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By Chuck Henrich, Director, Octantus Associates
The COVID-19 crisis has taught us that we all need to be more resilient and self-sufficient. Millions of us have found ourselves working from home without our normal in-office comforts. Many professional services firms have furloughed support staff. Even if a firm keeps its support staff on call, they’re not physically in the same place as the professionals they assist—they’re both working from home. Your team’s PowerPoint specialist may have been laid off. Well, here’s some good news: fending for ourselves is pretty easy with the right skills and tools. Essential PowerPoint skills in particular make life easier and result in more persuasive presentations.
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We begin with one of our very popular pages, updated again–we explore ten easy topics you can use for Pecha Kucha. Although the headline may suggest that these topics work great for Pecha Kucha presentations, there is no reason why you cannot use these topics for any other presentation. Carmine Gallo explains how you can create an amazing presentation, like Steve Jobs.
John Korchok shows how you can have fun setting table font sizes in PowerPoint using XML programming. Also, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates featured in the last week.
Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.
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Mark Heaps is a passionate and enthusiastic design thinker. He has been designing for large and small clients alike for over two decades providing solutions in content strategy, creative direction, and visual execution. He brands himself as a Professional Creative due to the nature of his work, and relationships with clients like Google, LinkedIn, Capital One, Dell, and Adobe.
In addition, he’s also an active musician, author, photographer, adventurer, and most importantly father to two great kids in Austin, Texas. He has won the Adobe MAX Masters award multiple times and been a speaker at other events like SXSW and CreativePro Week.
In this conversation, Mark talks about Click: The Presentation Design Conference being held virtually this year, as part of CreativePro Week 2020.
Indezine is a media partner for this event.
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Have you faced a situation where you have to present without slides? Or do you always present with a full deck of slides? What if we looked at a three-slide approach, which is an in-between solution? Change is hard, especially in a large organization that is implementing a presentation management solution. Learn about the Culture of Presentation Management from AlexAnndra Ontra and James Ontra. Simon Raybould talks about his new Presentation Design Pack, which helps with the process of creating the presentation and sorting out the content.
John Korchok provides an introduction to XML Hacking in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint. We also show how you can save a Custom Theme in PowerPoint. Also, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates featured in the last week.
Stay informed about updated tutorials and happenings related to PowerPoint and presenting.
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Simon Raybould started his working career as a researcher looking at the causes of childhood cancers. After his Doctorate he spent 24 years as a research scientist and even spent time as the Centre Manager of the world’s second most influential social science research unit at Newcastle University in England. The need to base what he does only on researched evidence has stayed with him. He’s also been a lighting designer for dance companies, a playwright and author, a professional actor, and even a fire eater!
In this conversation, Simon talks about his new product, the Presentation Design Pack.
Geetesh: Simon, please tell us more about your new Presentation Design Pack, the concept, and how it evolved?
Simon: Wandering around the internet, there’s plenty of advice about how to deliver presentations (“Don’t face the screen”) and there’s lots of training about technical things (“How to use the new Morph transition”). What’s missing was help with the process of creating the presentation and sorting out the content. These are the things that really matter in real-word presentations!
Getting that right makes presentations:
On the other hand, if you get the basics wrong no amount of tips or fancy transitions will help.
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