Recent Articles from Dawn Buzbee
Presentation must-haves
One of the keys to a successful presentation is to be prepared. This includes not only improving your expertise with your content and presentation skills but also anticipating what can and will go wrong. Whether you tote a briefcase, backpack, laptop bag or other carry-on luggage, packing a well-s...
Top 13 tips for more successful presentations
It happened again last week. Shortly after the presentation began, a pop-up screen appeared in front of the slide show as the presenter was speaking. Not only was the audience distracted, but so was the speaker who needed to step off of the stage to close the offending window on their laptop. What...
Ten essential Google tips and tricks
Even with Microsoft’s Bing search engine grabbing some market share, Google is still the huge leader for web searches. Although you may use Google every day, you might be missing out on some of the tricks to strengthen your search muscles. 1. Install the Google Toolbar Stop typing www.google.com or searching for the bookmark every […]
The taming of the inbox monster
Microsoft research indicates the average Outlook user reads 1,800 emails and deletes an average of 1,500 emails per month. Other sources cite that many corporate email users handle more than 200 messages a day. How do you manage this volume of messages without coming down with email OCD, that is, the temptation to constantly check […]
Seven steps to more powerful PowerPoints
In the early days of PowerPoint presentations, audiences were tortured by typewriter text, pointless, clunky animated clip art and obnoxious sound effects. Gratefully, much of this noise is gone or has been upgraded by higher quality, more entertaining audio and video. Even with the evolution of some presentations, we are still subjected, however, to one […]