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Rethinking Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

Tech Soup

During our webinar on May 24, Creating Better Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint , we covered key points on effective presentations in PowerPoint. One additional feature in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 that we did not cover much in our webinar is animation. What does "economy of language" mean?

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#NailYourPitch: Make an Amazing First Impression

Greater Giving

The worst thing you can do is deliver a pitch that sounds rehearsed. This isn’t a powerpoint presentation—it’s a dialogue between you and the prospect. Record yourself talking and play it back to get a deeper understanding of how you sound in your head versus how you sound to everyone else.

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RESULTS: An Acronym For Nonprofit Success

Bloomerang

An acronym is a much beloved tool of English teachers and PowerPoint presenters all over the world. Few would set off blindly and chart as they go, but we refer to the hard work done by others to map the world before us and then we create our strategies from that sound foundation. R ead up on the latest research.

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7 Tips on Asking for Donations — It’s Intimidating, We Get It [Updated]

NonProfit Hub

Don’t worry, this is easier than it sounds if you follow the next six tips… 2. No presenter who just reads bullet points off a PowerPoint instead does it because they want their audience to eagerly contemplate running from the room. In other words, understand your donor base so well it’s like you’ve read their minds.

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3 Strategies for Effective Nonprofit E-Learning

The Nerdy NonProfit

Characters that look and sound like the people the learner will encounter. These documents were complicated, and the information was previously shared through a long PowerPoint presentation. Language and conversations that reflect the learner’s experience. What will patients in the designated country be wearing or otherwise look like?

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8 Reasons Why Bad Trainings Happen to Good Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The following are eight eye-opening tips; see if they sound familiar. Death by PowerPoint: C’mon you know the look: Save your monologues for the stage. It was originally part of Beth Kanter’s presentation called Designing and Delivering Nonprofit Trainings: Tips That Work that she delivered earlier this year. Ask questions.

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TechSoup's DigiToolbox for Digital Story-Making: Zeega

Tech Soup

Combining the slideshow functionality of PowerPoint with the capability to create unique and interactive content curated from all corners of the web, Zeega allows you pull videos from YouTube, photos from Flickr, sound clips, and music from the cloud to create meaningful and engaging digital stories.

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