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By Paul Carroll, Toastmasters International
When your boss is moving on to a new organization or retiring, you may find that you are asked to give a speech at a leaving do. This is an opportunity to celebrate someone’s career and have a bit of fun at their expense. The challenge is getting the balance right, as well as overcoming any nerves you may feel as you prepare to speak in front of your colleagues.
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By Diana Robertson, Toastmasters International
Have you ever found yourself thinking “I will be … when …”? Perhaps you caught yourself having this thought, “I will be confident in myself when I get the promotion I’ve been going for”, or “I will be confident in my abilities when I create something valuable”. The list goes on.
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Shapes are the building blocks of most of the content you create in PowerPoint. Did you know that a text box that you add to your slide is also a shape that has no fill? Shapes are the building blocks of most of the content you create in PowerPoint. Also, you can combine multiple shapes to create fancier shapes.
Learn how to insert shapes in PowerPoint 365 for Mac.
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We first bring you three simple rules for slideshow animations from well-known author, Jerry Weissman. As he says, these rules “bring clarity, if not tranquility, to your audiences.” We then feature Anand Krishnan of SlideKit, who talks about the Google Slides add-on of the same name. This add-on brings up thousands of templates and slides that can be reused and edited within Google Slides.
PowerPoint 365 for Windows users can learn more about inserting shapes. You’ll learn two ways to do so, and we also share some keyboard shortcuts. PowerPoint 365 for Mac can learn about the various types of shapes that you can use in PowerPoint. Yes, shapes are the building blocks of almost anything you do on your PowerPoint slides. We feature author, Jerry Weissman again, and he talks about the 2nd edition of his best-selling book, The Power Presenter, which contains some amazing ideas that will help you present better. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.
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Kacharuk Marukpitak is a father of two, and a quality engineer at a one-stop payment solutions company. He has been passionate about presentation design and has been blogging about PowerPoint tips & tricks, templates, and tools on his website and YouTube channel.
In this conversation, Kacharuk talks about his PowerPoint Memory Game product.
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