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By Jean Stewart, Toastmasters International
When you give a presentation, you want people to learn from it and take action. One way to get an audience’s attention and keep them listening is to use humor. With the introduction of humor, people will learn more and enjoy listening to you.
If you are concerned that you aren’t naturally funny – don’t worry. Luckily there are lots of ways you can add some humor without doing a comedy course first. Here are some tips to help you gain the benefits of using more humor when you present.
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The font typeface, styles, and even the size for text in your presentation are dictated by the active Theme or Theme Fonts set. You can certainly override these defaults, and select another font typeface and also change the font size. Beyond changing the typeface and size, you can also make a certain word or phrase stand apart by formatting it bold, italic, underlined, etc.
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We first feature James Ontra, who explains why Presentation Management is strategic to Enterprise Communication. Next, Rick Altman of the Presentation Summit talks about their new Powtoon Contest, that lets a winner attend the conference free. We also have Ronen Baran of Powtoon, who talks at length about this amazing video platform that integrates with PowerPoint so seamlessly. We also feature Robert Befus of SlideSource, who explaisn what Presentitis is.
PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn about how you can Edit Annotations with Ink Tools, and Add Headers and Footers to Slides. PowerPoint 2016 for Mac users can explore Using the Pen and Highlighter Tools in Slide Show View. And if that wasn’t enough for this week, make sure you do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates released in the last week.
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Payam Bahrampoor is an instructional designer, who is involved with improving the quality of life of people he encounters. He trains others in speech and presentation skills using modern educational technologies. He also delves into science-based research, speech anxiety management + ACT psychology and mindfulness.
In this conversation, Payam talks about presentation skills.
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Ronen Baran is Powtoon’s Head of Product & Strategy and Acting COO. After earning his MBA at UCLA, Ronen led strategic initiatives as a management consultant, and later as a director of corporate strategy at Yahoo!, after which he was the product marketing lead for MarketShare (acquired by Neustar). At Powtoon, Ronen leads the product team, strategic planning, and operations.
In this conversation, Ronen talks about Powtoon.
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