This series includes two 2-hour, in-person workshops designed to introduce you to basic skills in PowerPoint.

Bring your laptop and we'll see you there!

Link below to register for individual courses!

2023 Business Software Refresher: PowerPoint (Part 1) - Friday, December 8th, 2023 11am-1pm

This 2-hour workshop will help PowerPoint users master the basics and move beyond. This session will incorporate best practices to help improve the effectiveness and impact of any PowerPoint session while incorporating visual appeal. The session will be valuable to anyone familiar with PowerPoint who wants to learn how to effectively design a PowerPoint that will inform, persuade, or engage their presentation's participants. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of PowerPoint, such as using basic features effectively, selecting appropriate fonts and color palettes, using existing templates, inserting figures and images, utilizing speaker notes, and much more. The final 30 minutes of the session will be open for Q&A and individual questions.  ($75 if taken as single course)

2023 Business Software Refresher: PowerPoint (Part 2) - Friday, December 15th, 2023 11am-1pm

This 2-hour workshop will help PowerPoint users prepare their presentations for targeted audiences or broader dissemination. This session will include preparing presentations to reach the targeted audience effectively. Additionally, the session will cover different ways to distribute the presentation to broader audiences. The session will be valuable to anyone familiar with PowerPoint's basic skills that would like to learn more about immediate and advanced features. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of PowerPoint, utilizing SmartArt, importing data from sources, using animation and transitions, running and recording presentations, exporting in different formats for distribution, and best practices for creating impactful presentations for a targeted audience. The final 30 minutes of the session will be open for Q&A and individual questions.  ($75 if taken as single course)

Attention IU employees: If university funds will be used for this course registration, do not proceed to PayPal and use a departmental P-card as this is a restricted use of the P-card.  Instead, please contact Erin Edwards, iuexpand@iu.edu, to initiate an internal billing document.