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Magix Music Maker Premium: Conversation with Nova Fisher

  Nova Fisher is the Communications Manager for Magix. She has previously founded and managed some successful early-to-market businesses including an internet service provider (ISP) which was founded in 1994, and the creation of one of the earliest online web authoring solutions in 1996, that enabled anyone to create a professional website without the need for any design or technical skills.

In this interview, Nova talks about Magix Music Maker.

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Tagged as: Interviews, Magix, Music, Nova Fisher, PowerPoint

Open and Close Tabs of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

When you click the File menu and access Backstage view in PowerPoint 2013, several options appear. On this page, we explore two of those options: Open and Close.

Learn about file opening and closing options within Backstage view in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Backstage, Interface, Microsoft Windows, Office 2013, PowerPoint 2013, Tutorials

PowerPoint and Presenting News: September 6, 2016

Do you want to know why you are not getting new features in PowerPoint? If you are using a Mac, we show you how you must first learn to identify your license type and version. Noted speakers at the upcoming Presentation Summit in Las Vegas talk about their sessions — we feature Ryan Orcutt and Troy Chollar this week. Make sure you read what they say, even if you won’t attend the conference!

In the Tutorials section, we explore how you can edit Theme Fonts in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows. PowerPoint 2016 for Windows users can learn about annotating the Pen and Highlighter tools in Slide Show view, and also how you can edit those annotations with Ink Tools. We also explore File Formats that PowerPoint 2016 can save too, and also other file formats that PowerPoint can open. Finally, do not miss the new press releases and templates of this week.

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Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Your Presentation is a Joke: Conversation with Marshall Chiles

Marshall Chiles loves comedy, education, and business… but not always in that order. He is a professional international comedian who has owned comedy clubs and festivals around the country. He combines his 20+ years of entrepreneurial success and 14 years of standup comedy experience to inspire and help businesses apply more comedy & humor to their culture and communications. Currently, Marshall is living in Atlanta and is available for talks, workshops, interviews, and parole hearings.

In this interview, Marshall talks about his book, Your Presentation is a Joke.

Geetesh: Is humor serious business, or is it not?

Marshall: Yes, being funny is serious business… there is a saying… if I had more time, I would have written less. To be able to create funny, you need to have brevity. This means you have to put time into your work in order to be good at being funny. But there is some low hanging fruit that makes it easier to add funny to business and sales presentations.

Geetesh: Marshall, can you tell us about using humor in presentations?

Marshall: The audience does not remember what you say, they remember how you made them feel. When you make someone smile or laugh, you make them feel good. So they are naturally attracted to the person who made them feel good. One of the tricks is to not use too much “funny” in your presentations because you are not there to be a comedian, you are there to persuade people to take action or change their beliefs. In 1977, Dr. Jim Lyttle published a multi-year, multi-university study about why humor works. He concluded, “Humor increases persuasion’s effectiveness.” So using humor in your presentations increases your persuasion over that audience.

Geetesh: Please tell us more about your book, Your Presentation is a Joke—what inspired you to write this book?

Marshall: The information started out as what I taught newbie comedians in my comedy class I taught for 10 years. When I started working with executives helping them put humor in their presentations, I adjusted the content for business presenters. And then from there, I wrote a book to show that I am an expert at what I do. Then come to find out, my book is the only book on humor in presentations that actually has a methodology teaching step-by-step on how to add the funny. I launched the book a couple of months ago and already have over 50 5-star Amazon reviews… and four of those people, I don’t even know. From the feedback in the marketplace, I have edited the content again for sales people can call it “Your Sales Presentation is a Joke: Using Humor to Maximize Your Sales.”

Geetesh: What is the biggest takeway for readers of your book?

Marshall: “Humor increases persuasion’s effectiveness”… and you can start doing it now if you apply what is in my book.

Used with permission from Marshall Chiles

The views and opinions expressed in this blog post or content are those of the authors or the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company.

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Tagged as: Books, Humor, Interviews, Marshall Chiles, Presentation Skills

Save and Save As Tabs of Backstage View in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

When you click the File menu and access Backstage view in PowerPoint 2013, you see several options. In this tutorial, we explore two of these options: Save and Save As. The Save option works differently depending upon whether you are working with a new presentation or a presentation that has already been saved earlier.

Explore saving options in Backstage view of PowerPoint 2013 for Windows.

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Tagged as: Backstage, Microsoft Windows, Office 2013, PowerPoint 2013, Save, Tutorials