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How can you create cool stickout photos in PowerPoint? Insert a photo that is appropriate for this technique. ” I used a photo of a jet, taking a cue from the video. Expand the photo, if you want, to cover the entire slide. Here you can see that the photo, which is square, extends to the sides of the slide, but over the top. I moved the photo a little to the right of the slide, so you could see how far up it extends. MORE
At least twice daily I receive a text message: So-and-so has posted a new photo on Facebook. My fear: The number of notifications about updated photos will continue to increase. It's usually an update of one they posted two minutes previously. Call this the curse of connected devices. I need my smartphone on. I need to be on Facebook. Web/Tech MORE
PowerPoint 2010 added some new photo editing features that let you do a lot of your work right inside PowerPoint. Watch this video to see how you can use these new features for your photos. Backgrounds & color Images blur colorize photo-editing softenIn this video, I discuss 3 features on the Picture Tools Format tab: Corrections. Color. Artistic Effects. MORE
Because visuals are processed 60,000 times faster than text, which means you can paint a picture for an audience much faster, with actual photos in PowerPoint. So often, photos in PowerPoint are used in a way that is distracting to a presenter’s message. Whether the photo is too [.] The post How to Select the Best Photos for Slide Backgrounds appeared first on Duarte. Design Presentations Tutorial Video photo photography photos presentation presentations slide Slides MORE
There are, for instance, the wedding announcements and photos. Then send the photo, with no allusions to any pedigrees e.g. breeds, elite schooling, Fortune 50 worked for, to The New York Times. By 1,600 miles away from the Northeast Corridor, my rescue dog Lee K. (he he had pedigree) and I had abandoned our preoccupation with status. That was wise. After all, we were going to settle, probably for the rest of our lives, in the desert. There pretense was impossible. MORE
Backgrounds Images Slide layout graphics how to use images images impact improve slide design photos PowerPoint slide design visual ways to use imagesAs I see it, there are 3 ways to use images on a slide: As a background, behind text: The purpose is to make a slide that is essentially all text look better. As a supplement to text: The purpose is to help people understand and remember the text. MORE
If you have Office 365 — now called Microsoft 365, confusingly — you might have noticed that after several years without photos, they’ve come back! Actually, they aren’t the same photos, but better quality ones. I recommend searching for both images and photos. MORE
A vignette effect on a photo typically places a dark, semi-transparent border around it. Here you see a photo with and without a vignette. . Can you see how the vignette effect intensifies the center of the photo and therefore makes the man’s dismay feel more powerful? This means that the center of the photo will not be covered at all. This will place a shadow over the edges of the photo. Create a vignette effect for photos in PowerPoint! MORE
Some stuff I once had on SmugMug, now back online, but now on Flickr: Tags: Grab Bag MORE
But I have come to select my new friends on the basis of if they spare me the constant updating of their lives and those of their families and pets through photos. Call it photo fatigue. I thank my new circle of friends for not sharing their photos. No question, we're in a visual era. MORE
The conservative Drudge Report's signature became posting unflattering photos of Hillary. Well, the news website headlines with a neutral photo of Hillary and the pledge that this will be the very last photo of Hillary that it will post. The Drudge Report can post a caricature kind of photo and swallow the miscreant in bombastic negative headlines. They ranged from Sick-Hillary to Wicked-Witch-of-The-West-Hillary. MORE
When you want to insert a photo into PowerPoint, you should think about how you can edit that photo to improve it. So here’s a list of free photo-editing tools. Of course, you can use them for your personal photos or any other use, not just for PowerPoint. It has an Auto Correct button on the toolbar that almost always makes my photos look better–in 1 click! Picnik is typical of free online photo editors. MORE
Like so many, crudely put, he died trying to take a photo in a dangerous setting. " Over and over, some media outlet is noting the death of holiday-goers or lovers taking photos in tricky terrain and losing their footing. May his death send the message to others to be cautious when trying to capture scenic beauty in a photo. This month Brian Lewinstein was to begin his second year at the University of California School of Law. MORE
