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
Clip art for Power Point presentations
As a PowerPoint designer I usually, but not always, receive a roughed out preliminary Power Point presentation from clients and I am tasked with turning this into a brilliant spot-on communication tool. Whew! That sounds a bit high and mighty but in actuality that is exactly what my clients expect so it probably is not [...]
January 8, 2011 at 3:40 pm | PowerPoint news | No comment
Getting by with a little help from my friend
Let’s face it, being creative isn’t always easy, and neither is keeping up with the ever-changing software used in the creation of logos, ads, brochures, annual reports, websites, or even PowerPoint presentations. So whenever I need a little extra help, I call on my friend Lynda Weinman. She has her own website which you may [...]
January 4, 2011 at 1:26 pm | PowerPoint tips and tricks | No comment
How to run 2 animations at the same time in PowerPoint presentations
A client called to ask for some technical help last week and I wanted to write down the question because it was an interesting one.
This company needs to run 2 movies (actually one is an animation) simultaneously.
This firm produces a specialized biochemical assay machine and they need to show a video of the machine operating [...]
December 19, 2010 at 8:59 am | PowerPoint tips and tricks | No comment
Running Microsoft office suite on the iPad
I’ve gotten several emails and at least one phone call with the same question: When will I be able to work on PowerPoint and Word on my iPad?
Many users have learned how to runtheir Power Point presentations on the iPad but of course, you can’t create a Power Point design from scratch on your iPad [...]
December 9, 2010 at 12:01 pm | Power Point iPad tips | No comment
Invest in a Great Power Point Investor Presentation
Do you know when someone talks to you for awhile and just to make sure you’re on board they say “Do you see what I’m saying?” I believe the main job of a PowerPoint presentation is to help you visualize what’s being said.
This is part of a presentation I received from a Fitness Company who [...]
November 29, 2010 at 5:44 am | PowerPoint tips and tricks | No comment
