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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.

  • PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams and Zoom with 2 screens (Mac)

    (Note: This is the Mac version of this article. Click here for the Windows version.) Many presenters use Presenter View in a meeting room so they can see their speaking notes on their own screen while the audience sees the slides on the screen behind them. This feature of PowerPoint works when you extend your…… Continue reading

  • PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams or Zoom with 2 screens (Windows)

    (Note: This is the Windows version of this article. Click here for the Mac version.) Many presenters use Presenter View in a meeting room so they can see their speaking notes on their own screen while the audience sees the slides on the screen behind them. This feature of PowerPoint works when you extend your…… Continue reading

  • Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides in Microsoft Teams or Zoom on a Mac

    I’ve had many presenters ask if they can present in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting with their video beside their PowerPoint slides so their facial expressions can be easily seen along with their slides. This is not how Teams and Zoom usually work. When you share your screen or slides, your webcam video is…… Continue reading

  • Record a video of your narrated PowerPoint slides for a flipped classroom

    Many professors and lecturers are moving to a flipped classroom style approach for virtual classes. In this approach, the instructor records a video of their lecture, the students watch the video, and the class time is used to discuss what was shared. Many instructors are having to create videos of their lectures for the first…… Continue reading

  • Use this hack to pin your own video large in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting

    When you have a group of people on a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting, the videos from everyone’s webcams are displayed in a grid layout. On Zoom everyone’s video is the same size and on Teams it adjusts the sizes to fit the screen. As an attendee, you can pin anyone else’s video so that…… Continue reading

  • Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides in Microsoft Teams or Zoom (Windows)

    I’ve had many presenters ask if they can present in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting with their video beside their PowerPoint slides so their facial expressions can be easily seen along with their slides. This is not how Teams and Zoom usually work. When you share your screen or slides, your webcam video is…… Continue reading

  • Less time creating slides, more time outside; Issue #466 June 9, 2020

    The weather has finally gotten warm enough here to spend a large part of this past weekend outside. We had our first meals this year out on the deck and patio. When the weather is so nice, you don’t want to spend any more time inside creating slides than you have to. In this newsletter…… Continue reading

  • 8 ways to engage your audience when presenting in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting

    By now most business professionals have become familiar with the basics of presenting in Microsoft Teams or Zoom. We know how to turn the camera on or off, mute and unmute ourselves (although we all forget to unmute before speaking sometimes), and share our PowerPoint slides. The bar has been raised from the first meetings…… Continue reading

  • Seeing your Speaking Notes in PowerPoint while presenting slides in a Zoom meeting if you only have one screen

    One of the most common questions that has been asked about presenting PowerPoint slides in a Zoom meeting is how to use Presenter View if you only have one screen. Presenters who use this mode have been accustomed to adding their speaking notes in the Notes section below the slides. Presenter View displays the slides…… Continue reading

  • Seeing your Speaking Notes in PowerPoint while presenting slides in Microsoft Teams if you only have one screen

    One of the most common questions that has been asked about presenting PowerPoint slides in a Microsoft Teams meeting is how to use Presenter View if you only have one screen. Presenters who use this mode have been accustomed to adding their speaking notes in the Notes section below the slides. Presenter View displays the…… Continue reading