Inserting a movie behind text in PowerPoint
Once in awhile when I get a break from doing PowerPoint presentations for clients, I’ll sit down and do one for myself. Imagine that! No, I’m not a glutton for punishment. It’s just that an idea will pop into my head about a certain effect or animation, and I’ll decide to give it a try. [...]
February 21, 2012 at 7:56 am | Uncategorized | No comment
Bringing PowerPoint Charts to Life with Animation
PowerPoint comes equipped with so many chart and graph options that what was once considered graphic “bells and whistles” is now ubiquitous. Just like you would not expect a good PowerPoint design to have an overused and highly recognizable PowerPoint template, you also would not want to see the same old tired charts, unless [...]
February 16, 2012 at 8:27 am | PowerPoint tips and tricks | No comment
A PowerPoint Before and After for CES
I recently got a call on a Sunday from a company who had what I would call a PowerPoint emergency. They were scheduled on a flight to the annual Computer Electronics Show (CES) the following day armed with a PowerPoint presentation that reflected poorly on them. The main problems were a follows: a bland PowerPoint [...]
February 10, 2012 at 11:29 am | Uncategorized | No comment
PowerPoint support free? You’re kidding, right?
free power point powerpoint support tom peters in search of excellence
June 15, 2011 at 8:20 am | PowerPoint news | No comment
An easy way to improve your charts and graphs
A quick way to improve Power Point charts and graphs
March 28, 2011 at 7:03 am | PowerPoint tips and tricks | No comment
Janet Bornemann interviewed for Inc. Magazine Power Point design article
Janet Bornemann Inc. Magazine
March 22, 2011 at 10:46 am | PowerPoint news | No comment
How PowerPoint saved the day, at a potentially contentious town meeting
Today we have a guest post from Bob Gilstein, a Town Planner in Portsmouth RI. In a recent chat with Bob he had discussed how effective PPT has been in helping him present and explain topics to townspeople, something that many town planners engage in on a regular basis. Bob provided some great insights on [...]
February 24, 2011 at 2:09 pm | PowerPoint tips and tricks | 1 comment
Inc. Magazine article
An interesting thing happened a few weeks ago. I received an email by one of the writers at Inc. Magazine who wanted to interview me for his upcoming article on Creating Effective PowerPoint presentations. You know what it’s like when you’ve been doing something so long that it’s like falling off a watermelon truck. It [...]
February 22, 2011 at 8:47 am | Uncategorized | No comment
The Power of PowerPoint templates (and some limitations)
When using standard templates in your PowerPoint designs, it’s important to realize that they are just tools that are provided to give you power over the repetitive slides in your presentation. Sometimes it is easy to view the templates as fixed and unmalleable but they are best viewed simply as another tool to be [...]
February 4, 2011 at 8:07 am | PowerPoint tips and tricks | No comment
PowerPoint Presentation Non-Profit Group
I was recently asked to develop a PowerPoint presentation for a
non-profit group that works with school districts across the U.S. in the area of managing budgets, allocating funds and providing quality education for their students. The purpose of the Power Point design I developed was to attract new school districts and persuade them to work [...]
January 16, 2011 at 7:55 pm | PowerPoint tips and tricks | No comment
