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Want to Be Taken Seriously?

Written by: Ray On May 29, 2009

  In the movie Taken, Liam Neeson plays Bryan Mills, a man whose daughter has been kidnapped. When he gets a phone call from the kidnapper he delivers this message very convincingly. “I don’t ...Read More»

How to Beat the Heat this Summer

Written by: Holly On May 23, 2009

Memorial Day, the unofficial start to Summer, is just days away and already the weather is hot. It can be a bit daunting, (and uncomfortable!) to wear business dress through the hot, hot days of Late Spring, Summer, and Early Fall. Jackets alone can make a business professional dress day almost o...Read More»

Tech Tip: Blank Screen

Written by: Cheree On May 22, 2009

Have you ever been in the midst of presenting material and noticed that your audience was paying more attention to the points on your slide than they were actually listening to you? Or have you had a question posed from the audience that strayed slightly from the slide you were discussing?...Read More»

Tips to Make the Sound Guy Love You, Part 2

Written by: Holly On May 20, 2009

Today I will continue the post I started Monday on a great post by Steve LaRose over at Life in the Corporate Theater (ht...Read More»

Free Images

Written by: Cheree On May 20, 2009

Did you know that Wikipedia has a Picture of the Day feature? You can subscribe to this daily feed with an RSS feed reader or you can have the daily image emailed to you. This site offers new images daily under a C...Read More»

Rags, Widows and Orphans

Written by: Cheree On May 19, 2009

You may be wondering what this odd combination of words has to do with design. These three words are actually an integral part of understanding good typography. And good typography should be considered when formatting your presentation. Rags In typography speak, a r...Read More»

Tips to Make the Sound Guy Love You

Written by: Holly On May 18, 2009

In trying to come up with some great ideas for you, my lovely audience, I came across a blog by Steve LaRose called, Life in the Corporate Theater. He is an Audio/Video/Photographer guy and had so...Read More»

Appropriate Use of Justification

Written by: Cheree On May 18, 2009

If you have ever been tempted to center all of your bullet points, please fight that urge. Centering text should be reserved for titles. This rule can be bent if you have short (individual) points on each slide, but you should take care in your type placement. There are too many times that...Read More»