Microsoft Smites the PowerPoint Princess

Have you ever noticed how big business often exhibits little common sense? As if they had nothing better to do, Microsoft has sicced the lawyers on a tiny, one-person part-time consulting business. Even if the law is on the side of the little guy, who can afford to go up against the Giant? After owning and using the domain name www.PowerPointPrincess.com for nearly half a decade, I suddenly was contacted by an attorney from a firm hIred by Microsoft Corporation and told to shut down my site.

Presentations - Equipment And Handouts

How to choose the right equipment for presentations and how to distribute hand-outs.

Talkin' 'Bout Pop Music

This article discusses the application of pop music in Hollywood movies and offers suggestions for enlivening any classroom, training event or meeting with pop music.

Brand Reinforcement in PowerPoint

Reinforcing your corporate brand in PowerPoint requires several key ingredients, including careful use of color, type, imagery and copy.

Presentation Design – Dealing with the Prohibitor General

When we see a slew of equally bad slides from different people in the same organization, we’re fairly certain that the company has a slew of workers in a Presentation Regulations Department working feverishly to hamstring any attempt by an employee to make their slides understandable, much less compelling.

What to Do With Your Hands - Two Tips for Feeling Comfortable at Events

Maybe you are giving an informal presentation, at a networking event or a trade show, and you see these folks - fidgeting with change in their pockets, standing with hands over crotch in the classic fig-leaf position, leaning on a counter, twirling a pen, or tossing a give-away from hand-to-hand. Maybe you do the same thing. What does it say to the folks in your audience or who are walking down the aisle? I'M BORED and uncomfortable and I don’t know what to do with my hands.

Marketing Communications: How Do You Get Your Message Across to Your Customers?

All businesses, large and small, need to plan how they present messages about their products and services to their market. The message needs to be clear, consistently presented and taken up by everyone in your company that contacts the public.

Good Presentation of Your Product or Service Pays Off Every Time

It is essential that you have a good presentation of your product or service if you expect to sell your product or service in the marketplace and that you can afford to produce it and retain a profit. You cannot spend too much on presentation as you are liable to overdrive the headlights

Presentations in Mobile Fleet Washing Sales

We sure hear a lot about business presentations and all the high-tech tools that people use when pitching their ideas, concepts or business propositions.

Presentations to Planning Commissions for Car Washes

If you are planning to present to the planning commission in your community your plans for a carwash there are a few things you should know. There will be complete nut cases who show up with bogus environmental claims and totally bizarre reasons why you should not build your carwash.

Presentation Skills That Persuade and Motivate

Almost everyone feels a bit nervous about delivering a presentation before a group. Follow some basic guidelines for preparation and delivery, and you can transform your nervousness into positive energy that achieves the results you desire.

What Are Most PowerPoint Slides Good For?

Advice on crafting a successful PowerPoint presentation.

Selling Yourself as an IT Consultant

You need to consider yourself as being an IT small business. You can join a recruitment agency that supplies contractors to clients, but you can't expect them to do your selling and promotion for you.

Amateurs and Professionals

Some amateurs act like amateurs. Some professionals act like professionals. Some of each act like the other and it is getting easier to see who is who.