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I See White People: Options for More Diverse Stock Photography
Do you ever try to find relevant stock photography for your presentation or concept and find yourself giving up, saying, "Not another white dude pointing at a dry-erase board" or "Not ANOTHER pair of white hands on a computer keyboard" or "That skinny white lady's...
Learn More about Webinars and Virtual Training: Recommended Reading List
Want to learn more about planning, designing, and executing virtual events? Check out some of the articles below from outside sources. The Role of the Producer Virtual Classroom Tips: The Instructional Producer 5 Virtual Classroom Hacks for Facilitators, Designers,...
Developing Effective Presentation Slides: Tips for In-Person and Online Presentations
“Slides are slides. Documents are documents. They aren’t the same thing. Attempts to merge them result in what I call the ‘slideument,’” says Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen. He’s referring here to dense, text-heavy presentation slides. For best results,...
Tips for Setting Up your Physical Space for a Webinar
Must-Know Guidelines for Webinar Presenters If you'll be on camera at any point during your webinar or training, the appearance of your physical space is a critical part of your on-screen image. Your producer will evaluate your physical space during preparation...
Backups for My Backups – Snowmageddon, Florida Weather, and Webinar Production
For the last 5 hours I have had four computer monitors including a laptop, plus two landline phones, two cell phones, and an iPad running to make sure my current webinar does not go down if I lose power or internet. Thanks, #snowmageddon.
Is It Really Possible to Make Email Less Painful?
As I write this post, there are 64 emails sitting in my work inbox, of which nine are unread. I’m sure some of you are laughing right now: “Sixty-four emails? Honey, I’ve got over 2,000. Cry me a river.” Don’t hate. It’s been a slow day. And I ditched over a hundred...
My Dirty Little Office Secret
My name is Kristen King, and I am a piler. (I'm also a stuff-it-where-I-can't-see-it-er, but that's another post.) Back in 2008, I posted about this um, piling quirk of mine on the now-defunct Biz Chicks Rule, where I confessed to having a "File Box of Doom" that I...
Clues That You Might Not Be Multitasking as Well as You Think
Blame it on the weather, the economy, your cold, your spouse, lack of sleep — whatever the reason, some days just don't go as well as you'd like. Today, for instance. Here are clues that you may need to stop multitasking, or maybe just take a nap. You're finishing...
Conference Call Etiquette: 9 DOs, DON’Ts, and “Oh, no you didn’t!”s
As a freelancer who largely refuses to attend face-to-face meetings, I spend a lot of time on conference calls. Here are some of my favorite conference call musts, must-nots, and you've-got-to-be-kidding-mes 1. Distribute a clear agenda in advance of the call and...
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