Tag: 2008

PowerPoint Tip: Where to get inspiration for slides We are about to celebrate Christmas at our house and many of you are celebrating this or other special occasions at your home during the holidays. One of the best loved parts of this time of year for our family is the light and holiday displays seen…

PowerPoint Tip: Take time to update your slides In the next few weeks as my travelling starts to slow down and I have more time in the office, I’ll be doing something that I suggest you do as well. I’ll be reviewing and updating the slides that I use in my workshops. Today’s tip is…

PowerPoint Tip: Please don’t speak to the screen It happens far too often. It happened again last week – speaking to the screen instead of the audience. We are in the process of attending high school open house nights in order to figure out which high school will be best for our son. The first…

PowerPoint Tip: Shortcut keys when presenting In the workshops where I cover the topic of presenting your persuasive visual slides, one of the areas that gets the most interest is the shortcut keys you can use while you are delivering the presentation. In today’s tip I want to alert you to some of the most…

PowerPoint Tip: Stop looking at the screen What is so darned interesting on the screen? That’s what I was asking myself at a recent conference as I saw speaker after speaker looking at the screen repeatedly during their presentation. It’s not like anything had changed on the screen – it wasn’t that they had put…

PowerPoint Tip: Using photos when telling stories Last week at the PowerPoint Live conference, more than one speaker emphasized how important it is that we tell stories when we are presenting instead of reading slides full of text or data. I agree with them and this issue I want to talk about how we can…

PowerPoint Tip: Going green when creating presentations Last newsletter we looked at ways to be more environmentally responsible when creating handouts for our presentations. This time we’ll look at some tips when developing our presentations. 1. Plan before you create The more time we spend at the computer, the more electricity we use. So, instead…

PowerPoint Tip: Going green with your presentation handouts In this issue of the newsletter and the next issue, I’ll be sharing some ideas on how we can all be more environmentally responsible when it comes to preparing and delivering our presentations. Today I’ll cover what I consider to be the biggest area of potential savings…

PowerPoint Tip: What to look for in a web presentation service Next month I am presenting at PowerPoint Live on how to design and deliver a web based presentation and the differences from a presentation where the audience is in the room. I was looking back at the webinar I did for SpeakerNetNews that covered…