Course curriculum

    1. How to manage your monthly subscription

    2. What order to watch the videos in + Audio volume

    3. Your first bonus download + About the free courses and resources mentioned in the videos

    1. The #1 strategic change to make if you want to create compelling presentations

    2. We need a new model of communication (Why are presentations so bad everywhere, all the time, all at once?)

    3. Stop putting these skills on the "backburner" (balloons & anchors)

    4. Why PPT is the best tool for research, science & academia

    5. The 6 Gears of creating engaging presentations

    6. The warning I want everyone to take seriously (example: job talks)

    7. Are visual presentations unprofessional?

    8. Are visual presentations actually inaccessible? (part 1)

    9. Are visual presentations actually inaccessible? (part 2)

    10. Benefits of being an effective presenter (ink replay example)

    11. How presentation skills are good for your career

    1. Makeover: Upgrade those text-heavy slides

    2. Makeover: From bullet points to data visualizations

    3. Makeover: New ideas if you're already using little text

    4. Makeover: From already really good to more organized (declutter your slides)

    1. So you want to create better slides & want to know what to use other than PPT?

    2. Stop using those default templates (do this instead)!

    3. How to avoid these presentation design mistakes that are wasting your time

    4. Presentation Spring Cleaning: Fix up your slides

    5. How to create visual presentations quickly? (visual database)

    6. How to remember what you want to say (never forget your script)

    7. How to script and practice your presentation

    8. Avoid these 5 presentation features (in PPT, but also any slide software)

    9. How to "KonMari" your slide deck

    10. Using Gestalt psych 1

    11. Using Gestalt psych 2 (simplicity)

    12. Using Gestalt psych 3 (similarity & proximity)

    13. Using Gestalt psych 4 (bonus strategy)

    14. A stress free presentation design workflow (longer)

    15. How to remove stress from your presentation design workflow (short)

    16. How to use humor in your presentations

    1. Best 11-ish PPT tools worth your time (or that any slide software should have!)

    2. Advanced 7-ish PPT features you probably don't know about

    3. Getting started with PowerPoint animations

    4. Hack, edit, and customize icons

    5. Using shapes in PPT

    6. Crop it like it's hot (4 ways to crop in PPT)

    7. How to use the subtitles or captions feature in PPT

    8. How to draw and animate in PPT with ink replay

    9. How to create a "choose your own adventure" style presentation in PPT

    10. How to remove image backgrounds in PPT

    11. How to use custom fonts in PowerPoint (and where to find them)

    12. How to export your PPT slides as a gif

    13. Powerpoint features you should be using

    1. Recovering: What to do after you've given a bad presentation

    2. How to tailor your talk to non-academic or non-technical audiences (with Jeanine Draut)

    3. Job talks: How to give an amazing academic job talk or chalk talk

    4. Teaching tips to motivate & engage undergrad students in the college classroom (with José Antonio Bowen)

    5. How to write a powerful conference speaker bio (with Jennifer van Alstyne)

    6. How to design an award-winning conference poster (with Dr. Tullio Rossi)

    7. A quick informational interview about me (Dr. Jen Polk interviews me)

    8. Recording: Key steps and workflow to recording your slides

    9. Recording/Audio: Why you need a mic (part 1)

    10. Recording/Audio: Microphone test (part2)

    11. Comparisons: Best slide software: prezi v. PPT v. Canva v. Keynote v. Google Slides

    12. Comparisons: PPT vs Canva on background removal

    13. Virtual conferences good for academia? pros & cons (with Dr. Barbi Honeycutt)

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