by rrenner | Jul 1, 2022 | Communications, Editing, PowerPoint, Presenting, Speaking
What’s the classic Death by PowerPoint move? Bullet points, especially lots of’em. But what can you do instead? Craig Haddon, of the Remote Possibilities presenting blog, just shared an excellent post of a short but powerful YouTube video...
by rrenner | Feb 2, 2022 | Communications, Graphic Design, Newsletter/Blog, PowerPoint
Welcome back! I hope your year is starting out well! Here at Creative Minds, we’ve very busy been working on updates to our website; primarily on our Presenting & Design Tips page, to help you discover previous posts you may have missed. Visit our updated...
by rrenner | Sep 28, 2021 | PowerPoint, Presenting, Speaking
One of PowerPoint’s seldom-used features can save you time and effort if you need to present the same basic information to different audiences. Instead of creating multiple presentations, use Custom shows to create a subset of the slides in a presentation file,...
by rrenner | Apr 14, 2021 | Communications, PowerPoint, Presenting, Speaking
Whether your presentations are to sell, inform, persuade, or inspire, you must understand how to organize your presentation with your audience in mind. Many presenters focus on their content and not enough on what their audience needs or wants to hear. Here are three...
by rrenner | Feb 9, 2021 | PowerPoint, Presenting
How many times have you tried to move, change, delete or animate something on your PowerPoint slide, only to end up frustrated because you could not easily get to it due to the various layers, etc. on your slide? Let’s fix that issue now. The least-known and...
by rrenner | Feb 9, 2021 | Communications, PowerPoint, Presenting, Remote Work, Speaking
First, think about what other participants in your online meetings see. By now, you’ve seen too many online presenters – even those who should be professionals, such as news reporters – who are literally talking down to their audience, as if speaking...
