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\"PowerPoint<\/a>
PowerPoint soft skills headshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do you have expert PowerPoint soft skills?\u00a0 Are you an expert presenter?\u00a0 I’ll bet there’s at least one item here you might not know.\u00a0 Fortunate to have spent some time learning from Asia Platt<\/a>, Brittany Holloway<\/a>, and Mauricio Fuentes<\/a> about expert presentations.\u00a0 Let’s go over some tips and tools to improve what you present, for more interaction, clarity, and more.<\/p>\n

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Quick Overview<\/h4>\n

Magnification tools like Magnifier, ZoomIt, and Teams<\/p>\n

Laser pointer in PowerPoint<\/p>\n

Rehearse and record PPT slide deck<\/p>\n

Soft Skills tips and tricks<\/p>\n

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Magnification tools<\/h1>\n

Zoom – Can you see this?<\/h5>\n

Various methods for Zooming (including Teams)<\/p>\n

\"Zoom<\/a>
Zoom – Can you see this?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Do you struggle with demo’s to present screens that customers struggle to view?\u00a0 See some magnifier tool options from windows client\/server, teams, and PowerPoint below.<\/p>\n

Magnifier (on Windows client\/servers)<\/h3>\n

Click on Start > type Magnifier<\/p>\n

\"Windows<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Change zoom level<\/p>\n

Move mouse to focal point<\/p>\n

\"Move<\/a>
Move to focal for zoom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

BE careful and don’t move mouse too much!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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ZoomIt<\/h3>\n

Good utility for demo’s and presentations.\u00a0 Zoom, draw, whiteboard, type pen (in colors), and more<\/p>\n

ZoomIt SysInternals free tool download https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/downloads\/zoomit<\/a><\/p>\n

Shortcuts link<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ZoomIt<\/a>
ZoomIt SysInternals Shortcuts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/h3>\n

Teams built in Zoom<\/h3>\n

My own personal preference is Teams.\u00a0 Demo’s can work in a pinch if only Magnifier is involved in a lab demo.<\/p>\n

Zoom in\/out of Teams shared application\/screen https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/zoom-in-and-out-in-microsoft-teams-dc3cd3d8-efb5-4995-8b31-434b3943ba52<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Use<\/a>
Use Teams features to zoom in and out, and more in meetings, calls, and screen shares.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Laser pointer in PowerPoint<\/h3>\n

Hit the Control Key to turn your mouse into a pointer, allowing your audience to know ‘what’ is being emphasized.<\/p>\n

Click Control, or Control-L for Laser pointer when presenting in PowerPoint.<\/p>\n

\"Click<\/a>
Click Control, or Control-L for Laser pointer when presenting in PowerPoint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Rehearse with coach<\/h3>\n

Record PPT slide deck<\/h6>\n

Asia (Asha) suggested this method to record delivery for analysis.\u00a0 This helps check tone, pace, filler words, and more.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

From PowerPoint, click on Slide Show > Rehearse with coach<\/p>\n

\"PowerPoint<\/a><\/p>\n

PowerPoint Rehearse – record and get analysis from practicing your presentation.Go through presentation, and view analysis<\/p>\n

\"PowerPoint<\/a>
PowerPoint rehearsal analytics showing pace, tone, and more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Second page screenshot of more details<\/p>\n

\"PowerPoint<\/a>
PowerPoint rehearsal analytics bottom half of screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Soft Skills tips and tricks<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. PowerPoints ‘Rehearse with Coach’ is an awesome way to practice and level set delivery.<\/li>\n
  2. Magnification tools – Magnifier, ZoomIt, Teams (built in Zoom)<\/li>\n
  3. Be creative and be yourself in delivery!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"Be<\/a>
    Be creative and be yourself in delivery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    3. Involvement<\/p>\n

    \"Soft<\/a>
    Soft Skill Involvement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    Involvement example<\/h5>\n

    Interaction soft skill – personalization.<\/p>\n

    I utilized this to reinforce (from my introduction), as an audience check in, gauging involvement.\u00a0 This helped me gauge where the audience was attention wise.\u00a0 Required audience thought before answering.<\/p>\n

    \"Interaction<\/a>
    Interaction soft skill – personalization. Where from my introduction, I used this to quiz the class to gauge interest and where the audience was attention wise. Audience had to think about the slide to answer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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    Hope this article provided another tool in the Presentation Soft Skills toolbox!<\/p>\n

    \"Hope<\/a><\/p>\n

    Hope this gave another tool in the Presentation Soft Skills toolbox!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Do you have expert PowerPoint soft skills?\u00a0 Are you an expert presenter?\u00a0 I’ll bet there’s at least one item here you might not know.\u00a0 Fortunate to have spent some time learning from Asia Platt, Brittany Holloway, and Mauricio Fuentes about expert presentations.\u00a0 Let’s go over some tips and tools to improve what you present, for … Continue reading “PowerPoint soft skills”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[828,825,826,829,830,827],"class_list":["post-20078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","category-best-practice","tag-laser-pointer","tag-powerpoint","tag-ppt","tag-recording","tag-rehearse","tag-soft-skills"],"yoast_head":"\nPowerPoint soft skills - Kevin Justin's Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Providing some 'did you know' PowerPoint soft skills for awesome presentations that customers will love, interact, and remember.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/20\/powerpoint-soft-skills\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PowerPoint soft skills - 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