PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

How to Prevent Your Online Audience from Getting Distracted

By Haritosh Srivastav, Toastmasters International

Whilst we’ve all had to get used to online meetings the biggest issue remains the same. How do we engage our audience members and retain their attention?

According to a survey by Prezi and Harris Poll, while attending an online presentation 28% of the audience sends text messages, 27% check their emails, and 17% fall asleep. So, the question becomes how you keep your audience involved and prevent them from being distracted.

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Here are 7 quick tips to help you reinvent your online presentation, and keep your audience focused on the content, not their smartphone:

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Filed Under: Guest Posts
Tagged as: Guest Post, Presentation Skills, Toastmasters

Account Tab of Backstage View in PowerPoint 365 for Windows

In PowerPoint, and in other Microsoft 365 programs you typically need to sign in to a Microsoft Account so that you can access saved settings, customizations, and even some files off the cloud. You typically do this by managing your Account, right inside PowerPoint or another Microsoft 365 program such as Word and Excel. The Account tab in Backstage view allows you to sign in to your Microsoft Account, and automatically connect to your OneDrive account, and do so much more.

Learn about options within the Account tab of Backstage view in PowerPoint 365 for Windows.

Filed Under: PowerPoint 365
Tagged as: Backstage, Interface, Microsoft Windows, Office 365, PowerPoint 365, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: August 24, 2021

We begin by looking at some free icon sites. These sites provide great choices if PowerPoint 365’s options are not enough, or if you are using an older version of PowerPoint that does not include the Icons feature. We next feature Itai Amoza of Storydoc, who shares more info about this new site that helps businesses tell their stories in an exciting, engaging way—the way.

PowerPoint 365 for Windows users can learn how to enable or disable the Office Background option, which essentially is a patterned strip on the top-right of the PowerPoint interface. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.

Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.

Filed Under: Ezine
Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Presentation Summit 2021: Conversation with Jamie Garroch

  Jamie Garroch is a Technical Consultant at BrightCarbon, the specialist presentation and eLearning agency. He develops PowerPoint automation solutions and add-ins that enable presentation authors to work smarter. He also trains people to present more effectively using visuals and animated scenes that explain and reinforce key messages, which is supported by free resources and tips at their site.

In this conversation, Jamie talks about his participation at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2021, being held on location in Clearwater Beach, FL, and virtually this year from September 26 to 29, 2021.

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Filed Under: Events
Tagged as: Events, Interviews, Jamie Garroch, Presentation Summit

Storydoc: Conversation with Itai Amoza

      Itai Amoza is the co-founder and CEO of Storydoc and a seasoned entrepreneur. In the past 15+ years, he was involved in various international tech start-ups, focusing on the areas of sales, marketing, strategy, and data.

In this conversation, Itai talks about Storydoc.

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Tagged as: Companion, Interviews