On The Job

DECEMBER 12, 2014

When you have a critical deadline approaching on a big project, as a manager you are hyper-focused on doing everything you can to ensure your team meets it. The photographs, bullet-point presentations and other messages you convey to your team via PowerPoint? Then it happens. Your worst nightmare. Craft a better narrative.

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On The Job

AUGUST 19, 2019

Have you ever walked up to a cash register to pay for your Yoo-Hoo and there are two clerks bad-mouthing a manager or another worker? Are you mad because Bryan messed up the PowerPoint? It doesn't seem to matter where -- banks, convenience stores, doctor's offices -- there always seems to be some grumbling about someone else.

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On The Job

JUNE 12, 2012

One strategy Poggi suggests: A PowerPoint presentation that "makes sure your message is heard," he says. "If Poggi says each subject on the PowerPoint should be short and sweet, each topic no more than a page long. The great thing about this is that you're basically doing the manager's work," he says.

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On The Job

JULY 17, 2012

I had spoken with three of the fellow panelists via phone several weeks beforehand, but never managed to connect with the last participant. The PowerPoint is out of whack with the information being given, and one team member appears to be confused when it's his turn to speak. We have become very dependent on PowerPoint," he says.

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PowerPoint Phones Learning Management 100

On The Job

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

They make just the right hand gestures at just the right time, use just the right tone of voice, provide a super PowerPoint presentation and conclude with a riveting message that has the audience leaping to its feet and applauding. Price says that those who get nervous should look for strategies that better help them manage their fears.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Look, an executive sitting in a meeting listening to a PowerPoint slide already knows what the person is going to say, but everyone in the room is looking at the executive face, and this executive has to look like he or she cares. That’s just part of your job. I think it’s a healthy attitude to have.

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On The Job

JULY 28, 2008

I always considered an investment in a career to be attending a training session on PowerPoint presentations or taking a class at the university. But I can't help but wonder if a few lines on the face, a bit of gray in the hair, and perhaps wisdom and experience conveyed in the action of a worker wouldn't be of value to a younger manager.

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