I attended a couple of training programs lately as part of my own professional development. I had vastly different reactions to the instructors who facilitated the different classes.
Instructor # 1 was exceptional – a role model, someone I’d want to get to know better and keep in touch with, and learn from. She was just that good.
Instructor # 2 – drove me up the wall and across the ceiling. The longer the class went on, the more frustrated I became.
As I reflect …
Read MoreWednesday, June 19th, 2013 Category: Audience Interaction, Presentation Tips, Training Tips No Comments
There are 2.5 million children in South Africa who are orphaned, living in child-head households.
Wait, what? Child-head households? I’ve heard of single parent household, child-head households, you mean…
That’s right a child, usually a teen ager, has to assume the head of the household because the parents are gone, typically, they’ve died of aids.
That was the conversation I had with my friend Lisa Calhoun with Ambassador Connections who has accepted a call to work with South African orphans over the next two years. The idea of child-head households shook …
Read MoreThursday, June 13th, 2013 Category: Data and Statistics in Presentations, PowerPoint Slides 7 Comments
Currently, when opening a new slide in PowerPoint 2013, it will open by default to a larger sized slide. Instead of the traditional 4:3 dimensions most people are used to, it opens as 16:9 by default.
There isn’t a way to change any settings or option if you prefer to stick with the 4:3 dimensions, but here’s a work around.
Watch this Video for the Work Around to Set 4:3 as Your Default Slide Dimensions
Written Directions – Work Around to Set 4:3 as Your Default Slide Dimensions
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Category: PowerPoint Slides 3 Comments
