11 2018
- New graph formatting interface in PowerPoint 2013/2016; Issue #363 May 10, 2016
- PowerPoint Presentation Best Practices Audit; Issue #455 January 7 2020
- Protecting Slide Content
- Speed slide creation and enjoy the summer; Issue #442 June 25 2019
- Ten Secrets For Using PowerPoint Effectively
- Testing your slides; Issue #281 March 5, 2013
- Using published research results; Issue #385 March 21, 2017
- Using your organization’s template; Issue #410 March 20, 2018
- Videos to Create Effective Presentation Visuals using Google Sheets/Slides
- Visibility of slide elements; Issue #337 May 12, 2015
- Why it costs so much to professionally “fix up” or “clean up” a PowerPoint presentation
Data & Graphs
- “But they want ALL the data!”; Issue #418 July 10, 2018
- “Torn paper” look for non-zero axis; Issue #436 April 2 2019
- 25 Advanced Excel Chart Tips and Tricks (video)
- 3 Alternatives to axis breaks; Issue #398 September 19, 2017
- 3 Steps you can take to spend less time updating Excel charts each month (Hint: use a strategic approach to your Excel chart worksheet)
- 3 Tips for making column graphs even clearer; Issue #304 February 4, 2014
- 7 Steps to make a professional looking column graph in Excel or PowerPoint
- 7 steps to make a professional looking line graph in Excel or PowerPoint
- 8 steps to make a professional looking bar chart in Excel or PowerPoint
- Accurate Design Ideas-like Timeline; Issue #424 October 2 2018
- Adding a watermark to an Excel or PowerPoint chart/graph
- Alternative to Excel conditional formatting; Issue #389 May 16, 2017
- Another option for diverging bar charts; Issue #400 October 17, 2017
- Automatic Updating of Excel Tables in PowerPoint Slides
- Axis or data labels; Issue #346 September 15, 2015
- Axis that doesn’t start at zero; Issue #380 January 10, 2017
- Bar charts with long category labels; Issue #428 November 27 2018
- Big Data Tools and Executive Reporting; Issue #445 August 6 2019
- Change indicator characters; Issue #425 October 16 2018
- Chartmaker Directory; Issue #407 February 6, 2018
- Clearer line graphs; Issue #352 December 7, 2015
- Column Graphs vs. Bar Charts – When to choose each one
- Comparing actual to budget with explanations; Issue #444 July 23 2019
- Comparing only one value to a standard; Issue #432 February 5 2019
- Comparing to two standards; Issue #388 May 2, 2017
- Conditional formatting of category in column chart; Issue #470 August 4, 2020
- Creating a Gantt chart with Milestones using a Stacked Bar Chart in Excel or PowerPoint
- Creating a graph in PowerPoint from data in Excel
- Creating a Monthly timeline Gantt chart with Milestones in Excel or PowerPoint
- Creating area graphs with Charticulator; Issue #460 March 17, 2020
- Creating some of the new graph types in older versions of Office; Issue #362 April 26, 2016
- Deciding on how to label column, bar, and line graphs
- Diverging Stacked Bar Charts; Issue #310 April 29, 2014
- Excel Tip: Color conditional formatting of directional indicator symbols in cells
- Excel Tip: Copy Excel cells to text box table in PowerPoint to animate by row
- Excel/PowerPoint tip: Accurately estimating the values in a column/bar/line chart image
- Extract data from a linked Excel chart in PowerPoint; Issue #476 October 27, 2020
- Extracting data from a linked Excel graph; Issue #367 July 5, 2016
- Filter the data series shown on a graph; Issue #463 April 28, 2020
- FinancialViz Comparing common elements; Issue #417 June 26, 2018
- FinancialViz Makeover Change in sectors over time; Issue #423 September 18 2018
- FinancialViz Makeover: Comparing to an average with long labels; Issue #426 October 30 2018
- FinancialViz: “cool” visual doesn’t give accurate comparison
- FinancialViz: Non-zero-based column graphs mislead the viewer
- FinancialViz: waterfall chart using rectangles instead of Excel introduces doubt
- Focus by using an All Others category; Issue #396 August 22, 2017
- Force a column, bar, or line chart in Excel to start at zero
- Graph labelling techniques; Issue #331 February 17, 2015
- Graph using Excel Data Bars; Issue #420 August 7, 2018
- How animating a graph makes it easier to understand; Issue #243 August 30, 2011
- How one character in a file name can mess up linking Excel cells or graphs to a PowerPoint slide
- How to Present a Balance Sheet
- How to Present a Cash Flow Statement
- How to present an Income or Profit and Loss Statement
- Index line graph instead of dual-axis graph; Issue #369 August 2, 2016
- Inserting a MATLAB SVG image into any version of PowerPoint by converting it to a vector EMF image
- Launch of FinancialViz.com; Issue #414 May 15, 2018
- Lining up related column graphs at the horizontal axis
- Linking a graph in PowerPoint to the Excel data so the graph can automatically update when the Excel worksheet changes
- Makeover Monday Challenge April 10 2017
- Makeover Monday Challenge February 15 2016
- Makeover Monday Challenge February 29 2016
