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My life changing experience

December 31, 2009

Skills and knowledge can be taught. Attitude comes from within. But it can change.

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4Networking – it works!

December 28, 2009

4Networking – my experience as a new member of the largest joined up breakfast network in the UK.

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Nice set of pins! They really float my boat.

December 19, 2009

Deskpins & Afloat – pin your windows above the rest with these programmes for Mac or PC.

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Think you know PowerPoint? Think again…

December 4, 2009

PowerPoint does much more than titles with bullets.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #10

May 10, 2010

Get your ducks in a row
This really annoys me when I see it!

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #9

April 20, 2010

Leave special effects to the movie makers
Don’t you just love bullet points flying in from the left, humorous sound effects and clip art.
You do?

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #8

March 18, 2010

Use language rules to support understanding
Last time we considered the ‘look and feel’ of slide content, we’ll continue that theme in this article.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #7

March 9, 2010

Be consistent, not just with slide sets but also with their contents.
The themes built into PowerPoint help us to keep slides looking and feeling the same, but it’s really down to us to do the same for the contents.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #6

February 24, 2010

Use plain English. Or at least words that your audience understands.
We’ve established that meaningless words and titles are out.
But what about jargon and cryptic phrases?

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #5

February 16, 2010

Titles – are they short and to the point or do they go on and on forever, not reaching a conclusion and continuing well past the point where the audience has lost interest…

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #4

February 9, 2010

Choose your words. Carefully.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #3

February 5, 2010

Avoid graphic violence.
In this series of articles, we’re spotting the not-so-deliberate mistakes made when producing PowerPoint slideshows.

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