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Free pattern backgrounds that you can create yourself in PowerPoint. Use geometric pattern background and abstract pattern backgrounds for amazing designs! Via Baiba Svenca
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Jazz up your presentations with backgrounds and patterns. 
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According to one recent survey, the top two reasons why people loathe PowerPoint presentations so march are that "the speaker reads the slides" and uses "full sentences for text." By now everyone should know not to read whole blocks of text to audiences verbatim. But it’s not enough to just convert them to bullet points, then present slide after slide of those, either.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Here's how to give your PowerPoint presentation new life.
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/9T3XX7KWbLU Microsoft today announced Zoom, a new feature in PowerPoint which lets you easily create interactive, non-linear
Via Baiba Svenca
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Worth exploring this new animation feature in PowerPoint.
Louise Robinson-Lay's curator insight,
July 30, 2016 4:37 AM
Zoom allows you to create a less linear story with more flexibility. It is a useful addition for presenters and gives you to freedom to adapt presentations for different purposes.
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Why do some presentations and speeches rock, while some others suck? We set out to find the answer
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Best tip I thought was: "say something no one else has." That is hard and it's a big idea for presentations.
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Professional PowerPoint templates are a great way to look your best and impress your audience the next time you give a presentation. Here's an excellent set of 16 PowerPoint templates to impress in your next marketing presentation.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Very tasty designs in these 16 new PowerPoint templates. Worth reviewing.
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Most 16-year-olds are focused on sports or cars or maybe even the SATs. For Tyler Millis and Arjit Kansal, two teens from Fort Meyers, Florida and New Delhi, India, respectively, their passion is PowerPoint. Yep, you read that right: PowerPoint. The two 16-year-olds beat out 400,000 candidates from 130 countries to be named Microsoft Office Specialist World Champions— Millis in PowerPoint 2007, and Kansal in PowerPoint 2010. The 13th annual competition, sponsored by Certiport, holds a series of tests and interviews for students to show off their knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Only 123 students made it to the final round, with Millis and Kansal taking home the PowerPoint titles and $5,000 scholarships....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Several good tips, but mostly a good story about determination and content.
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Learn how to create professional PowerPoint Templates using Slide Master in PowerPoint. Use these PPT templates for business presentations or personal use. Via Baiba Svenca
Jeff Domansky's insight:
DIY PPT -- AWSM.
Baiba Svenca's curator insight,
April 14, 2017 10:58 AM
If you are a creative person and have enough free time, you should make your own templates, and this article tells you how.
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AA voice narration in a PowerPoint 2016 presentation is sophisticated indeed. A self-playing, kiosk-style presentation can be accompanied by a human voice such that the narrator gives the presentation without actually being there.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Here's a very useful tip for recording voice narrations that will help your PowerPoint presentations come alive.
Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
November 18, 2016 1:09 AM
Here's a very useful tip for recording voice narrations that will help your PowerPoint presentations come alive.
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Bullet Points is just pure laziness. Lists are not meant for a slide. 2 minutes are all you need to transform a list to a creative slide! Via Baiba Svenca
Jeff Domansky's insight:
More presentation tips - getting rid of bullet points...
Imparafacile's curator insight,
July 21, 2016 3:41 AM
Utile per migliorare la grafica delle presentazioni, ma anche di ogni contenuto visuale
Tiffany Crosby's curator insight,
July 23, 2016 12:45 PM
Caution: Templates aren't free but the creative ideas it may spark in you are. So take from it what you will.
Alex's curator insight,
August 1, 2016 10:49 PM
No one wants to read your boring bullet points. Love this 2 minute challenge!
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You don’t need to be a good designer, public speaker, or writer to design a powerful PowerPoint presentation. Here are a few helpful tips! Via Baiba Svenca
Jeff Domansky's insight:
Very useful design tips for better PowerPoint presentations.
Jayne Courts's curator insight,
January 19, 2016 4:37 AM
This is quite appropriate for me because I am at present writing some training courses using PowerPoint. Take a look at http://humaninterfacepublications.co.uk to see what is coming in 2016!! 
Jamie Fulcher's curator insight,
January 21, 2016 5:10 PM
Great tips on planning and engaging your audience. 
Wendy Zaruba's curator insight,
February 2, 2016 10:23 AM
Great tips for creating that Presentation in 5 easy steps.
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Those who are experienced with some of these functions may find them a bit mundane, but I still remember how cool it was to find and use them for the first time. While many may be aware of some of these techniques, I think most readers will find something fun and new here.
Jeff Domansky's insight:
10 cool tips to make your PowerPoint presentations more powerful.
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..While Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Google+ dominate the social landscape, Slideshare is a platform that I believe has a lot of benefits and is being underutilized by many companies. Here are eight reasons why your company should be using Slideshare as a part of your social media marketing....
Jeff Domansky's insight:
SlideShare is a valuable B2B platform if you know how to put together powerful presentations. Otherwise, PowerPoint does not equal more influence. The reach and potential numbers are positive. Just make sure you create effective presentations.
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Enhance your slides with attractive backgrounds. Some good examples here.