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PowerPoint and Presenting News
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New Features in SlideSource: Conversation with Robert Befus
Bob Befus is a serial entrepreneur who has focused on the presentation needs of medical and pharmaceutical
organizations for most of his career. He is a regulatory presentation expert and continues to work with leading pharmaceutical and
biotech companies on critical presentation projects. In 1996, Bob developed an interactive digital display software that enabled
presenters to organize thousands of data slides and be able to locate and present them instantly during live Q&A. Since 1996,
Bob has continued to develop and refine several presentation support technologies including SlideSource for SharePoint in 2010
and SlideSource.com in 2015. In this interview, Bob discusses the new features in SlideSource.
Read the conversation here.
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Jigsaw Shapes for PowerPoint (Full Slide Jigsaws)
This entire kit contains 5 different styles of jigsaw pieces: typical jigsaws, arrows, hearts, ovals, and rounded squares. Each
jigsaw shape is available in three counts: small, medium, and large. We made these available in two slide sizes for both standard
(4:3) and widescreen (16:9) resolutions.
You can get this kit for only $9.99.
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How to Find Your Market in PowerPoint
Having trouble finding a market for your PowerPoint work? Perhaps you’re struggling to find students for your training service,
or clients for your design work. Tom Howell says you shouldn't’t throw in the towel just yet!
Read more here.
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10 Pitch Deck PowerPoint Template Trends in 2019
PowerPoint is undoubtedly a unique way to keep your audience interested all through your presentation. As a presenter, your priority
is to keep your audience captivated by the outstanding design of your PowerPoint slide. From the coloring effect to orderly
structuring your content, and using appropriate visual data, including charts/graphs, PowerPoint has you covered.
Read more here.
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Tips for Using Storytelling in Presentations
As a small child, I sat still, wide-eyed, following every movement my granddad made, entranced by every change of intonation as
he regaled my younger brother and me with a story about the most magnificent adventure. My granddaddy had been in the depths of
the jungle, machete in hand, hacking back leaves to stop them whacking into his face as he trudged, dripping with sweat, through
the dark, abundant foliage. He stopped. Frozen. He’d heard a noise. A splash. There must be water nearby.
Read more in this post by Rebecca Pepper of Toastmasters.
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Tips for Building Reports in PowerPoint
You may have been enchanted by the beauty of PowerPoint as a presentation tool… But, do you know that you can use PowerPoint to
create awesome business reports? Business reports that are attractive and takes less time to create than a spreadsheet report.
Most organizations assume that since business reports are a critical and integral part of their growth, it should be factual,
straight-faced and forward.
Read more in this post by Kurt Dupont.
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Presentation Summit 2019: Conversation with Cliff Atkinson
Cliff Atkinson is an acclaimed writer, popular keynote speaker, and an independent communications consultant
to leading attorneys and Fortune 500 companies. He crafted the presentation that persuaded a jury to award a $253 million verdict
to the plaintiff in the nation’s first Vioxx trial in 2005, which Fortune magazine called “frighteningly powerful.” In this
conversation, Cliff talks about the Presentation Summit, being held in San Antonio, TX this year from October
6 to 9, 2019.
Read the conversation here.
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Presentation Summit 2019: Conversation with Stephy Hogan
Stephy Hogan used to be a total design snob until she was thrust into the world of presentation design. Ever since
she has been passionately evangelizing the field in an attempt to elevate the industry as high as its other design counterparts.
She is also a web developer and believes that user experience isn’t limited to the internet and its principles apply just as
strongly to presentations. She has been a designer in marketing and communications for a variety of places from small non-profits
to Fortune 500 companies since 2002. In this conversation, Stephy talks about the Presentation Summit, being held
in San Antonio, TX this year from October 6 to 9, 2019.
Read the conversation here.
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Learn PowerPoint 2019 for Windows
Interface
Here's a quick walkthrough of the PowerPoint 2019 for Windows interface. The PowerPoint 2019 interface is quite similar to the
one in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows. PowerPoint 2019 for Windows opens with Backstage view. This view provides several ways to
create your next presentation using a template or Theme. You can even open an existing file. Once you make choices in this view,
you see the actual PowerPoint interface.
Presentation Gallery
When launched, PowerPoint 2019 for Windows typically opens with Backstage view. Click the New button to bring up the
Presentation Gallery. This Presentation Gallery provides several ways to start your new presentation using a template,
a Theme, or even a blank presentation.
Ribbon and Tabs
The Ribbon is the long strip comprising tabs with buttons across the top of the main window within the PowerPoint interface.
The Ribbon contains almost all the commands you need to work with your slides, and is designed in a way that helps you quickly
find the commands that you need to complete a task.
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Learn PowerPoint 365 for Mac
Status Bar
The Status Bar is a thin strip located at the bottom of the PowerPoint 365 for Mac interface. This area provides information
about the active slide, and also provides several View options. To work with options in the Status Bar, you must have a
presentation open in PowerPoint 365 for Mac, otherwise, the options within the Status Bar will be grayed out.
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