PowerPoint Tip: Corrupted PowerPoint file I got a panicked call recently from a past workshop participant. She supports presenters who were out on the road doing a major presentation in venues across the country. Whenever they started the presentation, its gives them the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD as it’s known). It is likely that…
Tag: 2010
Using diagrams created in drawing tools; Issue #205 March 9, 2010
PowerPoint Tip: Using diagrams created in drawing tools In the last couple of months I’ve seen some new drawing tools come out that allow you to create your own diagram or drawing and use it on your slides. One was tweeted by Johanna Rehnvall, and is a program called Simple Diagrams at http://www.simplediagrams.com/home. The other…
“How Many Slides?” is the wrong question to ask; Issue #204 February 23, 2010
PowerPoint Tip: “How Many Slides?” is the wrong question to ask I often get asked in workshops, “How many slides should I have for an x minute presentation?” And I’ve now come to the conclusion that this isn’t even the right question to be asking. In the past, when we put up a slide and…
A method for effectively presenting a graph image from another program; Issue #203 February 9, 2010
PowerPoint Tip: Drawing on top of graphs Graphs that you create in PowerPoint are easy to work with and present because you can animate them easily. But not all of our graphs will be created in PowerPoint. Sometimes we will need to use a graph that has been created in a graphics program and saved…
Three helpful tips to use when creating and editing PowerPoint slides; Issue #202 January 26, 2010
PowerPoint Tip: Little tips that make a big difference It is usually the little things in life that can make the biggest difference. Like a small change to our routine can help us gain more time for priorities such as family. And when using PowerPoint, sometimes the small tips make the biggest impact. When I…
Five slide project update presentation; Issue #201 January 12, 2010
PowerPoint Tip: Five slide project update presentation How many executives really want to sit through a 45 slide project update presentation? The one where the presenter details every little item and confuses the heck out of them? My guess is that no executives want to spend their valuable time that way. So what do you…