Now that iPadOS 17 has been released, you can easily use your newer iPad (one that has a USB-C connector instead of a lightning connector) as a second screen for your Windows laptop (or desktop) without needing an app on your computer or iPad. In the past, you needed an app, such as Duet Display,…
Author: Dave Paradi
Dave Paradi has over twenty-two years of experience delivering customized training workshops to help business professionals improve their presentations. He has written ten books and over 600 articles on the topic of effective presentations and his ideas have appeared in publications around the world. His focus is on helping corporate professionals visually communicate the messages in their data so they don't overwhelm and confuse executives. Dave is one of fewer than ten people in North America recognized by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional Award for his contributions to the Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams communities. His articles and videos on virtual presenting have been viewed over 4.8 million times and liked over 17,000 times on YouTube.
Here’s how to use a laptop as a second monitor connecting it with HDMI (Windows & Mac any combination)
If you’ve been wondering if it is possible to use a spare laptop as a second monitor for a primary laptop or a desktop so you can have two screens to work on, I want to share the great news that, yes, this is possible! You can use a Windows or a Mac laptop as…
Genius Hack to Turn 1 Windows Laptop Screen into 1 Screens Using HDMI
If you have a Windows laptop, you may think it only has one screen. But you can use a hack to create a second screen on the laptop screen. Use this second screen for PowerPoint Presenter View and to share your slides in a Zoom or Teams meeting. Here’s an animated summary of the process.…
Excel Dataviz Tutorial: Show Max, Min, & Scores for multiple criteria
I created this visual based on a request from a student in the Master of Finance program at Queens University. They asked how to visually show the scores on multiple criteria for the organizations they were analyzing. I created a bar chart for each criteria that shows the score, how far it was from the…
Remove the background of a photo from your iPhone and add it to a PowerPoint slide
If you want to add a photo of a person or an object from your iPhone to a PowerPoint presentation without the background, the video below shows you how easy it is using the background removal feature of the Photos app on an iPhone. The video was recorded on my iPhone (4-year-old model!) so you…
Virtual presenting is here to stay, so you need to get better at it
Recently an executive contacted me with a request that I think will become more common. They have a talented professional who is struggling with virtual presentations. While many professionals are meeting in person again, virtual presentations are here to stay. This expert is brought in virtually to share specific analysis during a longer meeting. This…
Why hasn’t anyone told you about that feature of PowerPoint?
During a recent virtual conference presentation I showed the attendees how to use the Slide Zoom feature in PowerPoint to move detailed content off a slide and be able to easily access it if a question was asked. The chat exploded with “Mind Blown!” and other comments that clearly indicate that this feature was new…
Getting the help you need to create your PowerPoint slides quicker
What do you do when your job requires you to create PowerPoint slides and it takes you hours to create the slides for a presentation? This is the situation a coaching client found themselves in. They resorted to asking their son to create some of the slides! The online courses that HR and IT provide…
Use HDMI to connect a laptop to a desktop PC as a second monitor/screen (Windows)
If you have a Windows desktop computer and you want to use a spare laptop as a second screen, you can do that and in this video I’ll show you how. Links to products mentioned in this video: Pluggable DisplayLink adapter for HDMI output port: https://amzn.to/3NveVS9 HDMI to USB Video Capture Device: https://amzn.to/3IZQGX4 Laptop stand:…
Slide makeovers for non-financial metrics
If you work for a government affiliated agency you do not report profit-focused metrics because profit is not your objective. You report on metrics that are important to your organization but are often not financial in nature. You have goals or targets to meet and you measure progress against them. In this article I want…