Stand up and be counted.

Last Year I joined a number of the Canadian MVPs for a day of NDA, skill improvement and general interactions.

For most of the sessions, the key word was caNaDA, so the only thing I can say about those sessions is the Microsoft has some interesting announcements coming up in the near future. Of course, some of the skill building sessions were not and I can talk about them.

There were several sessions on how to make presentations, from preparing to presenting. Unfortunately, there were a number of death by PowerPoint comments. PowerPoint is a tool and as such, the power of that tool is in the hands of the presenter. Only a poor workman blames their tools. PowerPoint has a lot of power and can greatly enhance a presentation, but you need to learn it properly and practice with it. It is not a crutch, so do not overload it with information. Keep it simple. The slides have a notes feature for highlighting points about the slide, possibly questions that the slide may invoke.  Audience tend to ask if the slides will be published. So a little extra in the slides would be appreciated.

Enjoy.

John Marshall… Visio MVP       Visio.MVPs.org