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PowerPoint and Presenting News: July 15, 2025

This issue of the newsletter, dated July 15, 2025, covers several articles and resources related to PowerPoint and broader topics:

1. PowerPoint as a Creative Nucleus: The newsletter emphasizes that PowerPoint is versatile and can be used for creating various types of content beyond presentations, such as graphics, logos, flyers, brochures, eLearning courses, and videos.
2. Creating Spirographs in PowerPoint: This article details how to create spirograph designs directly within PowerPoint.
3. Conversations with Experts: This time we feature Jon Peltier, who discusses his Peltier Tech Charts add-in for Excel. Andrew Pach shares insights on his PowerPoint learning courses. Terry Irwin highlights his new book, Medical Presentations.
4. Caregiving and Mid-Career Transition: An article by Pamela Odukoya explores the intersection of caregiving responsibilities and the challenges of mid-career transitions.
5. The Downside of AI: Another piece discusses the potential negative aspects or downsides of artificial intelligence.

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Office People Silhouettes

Download customizable Office People silhouette clipart for PowerPoint, featuring 10 black-and-white vector variations of professional male and female figures. Easily editable and suitable for presentations, documents, or worksheets. Enhance your slides with stylish, versatile graphics—all available in a convenient sample presentation.

Download and use these Office People silhouette graphics.

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The Intersection of Caregiving Responsibilities and Mid-career Transition

By Pamela Odukoya

Navigating career transition during the mid-career stage can be challenging for many individuals for various reasons.

Reflecting on my journey, I found this phase difficult because it overlapped with caregiving responsibilities for both children and elderly parents. Balancing these dual commitments left me with little time to prioritise my career development fully.

Image: Yay Images

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Medical Presentations: Conversation with Terry Irwin

  Terry Irwin is a retired consultant surgeon based in the UK. He has been an honorary lecturer at Queens University, Belfast for over 20 years. He has been an external examiner for medical schools both in the UK and overseas. He has held a variety of lead roles for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has been a leader in postgraduate surgical education in Northern Ireland for most of his career. He has published over 50 peer reviewed scientific articles. He has been teaching presentation skills both locally and in a number of countries for 20 years.

In this conversation, Terry talks about his new book, Medical Presentations.

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Peltier Tech Charts for Excel: Conversation with Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier is a master of leveraging the power of Excel to produce and simplify complex solutions in engineering, finance, and marketing. Jon holds a Doctor of Science degree from MIT in Metallurgy; his background includes Manufacturing, Statistics, Total Quality, and Six Sigma; and he knows more about Excel charts than practically anyone.

Jon has been a full-time Excel developer since 2004; his services include custom Excel solutions and a popular Excel add-in which provides charting capabilities which are not built into Excel. Jon has a popular blog with hundreds of tutorials on Excel charts and VBA automation, he offers training in advanced Excel charting and programming, and he has received Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional award every year since 2001.

In this conversation, Jon discusses his Peltier Tech Charts add-in for Excel.

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