- Making table criteria explicit; Issue #356 February 2, 2016
- Matching Excel charts to a PowerPoint color scheme; Issue #434 March 5 2019
- Math errors; Issue #350 November 10, 2015
- New graph formatting interface in PowerPoint 2013/2016; Issue #363 May 10, 2016
- Order data to support your message; Issue #378 December 6, 2016
- PowerPoint table alternative to SmartArt; Issue #357 February 16, 2016
- Professional looking graphs; Issue #450 October 15 2019
- Proportion visual using characters; Issue #395 August 8, 2017
- Proportional Object Collection Calculator; Issue #301 December 10 2013
- Re-emergence of donut charts; Issue #347 September 29, 2015
- Replace stacked column graphs; Issue #393 July 11, 2017
- Replace the default legend; Issue #381 January 24, 2017
- Scaling values for related data series; Issue #458 February 18 2020
- Selecting Dataviz based on message; Issue #441 June 11 2019
- Show the difference; Issue #366 June 21, 2016
- Showing component and total variance to budget; Issue #438 April 30 2019
- Showing future differences; Issue #433 February 19 2019
- Showing performance where we want to be below a goal; Issue #379 December 20, 2016
- Small multiples makeover April 8, 2015
- SWD Challenge September 2018
- The “last mile” in data analysis; Issue #453 November 12 2019
- The correct use of a pie chart; Issue #327 December 23, 2014
- The correct visual to show a trend; Issue #332 March 3, 2015
- The strategic use of color in Excel charts
- Total on stacked columns/bars; Issue #397 September 5, 2017
- Treemap Diagrams; November 12, 2013
- Universal Indicators; Issue #312 May 27, 2014
- Using Excel Data in a PowerPoint Presentation
- Using visuals in case studies; Issue #408 February 20, 2018
- Visualizing Net Income from Inflows and Outflows; Issue #443 July 9 2019
- Visually presenting financial statements; Issue #409 March 6, 2018
- Visuals that indicate performance; Issue #333 March 17, 2015
- Waterfall Graphs; Issue #308 April 1, 2014
- When gridlines help on graphs; Issue #387 April 18, 2017
- Will replacing presentations with interactive visual dashboards help executives make decisions?
- Zooming in on a column graph; Issue #446 August 20 2019
Diagrams
- 12 Tips for virtual calls; Issue #480 December 22, 2020
- Accurate Design Ideas-like Timeline; Issue #424 October 2 2018
- Add design flair to sequence diagrams in PowerPoint using shape techniques
- Clues to indicate diagrams; Issue #439 May 14 2019
- Create a sliding timeline visual in PowerPoint to show many time periods or events
- Create professional looking diagrams by using techniques that line up things perfectly; Issue #164 July 22, 2008
- Creating a Gantt chart with Milestones using a Stacked Bar Chart in Excel or PowerPoint
- Creating a Monthly timeline Gantt chart with Milestones in Excel or PowerPoint
- Creating non-standard shapes; Issue #459 March 3, 2020
- Download free Timelines & Calendars; Issue #371 August 30, 2016
- Free Pre-Made Diagrams; Issue #317 August 5, 2014
- Getting Designer ideas without Office 365 at work; Issue #422 September 4 2018
- How to add the Draw ribbon to PowerPoint so you can use Inking features
- How to create a time scale in PowerPoint for timeline visuals, Gantt charts, and other time-based visuals
- How to select information for a Gantt chart; Issue #416 June 12, 2018
- Minutes/seconds on clock visual; Issue #386 April 4, 2017
- Process/sequence diagrams with many steps; Issue #415 May 29, 2018
- Shapes on arrow sequence diagram; Issue #384 March 7, 2017
- Show steps in a process; October 29, 2013
- The quickest way to create a timeline; Issue #358 March 1, 2016
- Timeline visual templates in Excel from Microsoft
- Timeline Visuals; Issue #278 January 22, 2013
- Use a Venn diagram to show overlapping relationships
- Why SmartArt is often misused; Issue #326 December 9, 2014
Pictures
- 5 ways to use new product photos from Marketing in a PowerPoint sales presentation
- Alt Text on images; Issue #336 April 28, 2015
- Building an image by breaking it apart; Issue #405 January 9, 2018
- Capture part of a PDF document for use on your PowerPoint slide; Issue #135 May 29, 2007
- Creating universal icons; Issue #249 November 22, 2011
- Finding and Using Vector icons in PowerPoint; Issue #325 November 25, 2014
- Finding high-resolution logos and research graphics for your presentation; Issue #224 November 30, 2010
- Getting Designer ideas without Office 365 at work; Issue #422 September 4 2018
- Government Photos you can use; Issue #195 October 6, 2009
- Highlighting an area with a mask; Issue #451 October 29 2019
- Inserting a MATLAB SVG image into any version of PowerPoint by converting it to a vector EMF image
- Overview of Using Copyrighted Material in Your Presentation
- Use a map to show geographic relationships; Issue #138 July 10, 2007
- Using Infographics on Slides; Issue #225 December 14, 2010
- Using the Snipping Tool for screen captures; Issue #368 July 19, 2016
