2 Minute Talk Tips

  2-Minute Tip: Close to Open   In retail, management coaches employees to Close to Open. That means to get the store clean, stocked and signed at closing time so it's ready to open up the next day and get right to business.   If you are doing a series of presentations, you can do "Future You" a big favor by taking the same approach. Close to open.   That means when you're done, you don't just throw everything in your bag and run out the door. Take the time to: Reset your PC to presentation state. Wrap up your cables. Pack your extension cord and presentation remote where you will find them. Fold up your branded table cloth. Reset any visual aides you have Etc.   Don't leave your self with a tangled mess to deal with the next day. You don't need that stress, and you don't need that hassle. Close to Open.   Post Tip Discussion: Presentation Translator   Presentation Translator is a free add in for PowerPoint that you can get from Microsoft. It requires a recent version of PowerPoint, a Windows PC, an interne