Welcome to the Presentation Hacks: Using Photos in PowerPoint video series! In these lessons, a Duarte designer shares some of the fundamental tools of using photos in PowerPoint. In this video, we’ll show you the tools that are native to PowerPoint that allow you to edit photos directly in the application. The post How to Edit Photo Brightness, Contrast & Saturation in PowerPoint appeared first on Duarte. MORE
Recently we went on a Photo Field Trip, and had the chance to enjoy all of these things, simultaneously. Our assignment: Take photos of contrast. Or take photos of whatever you want. Diary Video contrast creativity dolores park inspiration photo field trip san franciscoWe like photography. We also like fun, and Saturdays, and San Francisco, and sunshine. And we really like each other. MORE
Earlier this month, the conservative Drudge Report pledged this: Never to post again a photo of Hillary Clinton. The Drudge Report's signature had become headlining with unflattering photos of Hillary. Surely, a photo of Hillary had to go with this cartoonish development. " Returning to lousy photos of Hillary could create a backlash, though. Its own followers could have become weary of the photo trickery. There could be no more Hillary photos. MORE
The resulting photos can be seen in her book The Last Iceberg. Photographer Camille Seaman’s daughter was watching Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel one day, when Camille stopped what she was doing to admire the storm’s light. Her daughter noticed her and said, “Mom, you should do that!”. Three days later, she was. Camille’s documentary-style photographs reflect some of nature’s most breathtaking phenomena. Aside from storm chasing, her work has taken her to both Polar Regions. MORE
After you’ve identified the photo you want to use, the first thing you’ll need to do is edit the basics of the photo. This likely includes cropping, resizing, and compressing photos in PowerPoint. First thing’s first, find a photo you want to use, and open up PowerPoint… Here are some of the things we’ll teach [.] The post How to Crop, Resize, and Compress Photos in PowerPoint appeared first on Duarte. MORE
When you insert a photo of a person on a slide, often that photo doesn’t show the entire person. For example, the photo might be a head shot or just show the top half of the body. But placing that photo in the middle of the slide looks awkward. Your audience wonders about the part of the photo that’s missing. The best way to deal with this problem is to move the cut-off side of the photo to one edge of the slide. MORE
Here’s a quick way to improve the design of slides that include some text and a photo. Here’s the principle: Make the photo touch 3 sides of the slide. There are 3 ways to make this photo touch at least 3 sides of the slide: 1. Design Design principles Images images photos slide designThis type of slide is very common. But it doesn’t look very striking. When you do this, your slide will look bolder and clearer. The impact will increase. MORE
However, many websites offering stock photos can cost a fortune. One of the best ways of making attention grabbing presentations is to use eye-catching visuals. The most convenient way to do that is to make use of readymade presentation templates and high-resolution images. … Resources Visuals featured Presentation Design Using Images Visual Aids MORE
Yeah, it's been quiet on this blog. That doesn't mean I haven't been productive. In fact, as I'm writing this, I'm posting more of my most recent work from this morning's stroll through Martinsburg, WV. To see everything I'm putting out there, just hop over to my flickr page. To see what I consider to be my best work, follow the link below to my little home on 500px. mikepulsifer on 500px. Grab Bag MORE
In almost every workshop that I do, someone asks where you can get great photos to use in your presentation. Governments have staff who take photographs as part of their jobs, and many times these photos are quite good. Fortunately, these photos also belong to the government and the various departments and agencies have generously made a lot of these photos available for use without charge. Photos are one of the powerful ways to communicate our ideas. MORE
A collage of photos is very simple to create. The photo of the woman with the blond hair is a little light, but you don’t have to be too particular. From the Picture Styles gallery, choose a style for all of the photos. The post Make a collage of photos appeared first on PowerPoint Tips Blog. I often need graphics for presentations, sales pages, and blog posts (like this one). One technique that works for me is to create a collage of several images. MORE
Sometimes the only image of you that potential clients have is your head shot photo. Is it time to freshen your image and have new photos taken? It always amazes me how speakers will spend a small fortune on a website, and still use a photo from long ago as a marketing tool. I offer as an example this photo, shown above left, taken by Julie, my photographer. Tags: photo headshots MORE