- Why You Shouldn’t Use Google Images to Find Photos; Issue #236 May 24, 2011
Multimedia
- 5 ways to use a new promotional video from Marketing in a PowerPoint sales presentation
- How to automatically play a Vimeo or YouTube video full screen in a browser from a PowerPoint slide
- Options to deal with PowerPoint pausing Slide Show or Presenter View when you use the meeting controls, chat, or go to another program
- Overview of Using Copyrighted Material in Your Presentation
- Play a YouTube video in a clean browser window in Teams, Zoom, or Google Meet
- Playing a YouTube video in a Microsoft Teams meeting
- Playing a YouTube video in a Zoom meeting
- Using video in PowerPoint; Issue #412 April 17, 2018
- You need permission to use YouTube videos; Issue #239 July 5, 2011
Text on Slides
- Capitalization of Headlines; Issue #413 May 1, 2018
- Don’t put yourself in a cage of text; Issue #290 July 9, 2013
- Excel Tip: Copy Excel cells to text box table in PowerPoint to animate by row
- Formatting bullet points; Issue #355 January 19, 2016
- Formatting text in a table; Issue #234 April 26, 2011
- Group text in shapes instead of bullets; Issue #391 June 13, 2017
- How to Write Powerful Bullet Points
- Jargon and Acronyms; Issue #319 September 2, 2014
- Making text look better; Issue #340 June 23, 2015
- Organic highlighting using ink; Issue #353 December 22, 2015
- Presenting legal/regulatory quotes; Issue #272 October 16, 2012
- Reduce the words in each point; Issue #283 April 2, 2013
- Showing key phrases in social media posts; Issue #454 December 10 2019
- Text formatting tips; Issue #232 March 29, 2011
- The grammar of text on slides; Issue #293 August 20, 2013
- Using quotes effectively on your slides; Issue #215 July 27, 2010
- What to do with text on your slides; Issue #335 April 14, 2015
Linking & Incorporating Other Content
- 2 Big Mistakes Professionals make using Excel data in PowerPoint
- 5 ways to use a new promotional brochure from Marketing in a PowerPoint sales presentation
- 5 ways to use an industry report or white paper PDF in a PowerPoint sales presentation
- 5 ways to use your new website or an online report/white paper in a PowerPoint sales presentation
- Allow Teams meeting participants to draw on/annotate screen content using PowerPoint collaboration
- Alternative to Excel conditional formatting; Issue #389 May 16, 2017
- Automatic Updating of Excel Tables in PowerPoint Slides
- Breaking links to Excel; Issue #359 March 15, 2016
- Capture part of a PDF document for use on your PowerPoint slide; Issue #135 May 29, 2007
- Creating area graphs with Charticulator; Issue #460 March 17, 2020
- Excel/PowerPoint tip: Accurately estimating the values in a column/bar/line chart image
- Extract data from a linked Excel chart in PowerPoint; Issue #476 October 27, 2020
- Extracting data from a linked Excel graph; Issue #367 July 5, 2016
- Fixing the Excel Rounding Error; Issue #329 January 20, 2015
- How one character in a file name can mess up linking Excel cells or graphs to a PowerPoint slide
- How to automatically play a Vimeo or YouTube video full screen in a browser from a PowerPoint slide
- How to use a link to jump from PowerPoint to a website, YouTube video, or file from another program in a Zoom or Teams meeting
- Linking a graph in PowerPoint to the Excel data so the graph can automatically update when the Excel worksheet changes
- Matching Excel charts to a PowerPoint color scheme; Issue #434 March 5 2019
- Options to deal with PowerPoint pausing Slide Show or Presenter View when you use the meeting controls, chat, or go to another program
- Updates to the PowerPoint Document Inspector may save your job
- Using content links in virtual presentations; Issue #484 February 23, 2021
- Using Excel Data in a PowerPoint Presentation
- Using published research results; Issue #385 March 21, 2017
Animation & Transitions
- Building an image by breaking it apart; Issue #405 January 9, 2018
- Context Before Conclusion; Issue #285 April 30, 2013
- For complex topics, give context first; Issue #437 April 16 2019
- How animating a graph makes it easier to understand; Issue #243 August 30, 2011
- Showing key phrases in social media posts; Issue #454 December 10 2019
- Using Animation and Slide Transition Effects on PowerPoint Slides
- Using Exit animation to reveal a graphic; Issue #233 April 12, 2011
- Zooming in on a column graph; Issue #446 August 20 2019
Delivery & Handouts
- 4 Options for How to Present a PowerPoint Slide Show in a Zoom meeting
- 5 Options for How to Present a PowerPoint Slide Show in a Microsoft Teams meeting
- Adding a PDF document to OneNote in iOS or iPadOS so you can take notes on it
- Annotations on shared content is coming to Teams
- Answers to common questions when presenting PowerPoint slides in a Zoom meeting
- Best Practices for Creating Handouts for a Sales Presentation
- Best Practices for Increasing Interaction During Sales Presentations
- Breaking the habit of speaking to the screen; Issue #240 July 19, 2011
