Okay, I haven''t actually numbered the excuses people give for bad presentations, but maybe I should start. Watching a recent episode of " Shark Tank ," I thought the entrepreneurs'' presentation was terrible. MORE
Sometime in January, Microsoft is expected to release Office 2013, and with it, the latest and greatest version of PowerPoint. With PowerPoint 2013, Presenter Mode has been upgraded with a clean new aesthetic. MORE
I recently wrapped up my latest survey of audience members on what annoys them about PowerPoint presentations. MORE
I heard a keynote by Sam Horn at the Presentation Summit 2013. If you can intrigue your audience, you will engage them and maintain their attention. How can you get there? Organize your content for intrigue. MORE
In PowerPoint 2013, you can use the Select pane and simply drag objects where you want them. The post Reorder objects in the Selection pane in PowerPoint 2013 appeared first on PowerPoint Tips Blog. As you build a slide’s design, you may add a lot of objects to it. MORE
I tested pptPlex in PowerPoint 2013. I didn’t get that in 2013. In PowerPoint 2010 and 2013, you can create sections by right-clicking in the left-hand pane and choosing Add Section. Did you know that Microsoft has a product that is similar to Prezi — sort of? MORE
First and foremost – Be Yourself! – In this day and age, when it seems every candidate has straight A’s, perfect test scores and has saved millions of lives in remote lands (all exaggerations!) the pressure to be someone you are not is great. MORE
I just came across a recent article by Ruth Mantell in the Wall Street Journal entitled Must-Have Job Skills in 2013. So, when it comes to your communication skills, keep improving and stay sharp; 2013 is just around the corner. MORE
The convocation speaker at the May 23, 2013 San Jose State University graduation ceremony for Communications, Journalism and PR students was René Shimada Siegel, the President and Founder of High Tech Connect. MORE
When you first find out that you have to give a presentation, you need to think about what you’ll say. Here are 4 principles of communication — guidelines that you should use to ensure that your audience will find what you say valuable and meaningful. Add value. MORE
communication intention vocal delivery 2013 Expression public speaking tips vocal impactAs humans, we are passionately driven to communicate. We want to be heard. We want to be understood. But to be heard above all the noise of our culture, you must have a voice that others will listen to. MORE
I just gave a webinar on upgrading to PowerPoint 2013, explaining all the new features and how to use them. But in PowerPoint 2013, you choose Insert> Online Pictures and get a dialog box instead. (It’s Do you have any secret PowerPoint 2013 tips? MORE
Recently I read legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's autobiography. One of the many things from his book that resonated with me was his strong belief that voracious reading was a key to his creativity. I've forgotten who it was that said creation is memory," kurosawa said. "My MORE
PowerPoint 2013 makes this quite easy, but you can do it in earlier versions, too. Here are the steps that I used in PowerPoint 2013: Right-click the image and choose Format Picture. MORE
Have you ever looked for a way to show advantages and disadvantages of 2 options? One way to compare options is with the Balance SmartArt layout. It looks like a scale. MORE
“The only thing we have to fear is… fear itself.” ” - President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Fear and anxiety surrounding public speaking is nothing new. Google “Cure for the Fear of Public Speaking” and you will return over 2 million results. 2 million! Most individuals experience some degree of anxiety and/or nervousness prior to presenting. MORE
PowerPoint 2013 has a couple of new features for Slide Show view that let you: Zoom into a slide so you can see an area of the slide close up. The post How to zoom into a slide and choose another slide in Slide Show view–PowerPoint 2013 appeared first on PowerPoint Tips Blog. Delivery pan PowerPoint 2013 slide show view zoom Pan around the slide in that magnified view. See all of the slides and choose a slide to display. MORE
Slide design can be very subjective but there are some rules that are objective. These rules ensure that your slide is easy to understand and remember. When you use these rules, you can create clear slides that no one will struggle to comprehend. MORE
In 2010 and 2013, in the Advanced Animation group, click the Animation Pane button. A subscriber asked how to start playing a video while using a remote. Let’s say that you want to play a video but you don’t want it to play as soon as you display the slide. MORE
You''ve seen them. The keynote and motivational speakers on the big stages who pull out the stagiest, old-timey shtick. You can''t relate to them at all, and in fact, you cringe through half the presentation. MORE
In PowerPoint 2013, a taskpane opens at the right. By default, most PowerPoint themes align slide titles midway between the top and the bottom of a text placeholder. MORE
I did this in PowerPoint 2013; it looks a little different in earlier versions.). In PowerPoint 2013, the Comments taskpane opens on the right. In PowerPoint 2013, you can use either the ribbon or the taskpane. MORE