It began featuring liberal presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, in unflattering photos. Now, the photos have become downright cartoonish. One expects to click on the photos and hear the voice of the Wicked Witch of the West belting out that iconic line, "Time, my pretty." Conservative media site Drudge Report is having a ball. Those would usually accompany a negative cover story about her. They caricature both her age and her supposed self-absorption. MORE
How about another update? It's been two weeks since the fire. My burns have healed up nicely and are mostly ugly and itchy. Bub has not been so lucky. Some of his were not healing at all and have only just started to get with the program. First of all, they didn't "declare" themselves for a few days, so it wasn't clear right away that he had a lot of second degree burns. And then his skin just refused to heal. MORE
Do you have some business photos that you would like to highlight in a presentation or post on your company’s website as a video? Or perhaps you just want to show some friends your personal photos. Either way, you can use PowerPoint’s Photo Album feature. In PowerPoint 2010, you can go one step further and convert your photos to video format. Follow these steps: Choose Insert> Photo Album. (In Select the photos you want to include. MORE
Here are a few ideas to connect more effectively with your audience: Include a photo of yourself on the first and last slides. Take photos of real employees in your company and use them on several slides. Here’s a photo (from Microsoft’s ClipArt Gallery) that is effective if you’re talking about listening or connecting. Content Images connect graphics photos visuals MORE
Welcome to the Presentation Hacks: Using Photos in PowerPoint video series! In these lessons, a Duarte designer shares some of the fundamental tools of using photos in PowerPoint. In this lesson, we’ll show you some creative ways to use PowerPoint effects to emphasize your photos. Specifically, we’ll show you how to make a photo look [.] The post How to Apply Styles to Photos in PowerPoint appeared first on Duarte. MORE
So, it's no surprise that the Drudge Report headlines this afternoon with a photo of Hillary + the news that Anthony Weiner currently is in a sex addiction rehab. No question, the Hillary photo and the screamer about rehab are a good news fit. The Drudge Report has to hustle to keep up with all the developments since WikiLeaks and the FBI announcement that the Weiner-Abedin computer contained government emails. MORE
I recently came across this short video. In it, Dave Paradi explains why photographs in a presentation can be more effective than reams of text when it comes to getting a message across to our audiences. Dave uses an example from a presentation on which he worked. He shows the original slide that was full of text and the slide that he developed to replace it. He then gives us his rationale for the change. MORE
The Drudge Report's signature had become unflattering photos of Hillary Clinton. The photo features a wild-eyed Hillary. Then as the media commented on that, the web site cooled it. But today Drudge has returned to that MO. The headline reads "High Anxiety." " The link is to an article by The Hill on nervous Democrats and what they want Hillary to do. The message sent is that Hillary is off her game and has pivoted to manic. MORE
In my blog post, “ 6 steps to create cool stickout photos in PowerPoint ,” I explained a dramatic technique to create photos that “stick out” from a background. I chose 3 winners based on the final look and checking the PowerPoint file to make sure that there were 2 photos, formatted as described in the technique. The back photo has a gray background and is cropped from the bottom. Contests Images photos stockout MORE
During the process for one lawsuit, photos have emerged of aspects of the charred This Old House in Stamford. The early morning Christmas fire in 2011 which snuffed out five lives was the second major tragedy in Connecticut. The first was the invasion of the home of Dr. Petit which took three lives. Hopefully the last, at least for a while, was the massacre at an elementary school which mowed down 20 children and six staff members. None of these have become past history. MORE
Stock photos pretty much suck. After a few years of looking at your friend’s photos on Instagram and Facebook, your eyes have been accustomed to seeing real people doing real activities. In contrast, stock photos of people faking their emotions doesn’t quite resonate with you anymore. The facilities that used stock photos of elderly people on their websites didn’t speak to Mr. Scott. I seriously prefer real people to stock photos, too. MORE
A caption contest using a picture with some photo editing to customize it. Brad, a funny guy and humor pro, inserts a photo of himself into the Royal Wedding. Here is the caption I wrote for the photo. Contests Brad Montgomery creative humor writing photo caption contestWhat a great idea. It comes from Brad Montgomery’s blog, Laugh-O-Nomics. “Why not? The line is shorter than the one for wedding cake.&#. The joke is driven by an implied punchline. MORE
