Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Know Your Audience

The 4 things that you should ask yourself about your audience are Who will read or see this piece of writing? What do I want them to know? What background do they bring? and What do I want this piece of writing or presentation to accomplish? I think that it is a good idea to understand you audience because then if you understand them they will understand you. I mean like if you know what they understand and say it they way they will intrepret it easier then you did a good job on your presentation.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

How Can Presentation Skills Help You Succeed?

How can presentation software be used? To present information in a classroom setting.
2. How do businesses use Power Point? To provide information to a variety of audiences.
3. How can Power Point help you? it can help you give a professional-looking presentation.
4. How can a well-designed PPT help you? it will help you make a good impression on your co-workers.
5. Summarize the purpose of presentation software. How do companies use presentation software? The purpose of presentation software can be used in differnt career paths. It is a tool of choice for some companies when they need to educate or train employees.
6. What does Power Point allow you do? It allows you to illustrate your presentations with tables, text, diamgrams and pics.
7. To make presentations an effective communication tool in the workplace, what should you remember to do? You should remember to identify your audience. Keep text brief and to the point. Use attractive color scheme. Use animation sparingly. Rehearse you presentation. Speak clearly and Speak to your audience. Do not just read the slides.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams

I think that spreadsheets and graphs used because people need to see the growth or or non growth of a product or a service. Different types of charts are used to show different points of view I guess. I think that a diagram is a type of thing that you can do to describe a object. I think that it is easier to see it in graphic because it is easier on the eyes. I could use charts outside of this class like in job.

Monday, January 09, 2012

Using Math Formulas

Excel helps you when using math formulas, that was really what this handout was about. If you were to put into Excel a word problem the first thing it would do is the multiplucation, then division, then addition, and then subtraction. I think formulas are important because you wouldn't be able to do math work. i think we will us them in life when we have to do multiple things. The order of precedence is important because it shows you which ones to calculate first.

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Introduction to Microsoft Excel

 I think that Microsoft Excel is just a computer program where you can organize text, also organize and process numbers in rows and columns.

The Hstory of Microsoft Excel
The earliest spreadsheet program was called Multiplan by Doug Clunder. Locus 1-2-3 was the name of the software that took over after the first program. But Odyseey replaced Multi Plan, and Odyseey later became Microsoft in the spring of 1984.

Questions
Business use Excel by sales figure, time cards,and expense statements.
The formulas in Excel can be copied to other columns and rows to make quick and accurate calculations.
 It has grids so it can seperated data from other bits of data.
I learned that you can use it for your grades.