It cannot be denied that the presentation that uses PowerPoint has become standard and has been used everywhere, whether it is in government agencies, universities or in schools.

The followings are some tips for making a good PowerPoint presentation, so that your presentation will be preferred and given applause by the audience. It is known that with a good presentation, your project proposals, suggestions or your opinions have a great chance for approval.

1. Easy to read

A good presentation is easy to read, so you should use standard letters, like Arial or Times New Roman. Besides, use letters that are quite big, so your audience does not get difficulty to read the letters.

2. A clear title on each slide

You should use bold, clear and easy to read letters on your each slide title.

3. Simple background

Notice the background that you use on each slide that you create. Do not let the sentences you have written unclear to read because you wear too contrasting background.

4. Graphics and Charts

Using images such as charts and diagrams will help you to explain about the topic you are presenting better. In addition, by using graphics or charts, you will refresh the atmosphere and invite the attention of the audience.

5. Stay focus

Just write down the principal matters in connection with the topic you are presenting. Do not use too many words or sentences in a presentation slide, but simply write your title or course outline. You should also make sure that every slide you create is related to one another.

6. Do not have too many slides

Do not make too many presentation slides for one topic you discuss. Make slides as efficiently as possible. If the topic you discuss is long indeed, a verbal explanation would be better.

7. Speak clearly
When giving the presentation, try to speak clearly, so that the audience could understand the presentation you deliver. Most audiences think that PowerPoint presentation is not quite interesting and with your creativity and good conversation, you could change this view.

8. Give opportunity to ask

If possible, take the time to provide the opportunity for the audience to ask questions about things that are not understood from the presentation that you convey.

9. Future Follow Up

Another important thing is to give audiences the opportunity to ask questions at another time on the topic of your presentation. So, do not hesitate to put down your e-mail list, no. phone or website at the end of your presentation. This could be a plus for you.

Subtitling services do not have to be plain or generic. In the hands of the right professionals, especially those from a highly reputable language translation agency, subtitling services can be made to be “high impact.” What this means is that subtitles can be made to serve the marketing goals of a certain project, as opposed to the simple provision of decent translation. Of course, not all subtitling services involve translation-most subtitling orders, in fact, are of the same language (for instance, audio is English and subtitles are also in English). However, the mission critical nature of such a service can be more understood in the context of performing a business presentation to an audience consisting of people who do not speak the presentation’s language.

To illustrate, say you are in Argentina meeting some local businessmen. Sure, you have brought with you an interpreter to translate your speech to the Spanish language, when needed. You also have had all your necessary business documents translated into Spanish. However, you are still doing the business presentation, and if this is done without accurate and high impact Spanish subtitles, this could “water down” the intensity of your presentation’s selling points.

Accurate subtitling services do not always have to accompany the kind of marketing or business collaterals that are to be delivered in person. Subtitles can also be integrated in advanced automated means of presentations. Primarily, such presentations would be online: you visit a company’s website, and automatically (or usually, upon the consent of the website’s visitor and activated by a click of the mouse) a presentation video outlining the company’s business or service begins to play.

The role of subtitling services is crucial at this point: if the website’s visitor happens to speak or understand only a language other than English, such as Spanish or Chinese, the website would miss an important business opportunity if the said presentation video does not have the appropriate audio or language appropriate subtitles. This would be lamentable as detecting the country of origin is easy (a web developer can install a code for this on the website’s server), which means the whole client interaction can be done automatically. Therefore, deploying the language appropriate content (along with the right language subtitles) should have been smooth and easy and, most importantly, effective.

In a nutshell, accurate subtitling services can work hand in hand with a company in achieving its business objectives. Moreover, such services should also be used with the latest presentation and web technologies in order to maximize a company’s various marketing and customer service collaterals.

Life has become so busy. Long hours at work, rushing home to make dinner, spending time with the family and then opening up the laptop to finish off the days work. Finally, dropping into bed totally exhausted knowing that we have to do it all again tomorrow. When did we stop being present in the moment? Not looking to the past and regretting the mistakes we have made, and not looking to the future striving for something that always seems just out of reach.

One way to stay present is to practice gratitude. Gratitude will open doors for us that we didn’t even know were possible. If we are genuine in our thanks, and happy with what we have we will be rewarded. It is said that the action of being grateful is the most powerful action there is. It is so important more now than ever with the recent events of hurricane Sandy to count our blessings. There are so many people without the necessities of life, things that we take for granted on a daily basis.

To me, being grateful means knowing that I will be provided for, given exactly what I need and being thankful for just that. I walk into work each day, and most days earlier than I need to be just to sit at the desk and take in everything that has been given to me over the past year. I give thanks for a work space to call my own, a husband and a partner to share it with as well as the clients that I see regularly that are the reason why I have a roof over my head and food on my table.

Letting go of past anger and fear will also keep us present, but how can we even begin to find joy if we are always focused on what was or what will be. Joy is found by being present in the moment. Embracing what life has presented us, instead of worrying about tomorrow. Joy can come in all forms, like a song that has meaning, a breath of fresh air, or even an activity that you enjoy doing. Our joy is as individual as we are.

So I have a challenge for you; find a park bench and eat your lunch outside today, go for a walk with the family, pick a flower and put it on your desk at work, listen to your favorite song, but whatever you decide to do today, remain present.