Non-stop the site has been curating the worst of the emailgate coverage on Hillary Clinton, along with unflattering photos. The Over the past few months, photos posted on Drudge have evolved from Clinton's looking like an old hag to a villain from a B-silent movie. Not since Matt Drudge broke Monicagate (remember that blue dress) has there been such glee on the Drudge Report. MORE
This would afford them access to beautiful, one-of-a-kind photos that match up exactly with the message in their deck. The post How to Create a Presentation Using Free Stock Photos appeared first on Duarte. MORE
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You’ve probably seen videos which are just a series of photos that zoom in or perhaps move a little. It’s great for personal photos, employee photos, event photos, etc. Here’s the video I created from some photos I took at a local park last fall. You can insert the images one-by-one or use the Photo Album feature. I write about the Photo Album here. Use the Fit to Slide option in the Photo Album dialog box. MORE
In this video, we’ll show you how to crop photos in PowerPoint into shapes—like a circle! You can introduce more negative space to your slide by cropping photos into shapes. A great example of a time when you might need to crop photos in PowerPoint into shapes would be when you have a quote accompanied [.] The post How to Crop Photos into Shapes in PowerPoint appeared first on Duarte. MORE
Here's the results of a couple of quick photo edits that I did - the first to convert the image to a cartoon style and the second was done with a neon effect and photo corners. . Tags: Photography Presentation Technology Aviary flauntR FotoFlexer Gimp Paint.net Photo editing software PhotoFiltre Photoshop Splashup As presenters, we're often using photographs in our presentations. MORE
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JULY 20, 2020
If you have Office 365 — now called Microsoft 365, confusingly — you might have noticed that after several years without photos, they’ve come back! Actually, they aren’t the same photos, but better quality ones. I recommend searching for both images and photos.
Duarte Blog
JANUARY 8, 2021
This would afford them access to beautiful, one-of-a-kind photos that match up exactly with the message in their deck. The post How to Create a Presentation Using Free Stock Photos appeared first on Duarte.
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Duarte Blog
MARCH 10, 2020
Because visuals are processed 60,000 times faster than text, which means you can paint a picture for an audience much faster, with actual photos in PowerPoint. So often, photos in PowerPoint are used in a way that is distracting to a presenter’s message. Whether the photo is too [.] The post How to Select the Best Photos for Slide Backgrounds appeared first on Duarte. Design Presentations Tutorial Video photo photography photos presentation presentations slide Slides
PowerPoint Tips
JULY 31, 2011
Do you have some business photos that you would like to highlight in a presentation or post on your company’s website as a video? Or perhaps you just want to show some friends your personal photos. Either way, you can use PowerPoint’s Photo Album feature. In PowerPoint 2010, you can go one step further and convert your photos to video format. Follow these steps: Choose Insert> Photo Album. (In Select the photos you want to include.
Duarte Blog
MARCH 23, 2020
After you’ve identified the photo you want to use, the first thing you’ll need to do is edit the basics of the photo. This likely includes cropping, resizing, and compressing photos in PowerPoint. First thing’s first, find a photo you want to use, and open up PowerPoint… Here are some of the things we’ll teach [.] The post How to Crop, Resize, and Compress Photos in PowerPoint appeared first on Duarte.
PowerPoint Tips
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
PowerPoint 2010 added some new photo editing features that let you do a lot of your work right inside PowerPoint. Watch this video to see how you can use these new features for your photos. Backgrounds & color Images blur colorize photo-editing softenIn this video, I discuss 3 features on the Picture Tools Format tab: Corrections. Color. Artistic Effects.
PowerPoint Tips
MARCH 16, 2014
You’ve probably seen videos which are just a series of photos that zoom in or perhaps move a little. It’s great for personal photos, employee photos, event photos, etc. Here’s the video I created from some photos I took at a local park last fall. You can insert the images one-by-one or use the Photo Album feature. I write about the Photo Album here. Use the Fit to Slide option in the Photo Album dialog box.
PowerPoint Tips
OCTOBER 15, 2011
When you want to insert a photo into PowerPoint, you should think about how you can edit that photo to improve it. So here’s a list of free photo-editing tools. Of course, you can use them for your personal photos or any other use, not just for PowerPoint. It has an Auto Correct button on the toolbar that almost always makes my photos look better–in 1 click! Picnik is typical of free online photo editors.
