Better PowerPoint presentations: The Office Casual Way (video)

Here’s a little balm to sooth your nerves about presenting at your next meeting. I’ve collected some advice from presentation masters Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, and Garr Reynolds to help you create better PowerPoint Slides and give better presentations. Plus we'll look at that ace you have up your sleeve: PowerPoint’s underutilized Presenter’s View tool.

Here’s where you can find more information about what is talked about in the video:

Scene 1: My Office

• Create your first presentation (Office.com training course for PowerPoint 2003, 2007, or 2010)
• 12 tips for creating better presentations (article at Microsoft at Work)

Scene 2: The Co-worker

• Seth Godin’s blog post on Really Bad PowerPoint
• Create and print PowerPoint handouts (article for 2003, 2007, or 2010)

Scene 3: The Conference Room

• What is Presenter's View? (article)
• How to view your notes privately (article)
• Guy Kawasaki's original blog post on the 10-20-30 rule

Scene 4: The Auditorium

• Garr Reynolds blog post on Making an impact with text and images
• Telling a story with your presentation (article)
• Office Casual on Why Pictures make great PowerPoint (video)
• Looking for cool, free templates: try our PPT165 project.
• Fear of public speaking statistics

--Doug Thomas

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