February 17, 2011

Make Your Slide Title Pop Against a Cluttered Background – PowerPoint Video Tip #3

Slide titles are often hard to see against a cluttered background. But here’s a great trick for making your slide title pop, even when the background […]
February 17, 2011

Create Your Own Slick-Looking Silhouettes – PowerPoint Video Tip #2

Bring your boring business slides to life by adding pictures of people. Where do you find pictures that are free, look professional and give you full […]
February 16, 2011

Turn Clip Art Into Custom Icons – PowerPoint Video Tip #1

Here’s a neat trick for turning clip art into your own set of professional-looking custom icons, which I learned from the talented presentation designer Magda Maslowska. Enjoy! About […]
February 9, 2011

Obama’s Speech…One Small Step for Slides

In a previous post I blogged about President Obama’s State of the Union speech, where he actually used SLIDES! On one hand, I think it improved […]
February 2, 2011

Say Yes to “PowerPoint Training Week” Feb 7-11

Feb 7-11 is “Say No to PowerPoint” week. What a bone-headed idea. I suggest instead “PowerPoint Training Week”. Saying no to PowerPoint solves the problem for […]
January 28, 2011

5 Storytelling Lessons from Obama’s “We Do Big Things” Speech

We can learn a lot about how to use storytelling in presentations from President Obama’s “We Do Big Things” part of the State of the Union […]
January 23, 2011

9 Tips for Handling Tough Questions During that Exec Presentation

You have an upcoming executive presentation. People in the room will develop opinions about you and your ideas based on your PowerPoint slides, which you have carefully […]
January 14, 2011

9 Tips to Nail Your Next Exec Presentation

Remember the last time you presented to an executive? How did it go? Did you get what you wanted? Did the exec? Did you nail it […]
September 11, 2010

Death by PowerPoint? It’s Not the Tool, it’s the CEO.

Business managers are still struggling with PowerPoint for internal communications says a study by presentation consulting firm Eyeful Presentations. This isn’t news, but what is news […]
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