Duarte Blog
MARCH 20, 2020
Welcome to the Presentation Hacks: Using Photos in PowerPoint video series! In these lessons, a Duarte designer shares some of the fundamental tools of using photos in PowerPoint. In this lesson, we’ll show you some creative ways to use PowerPoint effects to emphasize your photos. Specifically, we’ll show you how to make a photo look [.] The post How to Apply Styles to Photos in PowerPoint appeared first on Duarte.
PowerPoint Tips
APRIL 27, 2015
A collage of photos is very simple to create. The photo of the woman with the blond hair is a little light, but you don’t have to be too particular. From the Picture Styles gallery, choose a style for all of the photos. The post Make a collage of photos appeared first on PowerPoint Tips Blog. I often need graphics for presentations, sales pages, and blog posts (like this one). One technique that works for me is to create a collage of several images.
PowerPoint Tips
DECEMBER 11, 2011
Here are a few ideas to connect more effectively with your audience: Include a photo of yourself on the first and last slides. Take photos of real employees in your company and use them on several slides. Here’s a photo (from Microsoft’s ClipArt Gallery) that is effective if you’re talking about listening or connecting. Content Images connect graphics photos visuals
PowerPoint Tips
FEBRUARY 28, 2015
A vignette effect on a photo typically places a dark, semi-transparent border around it. Here you see a photo with and without a vignette. . Can you see how the vignette effect intensifies the center of the photo and therefore makes the man’s dismay feel more powerful? This means that the center of the photo will not be covered at all. This will place a shadow over the edges of the photo. Create a vignette effect for photos in PowerPoint!
Duarte Blog
JULY 1, 2011
Recently we went on a Photo Field Trip, and had the chance to enjoy all of these things, simultaneously. Our assignment: Take photos of contrast. Or take photos of whatever you want. Diary Video contrast creativity dolores park inspiration photo field trip san franciscoWe like photography. We also like fun, and Saturdays, and San Francisco, and sunshine. And we really like each other.
Thoughts On Presenting And Design
JULY 31, 2009
Some stuff I once had on SmugMug, now back online, but now on Flickr: Tags: Grab Bag
PowerPoint Tips
JANUARY 16, 2012
Here’s a quick way to improve the design of slides that include some text and a photo. Here’s the principle: Make the photo touch 3 sides of the slide. There are 3 ways to make this photo touch at least 3 sides of the slide: 1. Design Design principles Images images photos slide designThis type of slide is very common. But it doesn’t look very striking. When you do this, your slide will look bolder and clearer. The impact will increase.
PowerPoint Tips
AUGUST 27, 2012
When you insert a photo of a person on a slide, often that photo doesn’t show the entire person. For example, the photo might be a head shot or just show the top half of the body. But placing that photo in the middle of the slide looks awkward. Your audience wonders about the part of the photo that’s missing. The best way to deal with this problem is to move the cut-off side of the photo to one edge of the slide.
Manner of Speaking
JULY 4, 2010
I recently came across this short video. In it, Dave Paradi explains why photographs in a presentation can be more effective than reams of text when it comes to getting a message across to our audiences. Dave uses an example from a presentation on which he worked. He shows the original slide that was full of text and the slide that he developed to replace it. He then gives us his rationale for the change.
Thoughts On Presenting And Design
SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
Yeah, it's been quiet on this blog. That doesn't mean I haven't been productive. In fact, as I'm writing this, I'm posting more of my most recent work from this morning's stroll through Martinsburg, WV. To see everything I'm putting out there, just hop over to my flickr page. To see what I consider to be my best work, follow the link below to my little home on 500px. mikepulsifer on 500px. Grab Bag
TJ Walker Interactive
OCTOBER 12, 2012
Uncategorized does paul photo photos Politics ryan shoot time with workout
PowerPoint Tips
MARCH 8, 2012
In my blog post, “ 6 steps to create cool stickout photos in PowerPoint ,” I explained a dramatic technique to create photos that “stick out” from a background. I chose 3 winners based on the final look and checking the PowerPoint file to make sure that there were 2 photos, formatted as described in the technique. The back photo has a gray background and is cropped from the bottom. Contests Images photos stockout
Duarte Blog
MARCH 23, 2020
In this video, we’ll show you how to crop photos in PowerPoint into shapes—like a circle! You can introduce more negative space to your slide by cropping photos into shapes. A great example of a time when you might need to crop photos in PowerPoint into shapes would be when you have a quote accompanied [.] The post How to Crop Photos into Shapes in PowerPoint appeared first on Duarte.
