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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.

  • Tips to make Zoom calls better; Issue #478 November 24, 2020

    With Thanksgiving later this week in the US and many families choosing to celebrate via Zoom instead of in-person, I thought I’d share some tips that can make the Zoom call a better experience for all. These tips also apply to your work Zoom calls so use them after the holiday to make work calls…… Continue reading

  • Be the presenter and an attendee in a Zoom meeting on the same computer

    Someone who teaches on Zoom asked me if it was possible to see what the attendees see when presenting in a Zoom meeting. They currently connect their phone as an attendee and can glance at the device if they want to know what the attendees see. This person wanted to know if you can do…… Continue reading

  • Using Advanced Presenter View features in Zoom with one screen (Windows or Mac)

    In this video I showed expert tips for using Presenter View in Windows with two screens. What if you only have one screen? You can still use Presenter View in Zoom as I show in this video for Windows and this video for Mac. When using Presenter View with one screen in Zoom, you use…… Continue reading

  • 2020 WFH Gift Guide; Issue #477 November 10, 2020

    At this time of year for the past two years I’ve shared some of the equipment and resources I have found to be helpful in presenting and travelling. This year so many people have moved to working from home and all of my training programs are virtual. So today I want to share some of…… Continue reading

  • Extract data from a linked Excel chart in PowerPoint; Issue #476 October 27, 2020

    A few years ago I shared an approach that you can use to extract data from an Excel chart that won’t allow you to view or edit the data. This happens when a chart is pasted from Excel onto a slide using the normal Ctrl+V paste method. The data is linked back to the Excel…… Continue reading

  • Expert Tips for Using PowerPoint Presenter View (2 screens, Windows) in Zoom or Teams

    When most presentations were done in meeting rooms, PowerPoint’s Presenter View was used to primarily to see your speaking notes while the audience saw just your slide. Now that most presentations have moved online in platforms such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams, Presenter View’s other features are available since you are sitting at the keyboard…… Continue reading

  • New features in Teams; Issue #475 October 13, 2020

    At the recent Ignite conference Microsoft announced some of the new features they are working on in Teams. The full article is here with images and short videos. In this article I want to talk about some of the new Meetings features and how presenters can take advantage of them. Spotlight One feature that is…… Continue reading

  • Look at the screen, not the webcam; Issue #474 September 29, 2020

    You’ve read how important it is that you look at the webcam when you are presenting PowerPoint slides in Teams or Zoom so you connect with the audience. You try, but when you want to look at your slide or notes on the screen, everyone sees you move your head down and back up again.…… Continue reading

  • Webcam between two screens; Issue #473 September 15, 2020

    Presenting over Zoom or Teams is here to stay. If you’ve been using your laptop webcam in presentations, you should look at getting an external webcam. An external webcam gives you much more flexibility in where it is placed and is often much better quality than the built-in camera in your laptop. If you look…… Continue reading

  • Presentation and Leave-behind in one file; Issue #472 September 1, 2020

    You need your presentation to also serve as a leave behind document Increasingly our presentations also need to be available to people after the presentation. Either people who attended the presentation want to discuss it with others who were not there, or people who were not able to attend the presentation need to review what…… Continue reading