I hear it all the time. It usually comes from people in the Communications or Marketing department. They’ve been reading this blog — and others — about how to create powerful, persuasive presentations. MORE
Screenshots are a staple of training courses, especially computer-related ones. So trainers are accustomed to using screenshot software to illustrate tutorials. Often, these screenshots end up in PowerPoint, which is used as the basis for an online course or self-running presentations. MORE
Let’s create a couple of posters in PowerPoint 2013. Follow these steps: In PowerPoint 2013, click the Design tab. PowerPoint 2013 tip: A new feature lets you more easily make objects equidistant. Do you create posters for personal or business use? MORE
Malala Yousafzai addressed the United Nations and delivered what can only be described as the best speech of 2013, as well as the most powerful address of this decade (so far.) July 12, 2013 was not only Malala Day. MORE
The last TED 2013 speaker has spoken! Diary Event News 2013 create graphic recording illustraTED party speakers speeches TED TED Conference visualizeWe’ve officially put down our markers and closed our notebooks. But not before we scanned ‘em all and put them in a Slideshare presentation for you to peruse. We had so much fun listening to the brilliant artists, inventors, and entrepreneurs, and visualizing their ideas. MORE
In PowerPoint 2013, there’s an item on the Quick Access toolbar that lets you convert from Mouse mode to Touch mode. I recently got a Microsoft Surface 2. The Surface 2 uses a version of Windows that’s just for tablets; it isn’t a full version of Windows. MORE
It''s almost the end of 2013, another record-setting year for readership on The Eloquent Woman--and these are the posts that got us there. Thanks for learning along with me to make this 2013''s most-read post. MORE
Creativity and education expert Sir Ken Robinson delivered two amazingly popular TED Talks prior to 2013. Quotes from Sir Ken Robinson’s 2013 TED talk from Garr Reynolds MORE
Portions originally in USA Today. “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.” ” – Dave Barry. We all attend them, participate in them, and to varying degrees, loathe them. The meeting. One study estimates that executives spend close to 1Ž2 of their time, during working hours, in meetings. MORE
Delivery Design Event Interview Video 2013 Dave Nguyen graphic recording Jonathan Valiente Progress Enigma synthesize TED TED 2013 visualized MORE
The annual Ragan Speechwriters Conference was held March 20 – 22, 2013 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. I was not able to attend this year, but, like anyone who has access to Twitter, I enjoyed following the conference virtually via the hashtag #raganspeech. MORE
Maybe I’ve got spoiled by my TV set-top box but, in so many of the presentations I’ve attended recently, I would love to have a remote-control with a fast-forward button! MORE
Recently, Forbes magazine published an article by Meghan Biro called 5 Trends Defining the World of Work and Leadership in 2013. In the article, Meghan points out that “Uncertainty has increased, not decreased this past year. The country does not have its financial house in order. People of all ages and skill levels are worried [.]. communication Practical application vocal image Expression public speaking tips Top 5 business trends MORE
These two examples below are from the recent TEDxKyoto 2013 event which I attended. Embracing Different: Patrick Linehan at TEDxKyoto 2013 TEDxKyoto curator Prof. Patrick Linehan on stage at TEDxKyoto 2013. MORE
* First appeared in The Atlantic Post. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.” - Nelson Mandela, 1994. MORE
Last Friday I spoke via Skype with Patrick who was in Edinburgh, Scotland for TEDGlobal 2013 at the time. Any tips from Chris Anderson''s presentation seminar at TEDGlobal 2013? The TED organization provides many lessons in 21st-century presentation approaches. MORE
David Lavenda’s August 8 “Leadership Now” column in Fast Company online lists 10 Storytelling Tips from Israeli-based Susan Fisher. Fisher acknowledges the fear some executives have about telling stories since they might be seen as manipulative and emotional. MORE
Use Equidistance markers in PowerPoint 2013. A new feature in PowerPoint 2013 is equidistance markers. Any time you have 3 or more similar objects on a slide, you may want to make them equidistant. PowerPoint offers 3 separate ways to create equidistant objects. MORE
Memorial Day, 2013. The President''s Speak. But it''s the soldiers who Deliver. Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - photo by Rich Hopkins Remember. Normandy Memorial Day World War II MORE
Everyone can now see what the next version of PowerPoint– Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 – will look like. PowerPoint 2013 adds guides to help you easily place objects equidistant from each other. Review PowerPoint 2013 MORE
2013 Related Topics Matt Eventoff
JULY 13, 2013
Malala Yousafzai addressed the United Nations and delivered what can only be described as the best speech of 2013, as well as the most powerful address of this decade (so far.) July 12, 2013 was not only Malala Day.