TJ Walker Interactive
DECEMBER 24, 2013
Uncategorized Media Training photos
More than PowerPoint...
MARCH 4, 2015
Stock photos pretty much suck. After a few years of looking at your friend’s photos on Instagram and Facebook, your eyes have been accustomed to seeing real people doing real activities. In contrast, stock photos of people faking their emotions doesn’t quite resonate with you anymore. The facilities that used stock photos of elderly people on their websites didn’t speak to Mr. Scott. I seriously prefer real people to stock photos, too.
PowerPoint Tips
FEBRUARY 22, 2012
How can you create cool stickout photos in PowerPoint? Insert a photo that is appropriate for this technique. ” I used a photo of a jet, taking a cue from the video. Expand the photo, if you want, to cover the entire slide. Here you can see that the photo, which is square, extends to the sides of the slide, but over the top. I moved the photo a little to the right of the slide, so you could see how far up it extends.
Presentation Guru
APRIL 13, 2017
However, many websites offering stock photos can cost a fortune. One of the best ways of making attention grabbing presentations is to use eye-catching visuals. The most convenient way to do that is to make use of readymade presentation templates and high-resolution images. … Resources Visuals featured Presentation Design Using Images Visual Aids
Humor Power
MAY 9, 2011
A caption contest using a picture with some photo editing to customize it. Brad, a funny guy and humor pro, inserts a photo of himself into the Royal Wedding. Here is the caption I wrote for the photo. Contests Brad Montgomery creative humor writing photo caption contestWhat a great idea. It comes from Brad Montgomery’s blog, Laugh-O-Nomics. “Why not? The line is shorter than the one for wedding cake.&#. The joke is driven by an implied punchline.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
AUGUST 15, 2018
Like so many, crudely put, he died trying to take a photo in a dangerous setting. " Over and over, some media outlet is noting the death of holiday-goers or lovers taking photos in tricky terrain and losing their footing. May his death send the message to others to be cautious when trying to capture scenic beauty in a photo. This month Brian Lewinstein was to begin his second year at the University of California School of Law.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
The conservative Drudge Report's signature became posting unflattering photos of Hillary. Well, the news website headlines with a neutral photo of Hillary and the pledge that this will be the very last photo of Hillary that it will post. The Drudge Report can post a caricature kind of photo and swallow the miscreant in bombastic negative headlines. They ranged from Sick-Hillary to Wicked-Witch-of-The-West-Hillary.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
The Drudge Report's signature had become unflattering photos of Hillary Clinton. The photo features a wild-eyed Hillary. Then as the media commented on that, the web site cooled it. But today Drudge has returned to that MO. The headline reads "High Anxiety." " The link is to an article by The Hill on nervous Democrats and what they want Hillary to do. The message sent is that Hillary is off her game and has pivoted to manic.
Duarte Blog
AUGUST 18, 2011
The resulting photos can be seen in her book The Last Iceberg. Photographer Camille Seaman’s daughter was watching Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel one day, when Camille stopped what she was doing to admire the storm’s light. Her daughter noticed her and said, “Mom, you should do that!”. Three days later, she was. Camille’s documentary-style photographs reflect some of nature’s most breathtaking phenomena. Aside from storm chasing, her work has taken her to both Polar Regions.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 13, 2017
During the process for one lawsuit, photos have emerged of aspects of the charred This Old House in Stamford. The early morning Christmas fire in 2011 which snuffed out five lives was the second major tragedy in Connecticut. The first was the invasion of the home of Dr. Petit which took three lives. Hopefully the last, at least for a while, was the massacre at an elementary school which mowed down 20 children and six staff members. None of these have become past history.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 22, 2013
But I have come to select my new friends on the basis of if they spare me the constant updating of their lives and those of their families and pets through photos. Call it photo fatigue. I thank my new circle of friends for not sharing their photos. No question, we're in a visual era.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 27, 2016
Earlier this month, the conservative Drudge Report pledged this: Never to post again a photo of Hillary Clinton. The Drudge Report's signature had become headlining with unflattering photos of Hillary. Surely, a photo of Hillary had to go with this cartoonish development. " Returning to lousy photos of Hillary could create a backlash, though. Its own followers could have become weary of the photo trickery. There could be no more Hillary photos.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
So, it's no surprise that the Drudge Report headlines this afternoon with a photo of Hillary + the news that Anthony Weiner currently is in a sex addiction rehab. No question, the Hillary photo and the screamer about rehab are a good news fit. The Drudge Report has to hustle to keep up with all the developments since WikiLeaks and the FBI announcement that the Weiner-Abedin computer contained government emails.
