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The Art of Online Communication in Business

By Simon Day, Toastmasters International

Covid-19 means that many of us are having to change the way we work and move our meetings, coaching, mentoring, training, or presenting to an online setting.

I am one such person and have learned some valuable lessons as I have conducted meetings and coaching online. In this offering, I will share things I have learned to help you engage your online audience and make your communications effective and full of impact.

Image: Pexels

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Presentation Summit 2020: Conversation with Rick Altman

       Rick Altman has been hired by hundreds of companies, listened to by tens of thousands of professionals, and read by millions of people, all of whom seek better results with their presentation content and delivery. He covers the whole of the industry, from message crafting, through presentation design, slide creation, software technique, and delivery. He is the host of the Presentation Summit, now in its 18th season as the most prominent learning event for the presentation community.

In this conversation, Rick talks about the Presentation Summit, being held virtually this year from August 10 to 13, 2020.

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Presentation Ideas Europe Online Conference 2020: Conversation with Kurt Dupont

  Kurt Dupont is a solution provider who would go out of his way just to ensure he brings out the best when it comes to issues that have to deal with data-driven presentations, data visualization, and digital signage software.

He started by working at airports worldwide to set up airport databases and flight information screens. This evolved to become the basis for PresentationPoint.

In this conversation, Kurt talks about the Presentation Ideas Europe online conference, being held on May 28th, 2020.

Indezine is a media partner for this event.

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PowerPoint and Presenting News: April 14, 2020

It’s apt that the first story we highlight in today’s newsletter is about a Covid-19 video created in PowerPoint. Richard Goring of BrightCarbon shares how this video was created and more. Brian Daly of Hypersay talks about their new Live Streaming feature. We look at the new Black Illustrations clip media from 5Four Digital.

PowerPoint users of all versions can explore completely-updated tutorials on searching Flickr for Creative Commons pictures, attributing them in PowerPoint slides, and Pixabay, a copyleft source of visual content. 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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Show Websites in PowerPoint with DataPoint

By Kurt Dupont

There are tools available to show websites on PowerPoint slides like LiveWeb and LiveSlides. I’m recommending them often. You can use that to draw a web browser object on your slide, and then specify the URL to show in there. When you run your slideshow, you will see that website on a given slide. Every time the slide is shown, the website output is rebuilding and displayed again on your television screen or other display. People often use this technique to grab legacy data from a reporting website or e.g. to show local weather information.

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