PowerPoint Tips
MAY 14, 2013
I just gave a webinar on upgrading to PowerPoint 2013, explaining all the new features and how to use them. But in PowerPoint 2013, you choose Insert> Online Pictures and get a dialog box instead. (It’s Do you have any secret PowerPoint 2013 tips?
PowerPoint Tips
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
In PowerPoint 2013, you can use the Select pane and simply drag objects where you want them. The post Reorder objects in the Selection pane in PowerPoint 2013 appeared first on PowerPoint Tips Blog. As you build a slide’s design, you may add a lot of objects to it.
Ian Griffin - Professionally Speaking
MARCH 23, 2013
The annual Ragan Speechwriters Conference was held March 20 – 22, 2013 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. I was not able to attend this year, but, like anyone who has access to Twitter, I enjoyed following the conference virtually via the hashtag #raganspeech.
PowerPoint Tips
MARCH 5, 2013
Let’s create a couple of posters in PowerPoint 2013. Follow these steps: In PowerPoint 2013, click the Design tab. PowerPoint 2013 tip: A new feature lets you more easily make objects equidistant. Do you create posters for personal or business use?
Duarte Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
Sometime in January, Microsoft is expected to release Office 2013, and with it, the latest and greatest version of PowerPoint. With PowerPoint 2013, Presenter Mode has been upgraded with a clean new aesthetic.
Speak and Deliver
MAY 27, 2013
Memorial Day, 2013. The President''s Speak. But it''s the soldiers who Deliver. Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - photo by Rich Hopkins Remember. Normandy Memorial Day World War II
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2013
I recently wrapped up my latest survey of audience members on what annoys them about PowerPoint presentations.
Manner of Speaking
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
I just came across a recent article by Ruth Mantell in the Wall Street Journal entitled Must-Have Job Skills in 2013. So, when it comes to your communication skills, keep improving and stay sharp; 2013 is just around the corner.
PowerPoint Tips
JULY 23, 2012
Everyone can now see what the next version of PowerPoint– Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 – will look like. PowerPoint 2013 adds guides to help you easily place objects equidistant from each other. Review PowerPoint 2013
Kate's Voice
JANUARY 22, 2013
Recently, Forbes magazine published an article by Meghan Biro called 5 Trends Defining the World of Work and Leadership in 2013. In the article, Meghan points out that “Uncertainty has increased, not decreased this past year. The country does not have its financial house in order. People of all ages and skill levels are worried [.]. communication Practical application vocal image Expression public speaking tips Top 5 business trends
Duarte Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Delivery Design Event Interview Video 2013 Dave Nguyen graphic recording Jonathan Valiente Progress Enigma synthesize TED TED 2013 visualized
PowerPoint Tips
JULY 29, 2013
I tested pptPlex in PowerPoint 2013. I didn’t get that in 2013. In PowerPoint 2010 and 2013, you can create sections by right-clicking in the left-hand pane and choosing Add Section. Did you know that Microsoft has a product that is similar to Prezi — sort of?
Presentation Zen
JUNE 18, 2013
Last Friday I spoke via Skype with Patrick who was in Edinburgh, Scotland for TEDGlobal 2013 at the time. Any tips from Chris Anderson''s presentation seminar at TEDGlobal 2013? The TED organization provides many lessons in 21st-century presentation approaches.
Matt Eventoff
JULY 9, 2013
First and foremost – Be Yourself! – In this day and age, when it seems every candidate has straight A’s, perfect test scores and has saved millions of lives in remote lands (all exaggerations!) the pressure to be someone you are not is great.
Matt Eventoff
DECEMBER 17, 2013
* First appeared in The Atlantic Post. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.” - Nelson Mandela, 1994.
Ian Griffin - Professionally Speaking
MAY 24, 2013
The convocation speaker at the May 23, 2013 San Jose State University graduation ceremony for Communications, Journalism and PR students was René Shimada Siegel, the President and Founder of High Tech Connect.
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 6, 2013
You''ve seen them. The keynote and motivational speakers on the big stages who pull out the stagiest, old-timey shtick. You can''t relate to them at all, and in fact, you cringe through half the presentation.
PowerPoint Tips
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
I heard a keynote by Sam Horn at the Presentation Summit 2013. If you can intrigue your audience, you will engage them and maintain their attention. How can you get there? Organize your content for intrigue.
PowerPoint Tips
MARCH 24, 2013
I did this in PowerPoint 2013; it looks a little different in earlier versions.). In PowerPoint 2013, the Comments taskpane opens on the right. In PowerPoint 2013, you can use either the ribbon or the taskpane.
