PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

PowerPoint and Presenting News: September 6, 2022

We begin with 4 ideas that will help you find the right story for your next presentation. This feature is authored by Vaibhav Vadera of Toastmasters. We also explore how you can create shared folders on a Synology NAS. We use these NAS to back up and store so much of our content.

We feature Cindy Tingley of the Presentation Guild and Ric Bretschneider, PowerPoint MVP on their participation in the upcoming Presentation Summit in San Diego next month. These interview series are not limited to just the conference and you will often get amazing ideas shared by experts that will help you each day. We also bring you quotes, press releases, and templates from the last few days.

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

Filed Under: Ezine
Tagged as: Ezine, Indezine, News, PowerPoint

Presentation Summit 2022: Conversation with Glenn Gibson

      Glenn Gibson is the author of the presentation skills book, Before the Mic. Glenn is an award-winning public speaker with a passion for technology and has collected several IT certifications over his 17-year tenure at a leading software company, including VMware Certified Professional, Citrix Certified Administrator, and Microsoft Certified Professional. As a native of Scotland, his passions include playing in bands, expanding his vinyl collection, and all things Scottish; kilts, bagpipes, whisky, (real) football, meat pies, and everything deep fried.

In this conversation, Glenn talks about his participation at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2022, being held on location in San Diego, CA, and virtually this year from October 9 to 12, 2022.

Read the rest of this entry »

Filed Under: Events
Tagged as: Events, Glenn Gibson, Interviews, Presentation Summit

4 Ideas to Help You Find The Right Story For Your Next Presentation

By Vaibhav Vadera, Toastmasters International

Take a moment to imagine the scene. A group of high school students is listening to a motivational speaker. He tells a dramatic story of determination and overcoming the odds. So why were the students looking perplexed and whispering questions to their neighbors? The story was about the speaker’s close friend, someone who always walked his own path and became a guitarist for a famous band. Unfortunately, the young people in the audience didn’t recognize the name of the band. They were totally unaware of the punk rockers of the 1980s.

Although the speaker was highly experienced and skilled, on this occasion his stories weren’t tailored for the audience in front of him.

A search on Google immediately provides huge numbers of pages on why humans love stories and scientific evidence that shows your audience is more likely to retain factual information if it is presented with a story. A great story can tap into your emotions. It can be so enthralling that you want to tell your friends the same story…repeatedly. Stories can be riveting. You don’t need me to tell you that. However, when you are preparing a presentation, it is crucial to pick a story that will resonate with that audience. If you don’t, the most likely outcome is that they will disengage.

Image: Yay Images

Read the rest of this entry »

Filed Under: Guest Posts
Tagged as: Guest Post, Presentation Skills, Toastmasters

Presentation Summit 2022: Conversation with Ric Bretschneider

    Ric Bretschneider spent 17 years working on the Microsoft PowerPoint team, building features you both love and fear. Along with his passion for software design, he has spent many years teaching users’ good presentation practices and fighting “Death by PowerPoint” through hard and soft skill building. He created the Microsoft PowerPoint Team blog, writing more entries there than any other individual blogger, and still writes on the subject today. A featured speaker at every Presentation Summit, Ric notoriously and accidentally created its popular “Late Night Guru Session,” where patrons learn PowerPoint secrets and talk presenting into the wee hours of the night.

In this conversation, Ric talks about his participation at the upcoming Presentation Summit 2022, being held on location in San Diego, CA, and virtually this year from October 9 to 12, 2022.

Read the rest of this entry »

Filed Under: Events
Tagged as: Events, Interviews, Presentation Summit, Ric Bretschneider

Presentation Summit 2022: Conversation with Cindy Tingley

      Cindy Tingley juggles many roles, but they are all tied to her main passion, which is creating and delivering engaging and impactful content for learners, and teaching others to do the same. She is the Events Director at the Presentation Guild, and a vocal proponent of utilizing presentation design to deliver maximum impact and retention for the audience and eliminate the dreaded “Death by PowerPoint.”

As owner and “Chief Presentation Evangelist” at her consulting and training company Tingley Presentations, she specializes in showing others how easy it can be for anyone to become a great presentation designer by simply applying basic design principles.

In this conversation, Cindy talks about the Presentation Guild‘s sponsorship of the upcoming Presentation Summit 2022, being held on location in San Diego, CA, and virtually this year from October 9 to 12, 2022.

Read the rest of this entry »

Filed Under: Events
Tagged as: Cindy Tingley, Events, Interviews, Presentation Summit