PowerPoint Tip: Capturing screens and using on slides Last week I was presenting to a conference of educators in Washington, DC and the topic of screen captures came up. Some of the sample slides they sent for my workshop makeovers contained screen shots that could be improved, so today I’ll share some tips on capturing…
Tag: 2009
Three techniques to save time creating or editing PowerPoint slides; Issue #189 July 14, 2009
PowerPoint Tip: Time savers when editing slides We all want to be as efficient as possible, so today’s tip shows you three ways I use to save time when creating and editing my workshop and conference PowerPoint slides. They might be new ways to use features that you already know or features you didn’t know…
Keyboard shortcuts when editing slides; Issue #188 June 30, 2009
PowerPoint Tip: Keyboard shortcuts when editing slides In past issues on the newsletter, I’ve shared some tips on keyboard shortcuts you can use when in Slide Show mode. If you missed some of the past issues or want to remind yourself of those tips, click here. Today I’ll share a few keyboard shortcuts to use…
Three steps to reformat a presentation with a new slide design; Issue #187 June 16, 2009
PowerPoint Tip: Reformatting a presentation Often in my workshops, someone shares how they struggle when trying to merge slides from different presenters into one presentation or when they have to reformat a presentation using a new slide design. What should be easy turns into a nightmare with content moving all over the place and hours…
Issue #186 June 2, 2009
PowerPoint Tip: Equipment to carry when presenting When I travel to deliver customized workshops or speak at conferences, I carry the normal equipment for a presenter: my laptop, presentation remote and projector if required. In today’s tip, I want to share with you a few of the other pieces of equipment I carry that come…
Getting the audience excited before your presentation; Issue #185, May 19, 2009
PowerPoint Tip: Getting the audience excited before your presentation This is the description for the session I will present at the Annual Conference of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) next month in New Orleans: “Too many HR presentations look like the text of a manual was copied onto the slides. How can you…
Handout that is not a slide printout; Issue #184 May 5, 2009
PowerPoint Tip: Handout that is not a slide printout Recently I delivered a one hour concurrent session at a conference. Obviously I can’t deliver the same amount of information in one hour that I can in my customized full-day workshops for organizations. When I do a shorter presentation, I also consider whether I need to…
Being prepared for computer failure; Issue #183 April 21, 2009
PowerPoint Tip: Being prepared for computer failure Last month I had an experience that I wish you never have – my computer operating system got corrupted. Of course, this happened a few days before I flew to Los Angeles to do a post-conference workshop at an association conference. I caused the problem by disconnecting an…
Plan the follow-up to your presentation to increase the impact of your message; Issue #182 April 7, 2009
PowerPoint Tip: Plan your follow-up Is your presentation done when you stop speaking and the audience has left the room? It shouldn’t be. Research published in the book “Brain Rules” by John Medina shows that people remember the information better if they are re-exposed to it after your presentation. This means that your presentation should…
Issue #181 March 24, 2009
PowerPoint Tip: Different uses for the tool PowerPoint is used as a tool to create many different outputs: projected slides, flipbook presentations, reports and even memos. Last week during a session in Los Angeles, I suggested that although there are different outputs from the same tool, there are a number of things that are common…