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Interactive Learning Guide Session Two 8.1.17

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Ready to master the presentation software that drives business? These tips will have everyone else in the office jealous of your expertise.

There comes a time in almost every young (or old) office worker's life where the cubicle must give way to the boardroom, or worse, to the dais. That means speaking in public, and more often than not, that speaking is usually accompanied by slides. Such presentations are ingrained in the public consciousness, from watching big-name CEOs spew speeds-and-feeds about new gadgets, to fascinating TED talks on every topic under the sun. Even teachers in the classroom give lessons in a way the old blackboard could never convey.

It's fair to say that the vast majority of those presentations are created using PowerPoint, the presentation tool that's a staple of the Microsoft Office suite. The site SlideNirvana.com estimates that PowerPoint is on at least 1 billion (with a B!) computers worldwide. If even a third of them use the software, that's still the equivalent of the entire population of the United States making slide-based exhibitions.

And most of them suck. Perhaps that's not quantifiable, but so many articles are written on that fact-and so many of us live through them-it's hard to argue the (power)point. Likewise, many, many articles and entire books are written on how to make effective presentations. This is not one of those stories.

This collection of tips is all about the vagaries of the powerful PowerPoint software itself. It's meant for those with a grasp of the basics and beyond who are looking for that extra little goose to get the most out of the program. We hope with these tricks-some of which will, inevitably, have some advice for better presentations and slideshows-help make your next speaking engagement even more persuasive. Note, these tips are specific to PowerPoint 2013, the latest version.

( Images in slides frequently made with slideshows from SlideShare.)

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17 Tricks to Master Microsoft PowerPoint

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Ready to master the presentation software that drives business? These tips will have everyone else in the office jealous of your expertise. There comes a time in almost every young (or old) office worker's life where the cubicle must give way to the boardroom, or worse, to the dais.

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For the first time since 2007, Poll Everywhere's activity creator has been completely redesigned.

All your favorite activities - including word cloud and Q&A - will soon be just a tap away, giving you the right tools for any type of audience feedback.

PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Keynote presenters will also find big improvements to the PollEv Presenter Add-in. Poll Slides now show a preview of your poll in the presentation deck.

Together, these changes and others are kickstarting Poll Everywhere's 2017 mission to make your presentation prep as smooth and efficient as possible.

Read on to discover what you can do with the new Poll Everywhere.

Unforgettable interactions, front and center

Poll Everywhere's new activity creator is inspired by the millions of presenters, event planners, and educators who use live polling to drive audience engagement.

It provides a distraction-free experience that eliminates barriers between idea and result, and creates new ways for presenters to interact with the audience.

Here is a comparison between the old and new creator designs:

Soon, when you visit your My Polls page and select 'Create' you will see seven options.

Each of these options is a different activity. Simply click one to start creating. You can also select 'Survey' to present multiple activities at once. This is helpful when creating exit tickets, quizzes, or tests with multiple questions.

There are also new options to 'Assign activity to a group' and 'Add another activity'. Assigning an activity to a group adds the activity you just created to a group. Groups are how you keep your activities organized within your account.

The 'Add another activity' option saves the activity you were working on and lets you create a new one without leaving the creator. This way, you can quickly create several activities back-to-back, without jumping between menus.

Poll Slide upgrades save hours of prep

New Poll Slide placeholder:

When you embed a poll into PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides, Poll Everywhere automatically creates a visual preview (see above) of that poll in your slide deck.

This way, you know exactly which polls are where without having to start the presentation.

This drastically reduces the time needed to prepare a presentation with dozens of polls, saving hundreds of hours each year for organizations that deploy Poll Everywhere across the company.

You can also copy and share these previews with others, making post-presentation handouts easy to create.

Ten years in, a new Poll Everywhere

Together, these changes mark the beginning of an intrepid new year for anyone using Poll Everywhere to create engaging presentations.

In the ten years since Poll Everywhere's founding, we've learned a lot about who we are as a company, and who you are as creators of interactive presentations. The new PollEv form and function is designed to better reflect that, increasingly so as the year continues.

With that in mind, know that there are plenty more announcements on the way for 2017. But, for now, we want to hear from you.

If you have an interesting, creative use for live polling, let us know in the Poll Everywhere community. While you're there, take a minute to look around - you may just find yourself inspired.

Happy polling!

Ask a question. Engage an audience.
Transform passive listeners into active participants with Poll Everywhere.

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Poll Everywhere is getting a refresh, starting with a new dashboard

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For the first time since 2007, Poll Everywhere's activity creator has been completely redesigned. All your favorite activities - including word cloud and Q&A - will soon be just a tap away, giving you the right tools for any type of audience feedback.

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Welcome to Interactive LearningTracey Sridharan Linda Mosteller Steve Larson Belinda BaloughWe are glad you are joining us for Interactive Learning.That's Me is just around the corner.

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Host interactive online meetings | Poll Everywhere

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Powtoon | Create Awesome Videos Yourself

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Powtoon gives you everything you need to easily make professional videos and presentations that your clients, colleagues, and friends will love! No design or tech skills are necessary - it's free, easy, and awesome!

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A cooperative learning strategy explained.

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Show this educational video to teachers and students to explain the protocol Gallery Walk.

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Meet Pecha Kucha, the Japanese presentations changing everything about PowerPoint

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"Students, please remember to monotonously read every slide word-for-word when you present to the class." Said no teacher ever. As I prepare for my presentation this week at the Florida Educatio...

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The Art of Focused Conversation for Schools

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Group Works | Group Pattern Language Project

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A Pattern Language for Bringing Lifeto Meetings and Other Gatherings

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Here's a quick and easy tool that will make all your presentations easier, more fun, and far more effective. It's loaded with a wealth of ideas for getting your audiences totally involved in processing and retaining the information you give them.

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Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides

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Let us now bullet-point our praise for Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, two Tokyo-based architects who have turned PowerPoint, that fixture of cubicle life, into both art form and competitive sport. Their innovation, dubbed pecha-kucha (Japanese for "chatter"), applies a simple set of rules to presentations: exactly 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each.

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Life After Death by PowerPoint 2012 by Don McMillan