- Checklist before delivering a PowerPoint presentation in a Zoom or Microsoft Teams meeting
- Creating slides that print well in B&W; Issue #309 April 15, 2014
- Current view on paperless handouts; Issue #411 April 3, 2018
- Display Presenter View on correct screen; Issue #495 July 27, 2021
- Display your iPad screen from your computer in a Microsoft Teams meeting to show an app or use as a whiteboard (Windows or Mac)
- Don’t start with an apology; Issue #273 October 30 2012
- Edge browser tips for virtual meetings; Issue #489 May 4, 2021
- EffectiveVirtualPresentations.com: Articles for presenters in Microsoft Teams and Zoom online meetings
- Expert Presenter View Tips part 2; Issue #483 February 9, 2021
- Expert Tips for Using PowerPoint Presenter View (2 screens, Windows) in Zoom or Teams
- Fix PowerPoint Presenter View displaying the slides on the wrong screen
- Handling mistakes on slides; Issue #180 March 10, 2009
- Have a backup story ready; Issue #321 September 30, 2014
- How to use a link to jump from PowerPoint to a website, YouTube video, or file from another program in a Zoom or Teams meeting
- Learning from a video of your presentation; Issue #404 December 12, 2017
- Look at the screen, not the webcam; Issue #474 September 29, 2020
- No more “next slide please”; Share keyboard and mouse control with other presenters in Teams & Zoom
- Notes and slides with low-res screen; Issue #487 April 6, 2021
- Options for sharing a PowerPoint Presentation (1 or 2 screens, Windows or Mac) in Google Meet (including Presenter View)
- Options for speaker notes; Issue #406 January 23, 2018
- Organic highlighting using ink; Issue #353 December 22, 2015
- Paperless handouts; Issue #318 August 9, 2014
- PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams and Zoom with 2 screens (Mac)
- PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams or Zoom with 2 screens (Windows)
- PowerPoint Presenter View with a single monitor/screen: what’s possible in Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex, and Google Meet
- Present a PDF of your PowerPoint, GSlides or Keynote slides in Zoom, Teams, GMeet (Windows or Mac)
- Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides in Microsoft Teams or Zoom (Windows)
- Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides in Microsoft Teams or Zoom on a Mac
- Presentation and Leave-behind in one file; Issue #472 September 1, 2020
- Presentations at in-person meetings shouldn’t go back to the way they were before
- Presenter & Attendee on same computer; Issue #479 December 8, 2020
- Presenting from someone else’s computer; Issue #241 August 2, 2011
- Presenting when you are not allowed to use a handout
- Record a video of your narrated PowerPoint slides for a flipped classroom
- Recording your presentation; Issue #471 August 18, 2020
- Save time with Custom Shows; Issue #370 August 16, 2016
- See your notes while sharing slides in Teams or Zoom; Issue #469 July 21, 2020
- Seeing your Speaking Notes in PowerPoint while presenting slides in a Zoom meeting if you only have one screen
- Seeing your Speaking Notes in PowerPoint while presenting slides in Microsoft Teams if you only have one screen
- Share the Slide Show window instead of your single screen when using PowerPoint on Teams or Zoom
- Summer 2022 in-person and hybrid presentation setup: bringing virtual presentation advantages to hybrid and in-person meetings
- Test slides when using video wall; Issue #457 February 4 2020
- Three uses for a black slide; Issue #294 September 3, 2013
- Use 3 screens to use PowerPoint Presenter View and see the chat and videos in a Zoom meeting (Mac)
- Use 3 screens to use PowerPoint Presenter View and see the chat and videos in a Zoom meeting (Windows)
- Use a 2nd laptop as a cheater monitor to see PowerPoint slides & speaker notes (in-person & hybrid)
- Use Google Slides Presenter View to see notes & show slides in Teams or Zoom (PowerPoint files too)
- Use PowerPoint to create a custom background for Microsoft Teams meetings
- Use Reading View to Show PowerPoint slides in a window instead of full screen
- Use Spotlight in a Microsoft Teams meeting to quickly switch between PowerPoint slides and your video when presenting
- Use this hack to pin your own video large in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting
- Use Windows Magnifier to help people see your screen when demonstrating software or code
- Use Windows Magnifier to zoom in and pan around a slide or other content in a Zoom or Teams meeting
- Using a tablet or e-reader for Speaker Notes; Issue #238 June 21, 2011
- Using Advanced Presenter View features in Zoom with one screen (Windows or Mac)
- Using PowerPoint Presenter View with 1 screen in Zoom on a Mac
- Using PowerPoint Presenter View with 1 screen in Zoom on Windows
- Virtual attendees look at your video; Issue #486 March 23, 2021
- Virtual presenting resources and tips; Issue #462 April 14, 2020
Virtual Meetings
