Advisorator Free: A PowerPoint practice tool
A PowerPoint practice tool
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As someone who’s prone to using lots of—umm, you know—filler words during presentations, I’m definitely going to make use of Microsoft’s new Presenter Coach feature in in PowerPoint. The feature records audio of your presentations, then provides real-time feedback on pacing, filler words, and other common stumbles. It also generates a report at the end so you can see what to practice next.
To use the coaching feature, head to Slide Show, then select “Rehearse with Coach.” (In PowerPoint for iOS or Android, hit the “…” menu button first, then tap on “Home” to find the Slide Show menu.)
If you’re using the web version of PowerPoint, you can also enable video recording to get feedback on body language and eye contact during your Zoom (or, perhaps, Microsoft Teams) presentations. Just click the down arrow next to Rehearse with Coach and check off “Show body language feedback.” It beats having an actual human criticize you instead.
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Until next week,
Jared