1. SOFTWARE TRAINING2nd September (Wednesday), Room 217, 5PM AND 6PM Contact: Jesu Joseph (jesujoseph@rice.edu)

2. POWERPOINT TIPS

4. Validate Overview

5. Research for images and charts that can minimize text

7. Have a maximum of 10 slides

8. Last no more than 20 minutes

9. Contain no font smaller than 30 point[http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2005/12/the_102030_rule.html]

10. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT TIP – ALWAYS START WITH THE SLIDE MASTER

11. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT TIP – START WITH THE SLIDE MASTER

12. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT TIP – START WITH THE SLIDE MASTER

16. View the presentation side-by-side for easy copy-paste

18. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: USE EXTENDED DISPLAY

19. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: USE EXTENDED DISPLAY

20. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: USE EXTENDED DISPLAY

21. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: USE EXTENDED DISPLAY

22. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: USE EXTENDED DISPLAY

23. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: USE EXTENDED DISPLAY

24. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: ANIMATE GRAPHS

25. Survey Design – Sample Charts Profit Maximizing Quantity 22 Price Point $ 28,529 Page 31 of 59

26. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: EMBED FLASH / YOUTUBE

27. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: EMBED FLASH / YOUTUBE

28. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: EMBED FLASH / YOUTUBE

29. SOFTWARE TRAINING – MS OFFICE - POWERPOINT HOW TO: EMBED FLASH / YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/v/4yzUxNbi1h4

30. Mind Mapping

31. MIND MAPPING MIND MAPS - A great tool to generate, visualize, structure, and classifyideas

33. Structure the base map before reading the case using the questions.

34. As you read, update the mind-map with the information from the case.

35. Organize and grow the mind map as you read along.

36. Sleep over the case before you start analyzing.

38. MIND MAPPING

42. SOFTWARE TRAINING – GTD BASICS “Get everything out of your head. Make decisions about actions required on stuff when it shows up and not when it blows up.” - David Allen

43. SOFTWARE TRAINING – GTD BASICS

44. SOFTWARE TRAINING – GTD BASICS Use an in-basket, paper notes, voice, email, and electronic methods to collect 100% of everything.

45. SOFTWARE TRAINING – GTD BASICS 1. What is it? 2. Is it Actionable? YES or NO * NO 1. Trash 2. Incubate (Someday/Maybe list) * YES 1. What is the next action? o Do it o Delegate it o Defer it o Project (anything requiring more than one step)

46. SOFTWARE TRAINING – GTD BASICS If you can take an action, calendar it or write it down on a next action list in terms of CONTEXT.

47. SOFTWARE TRAINING – GTD BASICS Weekly review to review your system, update your lists, clean, current, and complete.

48. SOFTWARE TRAINING – GTD BASICS The 4 criteria model for determining actions in the moment in order: Context Time available Energy available Priority

51. Free Online Tool

54. SOFTWARE TRAINING – GTD TOOLS - TOODLEDO

55. Smart Draw

56. SMART DRAW

57. SMART DRAW

58. SMART DRAW

59. Outlook Plugins

60. OUTLOOK PLUGIN - XOBNI FAST EMAIL SEARCH COMPLETE PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM FACEBOOK / LINKED IN ADD TO FACEBOOK/LINKEDIN FIND CONNECTIONS THREADED COVERSATIONS FIND ATTACHMENTS

61. OUTLOOK PLUGIN – LINKEDIN TOOLBAR

62. OUTLOOK PLUGINS XOBNI: http://www.xobni.com LINKEDIN TOOLBAR: http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=outlook_toolbar_download

63. Other Great Tools

64. OTHER TOOLS Video Playback – VLC Player: http://www.videolan.org TWITTER / FACEBOOK updates - TweetDeck: http://www.tweetdeck.com FILE EXPLORER – Ultra Explorer: http://www.mustangpeak.net/subdomains/ultraexplorer SYNC FILES – Allway Sync: http://www.tweetdeck.com SCREEN CAPTURE – Snagit 9: http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp OPTIMIZE PC PERFORMANCE – Advanced System Care: http://www.iobit.com SYNC CALENDARS AT WORK & SCHOOL – Google Calendar Sync: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=98563

65. THANK YOU!