Speaking Of...
OCTOBER 2, 2009
Sometimes the only image of you that potential clients have is your head shot photo. Is it time to freshen your image and have new photos taken? It always amazes me how speakers will spend a small fortune on a website, and still use a photo from long ago as a marketing tool. I offer as an example this photo, shown above left, taken by Julie, my photographer. Tags: photo headshots
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JUNE 7, 2015
It began featuring liberal presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, in unflattering photos. Now, the photos have become downright cartoonish. One expects to click on the photos and hear the voice of the Wicked Witch of the West belting out that iconic line, "Time, my pretty." Conservative media site Drudge Report is having a ball. Those would usually accompany a negative cover story about her. They caricature both her age and her supposed self-absorption.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JULY 6, 2014
There are, for instance, the wedding announcements and photos. Then send the photo, with no allusions to any pedigrees e.g. breeds, elite schooling, Fortune 50 worked for, to The New York Times. By 1,600 miles away from the Northeast Corridor, my rescue dog Lee K. (he he had pedigree) and I had abandoned our preoccupation with status. That was wise. After all, we were going to settle, probably for the rest of our lives, in the desert. There pretense was impossible.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 5, 2015
At least twice daily I receive a text message: So-and-so has posted a new photo on Facebook. My fear: The number of notifications about updated photos will continue to increase. It's usually an update of one they posted two minutes previously. Call this the curse of connected devices. I need my smartphone on. I need to be on Facebook. Web/Tech
PowerPoint Tips
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Backgrounds Images Slide layout graphics how to use images images impact improve slide design photos PowerPoint slide design visual ways to use imagesAs I see it, there are 3 ways to use images on a slide: As a background, behind text: The purpose is to make a slide that is essentially all text look better. As a supplement to text: The purpose is to help people understand and remember the text.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
AUGUST 13, 2015
Non-stop the site has been curating the worst of the emailgate coverage on Hillary Clinton, along with unflattering photos. The Over the past few months, photos posted on Drudge have evolved from Clinton's looking like an old hag to a villain from a B-silent movie. Not since Matt Drudge broke Monicagate (remember that blue dress) has there been such glee on the Drudge Report.
Dave Paradi's PowerPoint Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2009
In almost every workshop that I do, someone asks where you can get great photos to use in your presentation. Governments have staff who take photographs as part of their jobs, and many times these photos are quite good. Fortunately, these photos also belong to the government and the various departments and agencies have generously made a lot of these photos available for use without charge. Photos are one of the powerful ways to communicate our ideas.
Speak Schmeak
JUNE 22, 2008
How about another update? It's been two weeks since the fire. My burns have healed up nicely and are mostly ugly and itchy. Bub has not been so lucky. Some of his were not healing at all and have only just started to get with the program. First of all, they didn't "declare" themselves for a few days, so it wasn't clear right away that he had a lot of second degree burns. And then his skin just refused to heal.
PPT - Powerful Presentation Techniques
AUGUST 12, 2009
Here's the results of a couple of quick photo edits that I did - the first to convert the image to a cartoon style and the second was done with a neon effect and photo corners. . Tags: Photography Presentation Technology Aviary flauntR FotoFlexer Gimp Paint.net Photo editing software PhotoFiltre Photoshop Splashup As presenters, we're often using photographs in our presentations.
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