Matt Eventoff
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
“The only thing we have to fear is… fear itself.” ” - President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Fear and anxiety surrounding public speaking is nothing new. Google “Cure for the Fear of Public Speaking” and you will return over 2 million results. 2 million! Most individuals experience some degree of anxiety and/or nervousness prior to presenting.
PowerPoint Tips
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
Slide design can be very subjective but there are some rules that are objective. These rules ensure that your slide is easy to understand and remember. When you use these rules, you can create clear slides that no one will struggle to comprehend.
PowerPoint Tips
APRIL 15, 2013
Use Equidistance markers in PowerPoint 2013. A new feature in PowerPoint 2013 is equidistance markers. Any time you have 3 or more similar objects on a slide, you may want to make them equidistant. PowerPoint offers 3 separate ways to create equidistant objects.
PowerPoint Tips
JULY 15, 2013
PowerPoint 2013 makes this quite easy, but you can do it in earlier versions, too. Here are the steps that I used in PowerPoint 2013: Right-click the image and choose Format Picture.
The Eloquent Woman
DECEMBER 25, 2013
It''s almost the end of 2013, another record-setting year for readership on The Eloquent Woman--and these are the posts that got us there. Thanks for learning along with me to make this 2013''s most-read post.
PowerPoint Tips
DECEMBER 17, 2013
In PowerPoint 2013, there’s an item on the Quick Access toolbar that lets you convert from Mouse mode to Touch mode. I recently got a Microsoft Surface 2. The Surface 2 uses a version of Windows that’s just for tablets; it isn’t a full version of Windows.
PowerPoint Tips
AUGUST 18, 2013
Have you ever looked for a way to show advantages and disadvantages of 2 options? One way to compare options is with the Balance SmartArt layout. It looks like a scale.
PowerPoint Tips
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
In PowerPoint 2013, a taskpane opens at the right. By default, most PowerPoint themes align slide titles midway between the top and the bottom of a text placeholder.
PowerPoint Tips
JUNE 22, 2013
When you first find out that you have to give a presentation, you need to think about what you’ll say. Here are 4 principles of communication — guidelines that you should use to ensure that your audience will find what you say valuable and meaningful. Add value.
Matt Eventoff
MAY 1, 2013
Portions originally in USA Today. “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.” ” – Dave Barry. We all attend them, participate in them, and to varying degrees, loathe them. The meeting. One study estimates that executives spend close to 1Ž2 of their time, during working hours, in meetings.
Speaking about Presenting
AUGUST 5, 2013
Maybe I’ve got spoiled by my TV set-top box but, in so many of the presentations I’ve attended recently, I would love to have a remote-control with a fast-forward button!
Presentation Zen
DECEMBER 11, 2013
Creativity and education expert Sir Ken Robinson delivered two amazingly popular TED Talks prior to 2013. Quotes from Sir Ken Robinson’s 2013 TED talk from Garr Reynolds
Speak Schmeak
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
Okay, I haven''t actually numbered the excuses people give for bad presentations, but maybe I should start. Watching a recent episode of " Shark Tank ," I thought the entrepreneurs'' presentation was terrible.
PowerPoint Tips
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
In 2010 and 2013, in the Advanced Animation group, click the Animation Pane button. A subscriber asked how to start playing a video while using a remote. Let’s say that you want to play a video but you don’t want it to play as soon as you display the slide.
PowerPoint Tips
MAY 6, 2013
I hear it all the time. It usually comes from people in the Communications or Marketing department. They’ve been reading this blog — and others — about how to create powerful, persuasive presentations.
PowerPoint Tips
JANUARY 20, 2013
Screenshots are a staple of training courses, especially computer-related ones. So trainers are accustomed to using screenshot software to illustrate tutorials. Often, these screenshots end up in PowerPoint, which is used as the basis for an online course or self-running presentations.
Kate's Voice
DECEMBER 27, 2012
communication intention vocal delivery 2013 Expression public speaking tips vocal impactAs humans, we are passionately driven to communicate. We want to be heard. We want to be understood. But to be heard above all the noise of our culture, you must have a voice that others will listen to.
Presentation Zen
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
These two examples below are from the recent TEDxKyoto 2013 event which I attended. Embracing Different: Patrick Linehan at TEDxKyoto 2013 TEDxKyoto curator Prof. Patrick Linehan on stage at TEDxKyoto 2013.
Ian Griffin - Professionally Speaking
AUGUST 12, 2013
David Lavenda’s August 8 “Leadership Now” column in Fast Company online lists 10 Storytelling Tips from Israeli-based Susan Fisher. Fisher acknowledges the fear some executives have about telling stories since they might be seen as manipulative and emotional.
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