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Mastering Microsoft PowerPoint


Adult Programs / Professional Development -
Adult Online and Personal Development Spring/Summer 2025

Bring your ideas to life and leave a lasting impression with Microsoft PowerPoint. Master the tools and techniques that turn humdrum slides into dynamic presentations that will captivate your audience. With hands-on practice and real-world examples, learn design principles and multimedia elements such as images, videos, and charts that elevate you to the next level. Acquire critical know-how to deliver your presentations with confidence and ease. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned user, you'll find new ways to work smarter, not harder. You'll leave class with in-demand skills and the ability to create professional, visually appealing presentations that will engage your audience and help you stand out

Agenda

Unit 1
PowerPoint Overview
  • Why businesses use PowerPoint for presentations
  • Launch PowerPoint and create your first PowerPoint presentation
  • Discover how to protect and save your slides.
  • Set your document’s Properties and Attributes including Subject, Title, and Author
Unit 2
PowerPoint Document Creation
  • Explore the different parts of the PowerPoint slide navigation
  • Understand slides and templates, and their makeup
  • Learn how to populate, format, and present slides
  • Create multiple slides and templates
  • Learn how to insert comments and professionally edit

Unit 3
Advanced Features and Functionality
  • Create and manage slides
  • Learn to organize slides into sections
  • Create “live” connections between slides and Excel worksheets
  • Create effective and informative slides with tables and charts
Unit 4
PowerPoint Management and Sharing
  • Create meaningful file names and understand filing systems to manage PowerPoint documents
  • Organize your documents on your hard drive and learn how to copy and move documents
  • Manage track changes when co-authoring documents
  • Printing and PDF file creation including print settings
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Instructor

Betsy Flanagan

LERN Instructor


Betsy Flanagan is a business architect, innovator and entrepreneur. With a passion for workforce engagement, she co-founded WorkStrengths where she advises individuals on career strategy and companies on best practices in workforce management including talent management, professional development, motivation and retention strategies.

Flanagan’s professional history includes founding successful startups, top corporate executive strategic advisory work, line management responsibility in startups and large organizations, innovation and change management agent, and being Investor Relations company spokesperson for a Fortune 25 company.
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Virtual Class
Sun-Sat, Jun 2 - Jun 27
12:01 AM - 11:59 PM

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Min Age   16 yr.

$ 195.00
single course
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  Learning Resources Network, Inc , Betsy Flanagan


Virtual Class
Sun-Sat, Aug 4 - Aug 29
12:01 AM - 11:59 PM

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Min Age   16 yr.

$ 195.00
single course