- 11 ways to use PowerPoint to incorporate consultative selling in a virtual or hybrid sales meeting
- 12 Tips for virtual calls; Issue #480 December 22, 2020
- 3 insights from the LinkedIn State of Sales 2021: United States & Canada Edition
- 3 Tips for virtual presenters from Adele’s One Night Only TV special
- 3 tips to improve virtual sales presentations with expert features of PowerPoint Presenter View
- 3 tips to improve virtual sales presentations with Zoom sharing features
- 4 Options for How to Present a PowerPoint Slide Show in a Zoom meeting
- 5 Options for How to Present a PowerPoint Slide Show in a Microsoft Teams meeting
- 5 ways to use video clips to improve virtual sales presentations
- 6 ways to improve virtual sales presentations with content other than PowerPoint slides
- 7 ways to improve virtual sales presentations by using URL links in the meeting chat in Teams or Zoom
- 8 ways to engage your audience when presenting in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting
- A sneaky way to add a second screen to use PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams (Mac) with 1 monitor/screen
- A sneaky way to add a second screen to use PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams (Windows) with 1 monitor/screen
- A sneaky way to add a second screen to use PowerPoint Presenter View in Zoom (Mac) with 1 monitor/screen
- A sneaky way to add a second screen to use PowerPoint Presenter View in Zoom (Windows) with 1 monitor/screen
- Allow Teams meeting participants to draw on/annotate screen content using PowerPoint collaboration
- Alternatives to sharing a portion of Presenter View with 1 screen in Zoom (Windows) so you can see your notes
- Annotations on shared content is coming to Teams
- Answers to common questions when presenting PowerPoint slides in a Zoom meeting
- Are people multitasking during your virtual presentation? Yes. And here’s why that’s OK
- Auto-update comes to the Zoom app
- Be the presenter and an attendee in a Zoom meeting on the same computer
- Black screen when sharing Slide Show in PowerPoint Presenter View in Zoom
- Building your skills for Teams & Zoom meetings; Issue #465 May 26, 2020
- Camera zoom and controls for the Logitech C920 webcam in a Microsoft Teams meeting
- Change these Zoom meeting settings to enhance the experience for participants and yourself
- Checklist before delivering a PowerPoint presentation in a Zoom or Microsoft Teams meeting
- Collaborate with others using PowerPoint on the web in a virtual or hybrid meeting
- Control Logitech webcam (C920, Brio, C922, C930 & more) in Zoom and Teams meetings (Windows or Mac)
- Create a stand for your iPad or tablet from a piece of cardboard
- Decide to stop sharing your PowerPoint slides in a virtual sales meeting to engage the prospect
- Difference in PowerPoint usage in Teams and Zoom; Issue #492 June 15, 2021
- Display Presenter View on correct screen; Issue #495 July 27, 2021
- Display your iPad screen from your computer in a Microsoft Teams meeting to show an app or use as a whiteboard (Windows or Mac)
- Edge browser tips for virtual meetings; Issue #489 May 4, 2021
- EffectiveHybridPresentations.com: A guide to delivering effective PowerPoint presentations in hybrid meetings that have in-room and virtual attendees
- EffectiveVirtualPresentations.com: Articles for presenters in Microsoft Teams and Zoom online meetings
- Engage audiences with polls and exercises in Zoom and Microsoft Teams meetings by using Microsoft Forms
- Expert Presenter View Tips part 2; Issue #483 February 9, 2021
- Expert Tips for Using PowerPoint Presenter View (2 screens, Windows) in Zoom or Teams
- Expert Tips for Using PowerPoint Presenter View on a Mac in Teams or Zoom (1 or 2 screens)
- Fix PowerPoint Presenter View displaying the slides on the wrong screen
- Guide to being a good attendee in future corporate meetings
- Guide to preparing for the future of business meeting presentations
- How to see the participants in a Teams meeting when you are sharing your screen or content
- How to turn off chat bubbles in Microsoft Teams meetings
- How to use a link to jump from PowerPoint to a website, YouTube video, or file from another program in a Zoom or Teams meeting
- Hybrid Event Lesson 1: You can run a Zoom meeting on cellular data
- Hybrid Event Lesson 2: Give the meeting as many resources and as much bandwidth as possible
- Hybrid Event Lesson 3: Plan and Test your hybrid meeting setup
- Hybrid Event Lesson 5: Know important OS shortcut keys
- Late 2021 update: New app to Control Logitech webcam (C920, Brio, C922, C930 & more)
- Look at the screen, not the webcam; Issue #474 September 29, 2020
- Meetings won’t be the same in the future; Issue #464 May 12, 2020
- More ways to engage virtual attendees; Issue #491 June 1, 2021
- My virtual meeting setup; Issue #485 March 9, 2021
- New features in Teams; Issue #475 October 13, 2020
- New option to blur your video background in Zoom February 2022
