Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #085: Art vs. ScienceEach week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week, we bring you two images to show the balance of art and science. Read more
Communicate to Win – #006: Where Am I Going? Defining Your ProblemSolving problems is big business. The big consulting firms such as Bain, BCG and McKinsey receive hundreds of dollars an hour to offer solutions. Sometimes, their clients need people with specific skills but believe their staff doesn’t have them. In reality, companies often just need extra hands and eyes. Read more
Communicate to Win – #005: Solve Problems Like EinsteinAlbert Einstein said “If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend the first 55 minutes defining the problem.” Who can argue with Einstein? I complete agree with him. You need a very clear picture of your current reality (your problem) to focus on your desired destination (the solution). Read more
Learn to sell from a teacherWho is your favorite teacher? It may be from grade school or grad school, but we all have a teacher we admire for the how and what we learned from them. So if teachers are fondly remembered, why not emulate them in other professions? Read more
Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #084: Eighty/Twenty RuleEach week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week we bring you the 80/20 model. Read more
Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #083: Fish out of WaterEach week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week we bring you a strong image to show the importance of vision. Read more
Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #082: Task TeamEach week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week we bring you a diagram to represent a team working on a project or task. Read more
Communicate to Win – #004: What’s my style?Have you ever been in a meeting where a peer provided a great solution to the problem at hand, but no one heard it? Why? Perhaps he had a soft voice and poor eye contact? Or her argument was disorganized and hard to follow? Or maybe he even read something verbatim from a page, putting everyone to sleep? Read more
Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #081: OrganizedEach week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week we bring you a “before” and “after” visual to illustrate the concept of “organization.” Read more
Communicate to Win – #003: The Goal is Open, Time to Score!Microsoft reminds us that we make over 30 million presentations using PowerPoint. It is clear that presentations using PowerPoint “decks” have become a key form of communication across-the-board. Presentations take place in all different types of companies, from Fortune 500 to small start-ups, as well as in classrooms. Read more