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Creating and using a strong call-to-action slide

May 5, 2022 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

At the end of a presentation, what do you want your audience to do? You should know! I often see presenters make similar mistakes at the end of their presentation: They don’t have a call-to-action slide at the end They have a call-to-action slide but follow it up with a “Questions?” slide, so that the […]

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Filed Under: Content, Delivery Tagged With: call to action, how to end a presentation, last slide, should I use a questions slide

Choosing a platform for your online course

May 15, 2021 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

When you’re ready to get your knowledge out to the world with an online course, you have many decisions to make! An important one is which platform you’ll use. The platform houses your course content. The platform is sometimes called a Learning Management System (LMS), but in truth, you may not even need an LMS. […]

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Filed Under: Content, Education, Review, Training Tagged With: Choosing a course platform, choosing an LMS, learning, learning management systems, online courses

Why you need a story for your presentations

March 3, 2021 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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How do you persuade people to implement your training, buy from you, or approve your proposal? Yes, you need a good “offer,” whether that offer is to help trainees perform better, improve client’s results, or get more done with less money. But a good offer isn’t enough. Lots of research has shown that emotion is […]

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Filed Under: Content Tagged With: case studies, signature story, story, storytelling

Collaborate with others in real time using PowerPoint on the Web

April 30, 2020 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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Did you know that you can collaborate with others on a PowerPoint file in real-time using PowerPoint on the Web? (That’s the same thing as PowerPoint Online.) You can do the same in Microsoft Word and Excel, but I’ll focus on PowerPoint, of course. Moreover, because you do this with PowerPoint on the Web, your […]

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Filed Under: Content, User Interface Tagged With: co-authoring, collaboration, editing in real time, PowerPoint on the Web, PowerPoint Online, working together

Think BIG to create high-impact presentations

November 3, 2019 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

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You want your presentations to have an impact on your audience — change them, move them to action, inspire them. One way to do this is to think BIG, both in terms of your concepts and your visuals. Big ideas help to inspire people. Plus, the brain learns more easily when new knowledge is connected […]

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Filed Under: Content, Design principles, Images, Slide layout Tagged With: big concepts, big ideas, big images, high-impact slides, inspire, think big

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