- New Teams Presenter modes; Issue #497 August 24, 2021
- New Teams sharing dialog; Issue #490 May 18, 2021
- No more “next slide please”; Share keyboard and mouse control with other presenters in Teams & Zoom
- Notes and slides with low-res screen; Issue #487 April 6, 2021
- Options for adding another screen to use PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams or Zoom presentations
- Options for sharing a PowerPoint Presentation (1 or 2 screens, Windows or Mac) in Google Meet (including Presenter View)
- Options for sharing PowerPoint slides in Webex (including Presenter View)
- Options to deal with PowerPoint pausing Slide Show or Presenter View when you use the meeting controls, chat, or go to another program
- Play a YouTube video in a clean browser window in Teams, Zoom, or Google Meet
- Playing a YouTube video in a Microsoft Teams meeting
- Playing a YouTube video in a Zoom meeting
- PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams and Zoom with 2 screens (Mac)
- PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams or Zoom with 2 screens (Windows)
- PowerPoint Presenter View with a single monitor/screen: what’s possible in Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex, and Google Meet
- PowerPoint Slide Show preview plus Notes view as an alternative to Presenter View (1 monitor/screen, Windows)
- Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides in Microsoft Teams or Zoom (Windows)
- Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides in Microsoft Teams or Zoom on a Mac
- Presenter & Attendee on same computer; Issue #479 December 8, 2020
- Process to reset Microsoft Teams that could fix problems you experience with Teams meetings
- Put your webcam between 2 screens so you can speak directly to the attendees in Zoom on Windows
- Quantifying prospect pain or cost of the problem on a virtual sales call using a spreadsheet
- See your notes while sharing slides in Teams or Zoom; Issue #469 July 21, 2020
- Seeing your Speaking Notes in PowerPoint while presenting slides in a Zoom meeting if you only have one screen
- Seeing your Speaking Notes in PowerPoint while presenting slides in Microsoft Teams if you only have one screen
- Share full screen slides & see notes in PowerPoint Presenter View with 1 screen
- Share slides and see notes in Keynote Presenter View/Display with one screen on a Mac in a Zoom or Google Meet meeting
- Share slides and see your notes in Presenter View if Zoom doesn’t show the “Portion of the screen” sharing option
- Share the Slide Show window instead of your single screen when using PowerPoint on Teams or Zoom
- Share the Slide Show window instead of your single screen when using PowerPoint on Teams or Zoom on a Mac
- Should you have 2 webcams active for Zoom and Teams meetings? Here are 3 situations where you might consider this setup.
- Spring 2022 Teams Presenter mode options for video position and size beside slides
- Stop Teams repeatedly saying “You’re muted” when you are listening to a meeting and have your mic muted
- Take your virtual presentations to the next level: Use your desktop as a canvas when presenting in Teams or Zoom
- Temporary Unmute keyboard shortcut rolling out for Teams meetings (Dec 2021)
- The Complete Guide to Using PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams – 1 or 2 screens, Windows or Mac
- The Complete Guide to Using PowerPoint Presenter View in Zoom – 1, 2 or 3 screens, Windows or Mac
- Tips to make Zoom calls better; Issue #478 November 24, 2020
- Transition smoothly from grid view to sharing your slides in Presenter View with 1 screen in Zoom
- Use 3 screens to use PowerPoint Presenter View and see the chat and videos in a Zoom meeting (Mac)
- Use 3 screens to use PowerPoint Presenter View and see the chat and videos in a Zoom meeting (Windows)
- Use a Google Nest Hub for PowerPoint Presenter View in Zoom or Teams (Windows)
- Use a second laptop as a second screen monitor for your primary laptop (Windows or Mac)
- Use a Video Capture card as a 2nd screen for PowerPoint Presenter View (Zoom, Teams, Webex, Meet) in Windows
- Use a Video Capture card as a 2nd screen for PowerPoint Presenter View (Zoom, Teams, Webex, Meet) on a Mac
- Use Edge Picture in picture to display your webcam beside PowerPoint slides in Teams or Zoom
- Use Google Slides Presenter View to see notes & show slides in Google Meet (PowerPoint files too)
- Use Google Slides Presenter View to see notes & show slides in Teams or Zoom (PowerPoint files too)
- Use off-the-shelf equipment to create your own meeting room system for hybrid meetings for as little as $150
- Use PowerPoint to create a custom background for Microsoft Teams meetings
- Use Presenter View in Google Slides and see the meeting attendees in Google Meet
- Use Reading View to Show PowerPoint slides in a window instead of full screen
- Use Reading View to Show PowerPoint slides on a Mac in a window instead of full screen
