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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #8

by Chris Harding on 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

by Chris Harding on 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

by Chris Harding on 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

by Chris Harding on 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

by Chris Harding on February 9, 2010

Choose your words. Carefully.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #3

by Chris Harding on 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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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #2

by Chris Harding on January 30, 2010

Don’t shoot yourself in the foot with bullets.
In this series, we’re identifying common mistakes made with PowerPoint.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #1

by Chris Harding on January 25, 2010

Get it right next time with these guidelines.
PowerPoint is easy to use if you want to put together a quick presentation.
It’s also easy to spoil your work by not considering your audience.

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Feedback is a Gift

by Chris Harding on February 18, 2010

Feedback from a Preferred Partner, Simon Bunker of Samba Consulting.

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Brightpearl – a new user’s experience.

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What do you charge your clients?

by Chris Harding on October 19, 2009

A tale of charging the right price for the job.

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Starting a new business – my experience so far…

by Chris Harding on October 2, 2009

If you’re thinking of starting a new business or diversifying your current one, you may find something useful in this story of the 1st 6 months of starting mine.

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