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 | 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 | Sep 28, 2021 | Communications, Marketing, Networking, Social Media, Speaking
LinkedIn recently introduced several new video-oriented features. They have not been widely publicized, but you may find them very interesting. The one I am most interested in trying out is the LinkedIn Cover Story, which gives you the opportunity to introduce your...
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 | 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...
by rrenner | Sep 9, 2020 | Communications, PowerPoint, Presenting, Remote Work, Speaking
You may – or may not – recall the 80s. Remembered for over-the-top hair, fashions including leg warmers and parachute pants, and fads like Garbage Pail Kids and Cabbage Patch Dolls, it was also the birth of PowerPoint. Launched in 1987 (the same year The...