- Use Spotlight in a Microsoft Teams meeting to quickly switch between PowerPoint slides and your video when presenting
- Use the Presenter modes in a Teams meeting to put the presenter’s video on top of or beside shared content
- Use this hack to pin your own video large in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting
- Use Windows Magnifier to help people see your screen when demonstrating software or code
- Use Windows Magnifier to zoom in and pan around a slide or other content in a Zoom or Teams meeting
- Use Zoom multi-window sharing to present your PowerPoint slides beside your video (Windows/Mac)
- Using Advanced Presenter View features in Zoom with one screen (Windows or Mac)
- Using content links in virtual presentations; Issue #484 February 23, 2021
- Using PowerPoint Presenter View with 1 screen in Teams on Windows
- Using PowerPoint Presenter View with 1 screen in Zoom on a Mac
- Using PowerPoint Presenter View with 1 screen in Zoom on Windows
- Using the new (Spring 2021) Microsoft Teams Share dialog
- Virtual attendees look at your video; Issue #486 March 23, 2021
- Virtual Meeting Attendee Guides
- Virtual meeting attendees look at your video while you are sharing slides – 6 tips to make your meeting video effective
- Virtual Presentations & Challenges; Issue #481 January 12, 2021
- Virtual presenting resources and tips; Issue #462 April 14, 2020
- Ways to reduce bandwidth when presenting in a virtual meeting to improve the experience for attendees using low-speed or cellular connections
- Webcam between two screens; Issue #473 September 15, 2020
- What videos did people watch this year on my YouTube channel? The top three videos of 2021
- What’s on my screens when I deliver a virtual training session; my setup may offer some ideas for you when using Zoom, Teams, Webex, or Google Meet with PowerPoint Presenter View and two screens
- Which Logitech webcam camera software app should you use for Windows & Mac
- Which Logitech webcam is the best for a Zoom or Teams business meeting? What to consider & what I recommend
- Why a shared PowerPoint or Google Slides file is a better whiteboard option in a Zoom meeting
- Windows Edge browser tips to use in your next virtual presentation on Zoom, Teams, Meet, or Webex
- Zoom Slide Control for presentations: allow others to advance your PowerPoint slides
Hybrid Meetings
- 11 ways to use PowerPoint to incorporate consultative selling in a virtual or hybrid sales meeting
- 3 tips to improve virtual sales presentations with expert features of PowerPoint Presenter View
- 3 tips to improve virtual sales presentations with Zoom sharing features
- 3 ways leaders can make sure remote attendees in hybrid meetings feel included
- 5 Insights from Top CEOs thoughts on the future of the way we work & the impact on meetings
- 5 ways to use video clips to improve virtual sales presentations
- 6 ways presenting in a hybrid meeting is different than in-room or virtual meetings
- 6 ways the equipment setup for a hybrid meeting is different than in-room or virtual meetings
- 6 ways the planning for a hybrid meeting is different than in-room or virtual meetings
- 6 ways to improve virtual sales presentations with content other than PowerPoint slides
- 7 ways to improve virtual sales presentations by using URL links in the meeting chat in Teams or Zoom
- Annotations on shared content is coming to Teams
- CEO thoughts on the future of work & meetings; Issue #499 September 21, 2021
- Collaborate with others using PowerPoint on the web in a virtual or hybrid meeting
- Comments on Toptal’s Hybrid Meeting Best Practices
- Create a portable meeting room video & audio solution for hybrid meetings using a Logitech webcam and the Poly Sync 60
- Display Presenter View on correct screen; Issue #495 July 27, 2021
- EffectiveHybridPresentations.com: A guide to delivering effective PowerPoint presentations in hybrid meetings that have in-room and virtual attendees
- Expert Tips for Using PowerPoint Presenter View on a Mac in Teams or Zoom (1 or 2 screens)
- Fix PowerPoint Presenter View displaying the slides on the wrong screen
- Hybrid Event Lesson 1: You can run a Zoom meeting on cellular data
- Hybrid Event Lesson 10: Introduce the remote attendees to the people in the room
- Hybrid Event Lesson 11: Use one device in the room for audio
- Hybrid Event Lesson 12: Have one place for details
- Hybrid Event Lesson 2: Give the meeting as many resources and as much bandwidth as possible
- Hybrid Event Lesson 3: Plan and Test your hybrid meeting setup
- Hybrid Event Lesson 4: Make sure you can see the cursor and interface
- Hybrid Event Lesson 5: Know important OS shortcut keys
- Hybrid Event Lesson 6: Consider a second screen close to you
- Hybrid Event Lesson 7: Create a custom screen background
- Hybrid Event Lesson 8: Separate content and meeting control
- Hybrid Event Lesson 9: Have multiple cameras for views of the room and the presenter
- Hybrid meetings will put more of a focus on meeting room systems – Are you ready?
