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Kelvin is a dynamic and eloquent communicator and an experienced trainer of Power Presentations workshops. He is a certified Microsoft PowerPoint specialist and also specialises in giving corporate slides makeovers.

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Computers & Technology > Business & Office Software How to avoid distracting your audience during a PowerPoint presentation: 1 of 3

In the past, you may have felt that some speakers had given presentations that were a chore to sit through, due to the speaker's inability to look at the audience long enough before having to look at the projection screen. Have you wondered why this situation would cause your attention to be diverted from the topic of the pr...
Computers & Technology > Business & Office Software Microsoft PowerPoint presentation tips: The background dilemma: 1 of 2

Light or dark? A quandary faced by many PowerPoint users. Before we answer that, let us first discover the pros and cons of light and dark backgrounds. LIGHT BACKGROUND A light background is broadly preferred to a dark background due to convenience. For every ten PowerPoint presentations produced, six to seven have a light b...
Computers & Technology > Business & Office Software The importance of contrast in your PowerPoint presentation: 1 of 2

Many presenters find that they have trouble maintaining their audience's attention. There are many reasons for this, and this may include the use of bad contrast. You must realize that it is important to apply the correct contrast to your PowerPoint presentations, because using the wrong contrast will make it difficult for y...
Computers & Technology > Business & Office Software Microsoft PowerPoint presentation tips: Understanding how the brain processes information: 1 of 1

When you are giving a presentation, do you cram your slides with bullet-points containing substantial information? You may just be providing the environment to send your audience to sleep! You may even have experienced sleepiness in a presentation before. But is there a way to keep ourselves from creating the environment tha...
Computers & Technology > Business & Office Software How to get your audience interested even before your PowerPoint presentation begins: 1 of 1

It's five minutes before your presentation, and you are waiting for the time to pass so that you can begin your presentation. Meanwhile, the audience is doing a variety of things - communicating with each other, using their phones, looking at the projection screen or looking at you. What if I told you that those few minutes ...
Business > Office Secrets to engaging your audience during your PowerPoint presentation: 4 of 4

The Fear of Silence Public presentations are not familiar or comfortable terrain for many of us, so when we actually do present, stage fright tends to take over. As a result, we keep talking (and talking.) One reason for this is obvious we are anxious, and anxiousness influences us to speed up while talking. The other reason...