Learn the basics of creating presentations that will cause people to sit up and pay attention.

Don’t settle for lackluster presentations. Create ones that are easy to understand, visually stimulating, and engage your audience using the features in PowerPoint 2016.
Microsoft PowerPoint is the most common tool used for presentations in the workplace, so using it effectively is a crucial skill for any business professional. Whether you’re designing a presentation for a meeting, creating a handout, or even creating and exporting a custom video, you’ll learn how to organize, create, and effectively share the information you need to present. In this Bigger Brains course our PowerPoint guru, Kelly Vandever, walks you through all the basic features of Microsoft PowerPoint, so you can create and deliver dynamic presentations.
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Over 4 hours of high-quality HD content in the “Uniquely Engaging”TM Bigger Brains Teacher-Learner style!

Powering Productivity, One Brain at a Time!
Combining TV-style video production with modern graphics and animation, Bigger Brains courses are popular with both learners and training professionals around the world. Our top teachers and subject matter experts have real-world experience and create the most realistic and comprehensive training courses possible. Bigger Brains courses are built in a unique “Teacher/Learner” style, featuring two people on camera to recreate some of the interactivity and physiological benefits of classroom training, including dialogue, humor, and practical use case examples. This Uniquely Engaging™ video-based format is more enjoyable and more effective than traditional eLearning formats.
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