- Late 2021 update: New app to Control Logitech webcam (C920, Brio, C922, C930 & more)
- Lessons from a Hybrid Class Reunion Event – Introduction
- Microsoft Work Trend Index: Hybrid meetings are the next challenge for business professionals
- New Teams Presenter modes; Issue #497 August 24, 2021
- No more “next slide please”; Share keyboard and mouse control with other presenters in Teams & Zoom
- Pre-meeting instructions template for hybrid meetings
- Prepare for hybrid meetings; Issue #488 April 20, 2021
- Presentations at in-person meetings shouldn’t go back to the way they were before
- Presenting in a hybrid meeting so in-room and virtual attendees have a great experience
- Process to reset Microsoft Teams that could fix problems you experience with Teams meetings
- Questions to ask when planning a hybrid meeting
- Share full screen slides & see notes in PowerPoint Presenter View with 1 screen
- Share slides and see your notes in Presenter View if Zoom doesn’t show the “Portion of the screen” sharing option
- Share the Slide Show window instead of your single screen when using PowerPoint on Teams or Zoom
- Share the Slide Show window instead of your single screen when using PowerPoint on Teams or Zoom on a Mac
- Spring 2022 Teams Presenter mode options for video position and size beside slides
- Summer 2022 in-person and hybrid presentation setup: bringing virtual presentation advantages to hybrid and in-person meetings
- Temporary Unmute keyboard shortcut rolling out for Teams meetings (Dec 2021)
- Use a 2nd laptop as a cheater monitor to see PowerPoint slides & speaker notes (in-person & hybrid)
- Use a phone as a participant to broadcast the room to others in a hybrid meeting
- Use a second laptop as a second screen monitor for your primary laptop (Windows or Mac)
- Use Edge Picture in picture to display your webcam beside PowerPoint slides in Teams or Zoom
- Use off-the-shelf equipment to create your own meeting room system for hybrid meetings for as little as $150
- Use Presenter View in Google Slides and see the meeting attendees in Google Meet
- Use Reading View to Show PowerPoint slides in a window instead of full screen
- Use Reading View to Show PowerPoint slides on a Mac in a window instead of full screen
- Use Windows Magnifier to help people see your screen when demonstrating software or code
- Use Windows Magnifier to zoom in and pan around a slide or other content in a Zoom or Teams meeting
- Virtual and Hybrid meeting skills will be needed in the future according to SurveyMonkey poll
- Which Logitech webcam camera software app should you use for Windows & Mac
- Which Logitech webcam is the best for a Zoom or Teams business meeting? What to consider & what I recommend
- Why a shared PowerPoint or Google Slides file is a better whiteboard option in a Zoom meeting
- Windows Edge browser tips to use in your next virtual presentation on Zoom, Teams, Meet, or Webex
- Zoom Slide Control for presentations: allow others to advance your PowerPoint slides
- Zoom survey confirms business meetings are moving towards a hybrid model in the future
Web & Standalone Presentations
- An alternative to using video in a web presentation; Issue #220 October 5, 2010
- Best Practices for Delivering Sales Presentations on the Web
- Best Practices for Designing Sales Presentations To Be Delivered over the Web
- Conference call presentations; Issue #277 January 8, 2013
- Converting written content to a SlideShare deck
- Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides in Microsoft Teams or Zoom on a Mac
- Record a video of your narrated PowerPoint slides for a flipped classroom
- Stand-alone presentations; Issue #274 November 13, 2012
- Sway is not replacing PowerPoint: The real story
- Visual documents vs. Presentations; Issue #349 October 27, 2015
Presentation Equipment & Technology
- 2017 Gift ideas for presenters; Issue #402 November 14, 2017
- 2018 Gift List for Presenters and Recommended Products & Services; Issue #427 November 13 2018
- 2020 WFH Gift Guide; Issue #477 November 10, 2020
- 4 Options for How to Present a PowerPoint Slide Show in a Zoom meeting
- 5 Options for How to Present a PowerPoint Slide Show in a Microsoft Teams meeting
- Be prepared: VGA is going away; Issue #287 May 28, 2013
- Checklist before delivering a PowerPoint presentation in a Zoom or Microsoft Teams meeting
- Control Logitech webcam (C920, Brio, C922, C930 & more) in Zoom and Teams meetings (Windows or Mac)
- EffectiveVirtualPresentations.com: Articles for presenters in Microsoft Teams and Zoom online meetings
- Five Common Problems With Poor Display of PowerPoint Presentations
- My virtual meeting setup; Issue #485 March 9, 2021
- Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides in Microsoft Teams or Zoom (Windows)
- Should you have 2 webcams active for Zoom and Teams meetings? Here are 3 situations where you might consider this setup.
- Should you switch to 16:9 slides?; Issue #292 August 6, 2013
- Six Common Problems With Displaying Your Presentation
- Summer 2022 in-person and hybrid presentation setup: bringing virtual presentation advantages to hybrid and in-person meetings
- Sway is not replacing PowerPoint: The real story
- Test slides when using video wall; Issue #457 February 4 2020
- Use a second laptop as a second screen monitor for your primary laptop (Windows or Mac)
- Use a Video Capture card as a 2nd screen for PowerPoint Presenter View (Zoom, Teams, Webex, Meet) in Windows
- Use a Video Capture card as a 2nd screen for PowerPoint Presenter View (Zoom, Teams, Webex, Meet) on a Mac
- Use PowerPoint to create a custom background for Microsoft Teams meetings
- Use this hack to pin your own video large in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting
- Videos to Create Effective Presentation Visuals using Google Sheets/Slides
- Virtual presenting resources and tips; Issue #462 April 14, 2020
- Which Logitech webcam camera software app should you use for Windows & Mac
- Why Bluetooth keyboards, mice, and remotes are preferred over ones with dongles