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7 Tips for a Better PowerPoint Presentation

On The Job

Like most people, I've attended some great PowerPoint presentations, and some truly horrible ones. And while I never did get my new kitchen, I did learn what makes a bad PowerPoint presentation. Anyone ever held hostage by a lousy PowerPoint presentation probably has more than a few opinions about why it was so bad.

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The Power of Visualization: How to Visualize Wins According to Sports Psychologists

Success

For example, before giving a presentation at a meeting, “You want to get a sense of yourself, including processing your greatest fear: What is your greatest fear in the presentation? If you don’t have your notes, your phone, your PowerPoint, how will you continue to move forward?”

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4 Ways to Better Communicate Complex Information

On The Job

Can you provide an everyday example of what you're telling them? PowerPoints are not supposed to just be a copy of your presentation. How will it impact them or the company? Focus on your audience. What do they need to hear? What do they need to learn? Use visuals.

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How to Use Microsoft Office and Google Workspace Apps to Document Your Procedures

All Things Admin

Before we dive into the specifics, let’s talk about why Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote) and Google Workspace (Docs and Slides) are ideal choices for procedures documentation: Accessibility : These suites are the office standards in the business world, making them accessible to most professionals.

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Creating a PowerPoint Presentation Fast by Organizing All of Your Presentation Slides - Even if you have 1000s

Stephanie LH Calahan

.   1 - How to Organize When You Have Slews of PowerPoint Slides.   Embed YouTube Videos in Your PowerPoint to Save Disk Space. If you would like to see a quick tutorial, check out this great short video I found on how to embed your videos into your PowerPoint.   Use the PowerPoint Slide Master.

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In Sales, Stop Saying ‘We’

Success

Are you committing these classic examples of “we-we” thinking? You have a PowerPoint presentation that brags, rather than proves. You have to know their marketing, not just your product. You have to know their productivity, not just your product. You have to know their profit, not just your product. We have to educate the customer.

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How to Deftly Handle Conflict With Your Boss

Success

Also, ask for specific actions and examples of how you can improve your performance or what you should stop doing that’s negatively impacting it,” Scott adds. A woman who worked for Kerrigan compiled a PowerPoint presentation on everything she had done over the past year to demonstrate that she was ready for a promotion.