Latest posts
Below are the most recent articles or resources I’ve published. If you are looking for help on a specific topics, it would best to look at the topics in my Articles archive as I have grouped my recent and best articles by topic there.
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Fix PowerPoint Presenter View displaying the slides on the wrong screen
The problem You are using PowerPoint Presenter View with your laptop and an external screen. You want the slides to show on the external screen and Presenter View on your laptop screen so you can see your notes and look at the webcam. But PowerPoint insists on putting the slides on the laptop and Presenter…… Continue reading
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Create a portable meeting room video & audio solution for hybrid meetings using a Logitech webcam and the Poly Sync 60
Business professionals are returning to the office but are now facing new challenges with hybrid meetings. When everyone was virtual, you used your own audio and webcam and everything worked well. Hybrid meetings will have some people in the room and some people attending virtually. This provides more challenges for transmitting and receiving the audio…… Continue reading
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Keeping your COVID vaccine proof receipt easy to find on your iPhone
As the economy opens up and we are going to be going to places that require us to show proof of vaccination against COVID, here’s a way to keep that proof on your iPhone as a photo that is easy to find quickly when needed. Step 1: Save your receipt as a photo There are…… Continue reading
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3 ways leaders can make sure remote attendees in hybrid meetings feel included
Recently LinkedIn asked myself and other experts to write a short article on how to make meetings better as we hold more hybrid meetings, where some people are in the room and some are attending remotely. Today I want to expand on the 3 ways leaders can make remote attendees feel included in the meeting…… Continue reading
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How to see the participants in a Teams meeting when you are sharing your screen or content
One of the top requests of Teams meeting presenters is the ability to see the participant’s videos when they are sharing their screen. Seeing the videos allows you to get visual feedback on your presentation, which is helpful to a presenter. ***2023 Update: Teams has recently changed the way you can see participants after sharing…… Continue reading
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Allow Teams meeting participants to draw on/annotate screen content using PowerPoint collaboration
Zoom allows all meeting participants to annotate the screen that is being shared, regardless of what is being shared. The annotations identify who added the drawing or text. Teams does not allow any annotation by participants. This is one of the top requests from users but doesn’t appear to be on Microsoft’s roadmap to be…… Continue reading
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Use the Presenter modes in a Teams meeting to put the presenter’s video on top of or beside shared content
Microsoft Teams has recently introduced Presenter modes that allows you to put your video on top of or beside a screen or window that you share in a Teams meeting. This seems to work regardless of whether you share a window or a screen and the content can be slides, a browser, or any other…… Continue reading
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Virtual and Hybrid meeting skills will be needed in the future according to SurveyMonkey poll
SurveyMonkey, the online survey and poll company, recently did a poll that asked people about the future of work. Among the questions they asked was one related to where people preferred to attend different types of meetings. The choices were: in person at workplace, virtually from home, not applicable, and no answer. Not everyone attends…… Continue reading