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PowerPoint and Presenting News: October 24, 2017

In the past few years, Improv as a way to deliver impromptu business communications is a skill that’s getting so much exposure. In this conversation, Nancy Ancowitz and Carl Kissin talk about how Improv can help you in the workplace. A few weeks ago, we spoke about the Annoying PowerPoint Survey 2017 with Dave Paradi. This week, Dave gets back with the results and explains what they mean in an exclusive interview. We then look at contrast, as a feature of Color. Then, best-selling author Ally Yates talks about disagreement in an exclusive guest post.

PowerPoint Online users can learn about adding Dropbox as a Place so that you are no longer limited to just using OneDrive. We also look at getting more Themes and templates in PowerPoint Online. PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn about the Slides Area and the Notes Pane. Finally, do not miss the quotes, press releases, and templates of this week.

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

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Presentation Management: Why Executives are Starting to Care

By AlexAnndra Ontra

The Information Age has brought about significant changes in the way we live our lives, the way we interact, and the way we do business. Amid a tidal wave of technological advances, one area that has not changed very much in the past decade is the way companies present themselves to clients and potential customers. Until now.

Photo by Olu Eletu on Unsplash

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Slide Area in PowerPoint for the Web

Many new changes have happened within PowerPoint for the Web and several other versions released in the past. However, one thing that has not changed in the last two or three decades is PowerPoint’s tri-paned interface! This tri-paned interface can also be found in PowerPoint for the Web, the browser-based version of PowerPoint. So why is the interface called tri-paned? Are there three distinct regions within the Interface in PowerPoint for the Web? Yes, the Slide Area is one of three principal regions in PowerPoint for the Web, the other two being the Slides Pane and the Notes Pane.

Learn about the Slide Area in PowerPoint for the Web, and what you can do to make your slide editing easier and more productive.

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Upload Presentations in PowerPoint for the Web

You can upload PowerPoint file to OneDrive in the same way as you would upload any other type of file such as a Word or Excel document, on any other file, and then share your files with anyone or everyone. Yes, any PowerPoint files you upload this way are available within PowerPoint for the Web. Additionally, you can upload only PowerPoint files from within PowerPoint for the Web.

Learn to upload presentations to PowerPoint for the Web.

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How to Disagree Constructively

By Ally Yates

Disagreement is nothing to be fearful of – it’s an inevitable part of working within a business team. However, it’s essential it is done constructively.

When teams are working together effectively, they use disagreeing and supporting verbal behaviors in equal amounts. Here, disagreeing is defined as “making a clear statement of disagreement with someone else’s statement, idea or approach, or raising objections.”

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