PowerPoint and Presenting Blog

Welcome to another issue – this time, we have conversations with Harman Singh of authorSTREAM and Motti Nisani of emaze – both discuss different directions in the world of online presentations. And Claudyne Wilder explains how to use dialogue to enhance your story. We cover picture placeholders for Mac users of PowerPoint 2011 – and Windows users can learn more about the various views in PowerPoint 2013. From this issue onwards, we will provide links to popular discussions on our LinkedIn groups – and also provide you with information about our new PowerPoint templates. Have a great week!



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The Outline view in PowerPoint 2013 essentially brings up the Outline pane on the left side of PowerPoint 2013 interface -- note that this now replaces the Slides pane that shows up in Normal view. Also, any changes you want to make to your outline can be made through right-click options -- and we'll show you how you can do so.



Explore Outline pane options in PowerPoint 2013.

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You may have observed an omnipresent company logo on many slides in a presentation -- and that raises a question: do you really need to have a company logo on all your slides? First, it takes a fair amount of space. Secondly, the audience knows which company the speaker belongs to since that information is almost always placed on the first slide. Also speakers do introduce themselves and their companies -- so, why do all slides need that extra branding? All these questions are fair, and there are equally honest answers for them. You should certainly add a company logo to your first slide, and then place a more subtle or watermarked logo on the rest of the slides -- or even no logo at all.



Learn how to add a logo or another graphic to the Slide Master in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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More pushpins for you! A pin on a board that lets you place a paper note or a picture is something that holds attention of the viewer. Of course, a pin can also make a statement. Now do the same with content on your slides – hold your audience’s attention and make a statement by using our ready-made pushpin graphics. This new set of pushpin graphics in 5 colors has been added to our existing collection of pushpin graphics on your slides! All pushpin graphics are contained within the PowerPoint slides that you will download. Just copy them and paste them on the edges of pictures in your presentation.



Download and use these pushpins in your slides.

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I have been attempting to get my clients to use examples or stories. They frequently just describe what happened in a given situation. This does not have the same power as creating a dialogue.

For example, Sarah is trying to convince department managers to stop using roaming plans. To give her discussion of cell phone charges more impact, here is what she can say:

You've said to me about these roaming charges, "But I'm traveling. It's just a business cost." That's true, but you can change your phone plan so you don't have to pay a roaming fee. Then some of you responded, "Listen, you may be right, but I don't have time to figure out another plan." I agree with you. I have put together a small chart. All you have to do is look at the chart and tell me the plan you want, and I'll do the rest.

Another comment I hear a lot is, "I'm not going to carry two phones when I go overseas. That is ridiculous and too much trouble." Well, I am here to tell you that you don't have to. I have made a deal with our phone company so all you need is one phone for all your business, at home and overseas.

I will be coming by your office to take five minutes of your time to figure out what works best for you. I guarantee in two months you will be saying to me, "Hey, you were right. This is not a big deal. And I see we are saving money."

The dialogue makes a boring topic more interesting and fun to give and also hits home with your audience.

Claudyne Wilder coaches executives, managers, and salespeople on how to deliver presentations that get to the message. Her clients give compelling, passionate presentations. Her company has an ongoing contract to give her Get to the Message: Present with a Purpose workshop at a Fortune 100 Global Pharmaceutical Company. Claudyne brings a unique and invigorating perspective to her work from her years of studying the Argentine Tango.

Do visit Claudyne's site at Wilder Presentations to sign up for her blog, her tweets or to download some free presenting tools.

Claudyne's next Get to the Message Workshop in Boston is September 9 and 10, 2013. It is a very small intimate group with only ten people.

See Also: Claudyne Wilder on Indezine

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The Outline view is new for PowerPoint 2013 -- wait, that's not absolutely true since you always had access to your presentation's text outline through the Slides / Outline pane on the left side of the PowerPoint interface. What's changed though is that you no longer need to switch tabs within the pane (as you would do in PowerPoint 2010) -- now you just access the outline within a new view! The Outline view displays all the text contained within the title and text placeholders of your slides, and is one of the ten views in PowerPoint 2013.



Learn about Outline view in PowerPoint 2013.

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Rather than using simple rectangle placeholders for your pictures, you can use various other shapes that appear almost silhouette-like. Yes, this is possible within PowerPoint! In fact, these custom picture placeholders can be created within PowerPoint, using nothing that's not a part of PowerPoint. Of course this process is a little detailed, but not difficult!



Learn how to create custom shaped picture placeholders in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

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