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Fiona Walsh
PowerPoint Specialist | Trainer
PowerPoint Specialist | Trainer
With 25 years in corporate, Fiona Walsh has seen her fair share of bad slides. As an IT Manager/Trainer, she became the primary go-to person for help with anything PowerPoint-related.
Fiona set up her business in 2019 to provide bespoke PowerPoint training to organisations. She loves it when a client gets an ‘aha’ moment as they realise there’s a more innovative way to do something, and it will save them time. Fiona is passionate about teaching people how to create slides that are fit for purpose and engaging. She also focuses on presenting confidently, including best practices in the boardroom, at a conference and online, for example, with MS Teams.
Fiona is a certified Microsoft Master Trainer and became Director of Education for the Presentation Guild (a global organisation for presentation professionals) in January 2023.
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Beyond the Slides: Smart Tools for Confident Presentations
Discover how PowerPoint’s advanced presentation tools can transform your role as an Assistant.
In this session, we’ll explore Presenter View, which allows you to manage slide flow, speaker notes, and timing discreetly, which is perfect for supporting executives during high-stakes presentations.
You’ll also learn how to use PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams to deliver polished presentations with speaker notes and flexible slide control all from your laptop, perfect for when you’re away from the office.
Whether you’re prepping your executive or stepping in to present, these tools will help you stay in control, reduce stress, and ensure every presentation runs smoothly.
Learning Outcomes
- Navigate to any slide in the deck without showing slides in between
- Use live translation when presenting with over 70 languages to choose from
- See notes when presenting in Teams with only a laptop
This session is available on demand in our Learning Library
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Advanced PowerPoint Techniques: Pro Tips for Polishing Your Presentations and Wowing Your Audience
In this session, you will learn how to use PowerPoint to take your slides to the next level.
- Discover top tips for working with images, including recolouring, extending and advanced cropping options.
- Learn how to use the morph transition, an animation tool for creating fantastic motion in your presentation.
- Learn how to create sections of slides, giving you the flexibility to choose which set of slides to present while you are presenting.
- Finally, we’ll cover how to inspect your document to ensure it has no hidden data or personal information, which is very important when sending a file outside your organisation.
Learning Outcomes
- Working with images
- Advanced cropping options
- Morph transitions
- PowerPoint Zoom
- Removing hidden data
- Removing personal information
This session is also available on demand, in our Learning Library