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Tips to Create an Impressive Slide Show Presentation

There are, probably, no people, who have not tried creating slide shows. These presentations are effectively used for educative, business, marketing and personal purposes. The only thing is that your presentation should create positive impression and have visually appealing design to help you reach your goals. For this very reason, you should find out as much as possible about the major rules of creating photo presentations. It’s recommended to explore the topic prior to proceeding to your project so that you could have enough time to learn all the crucial nuances. If you are right about to start working on your slide show presentation, have a look at some tips on how to create interesting and appealing slide shows that will come up to the needs of spectators.

1. The Topic

The topic matters a lot in the choice of the best slide show creation approach. It has direct influence upon the design elements you will choose for your presentation, template, visuals etc. If you are given a topic, then it’s half of the work already as you will just need to plan the presentation structure. If you don’t have the one yet, then it will be more complicated. You will need more time to think over the presentation and its features.

2. Make It Unique

Whatever slide show maker you are going to use, avoid customizing the available designs. They look plain (if not boring) and they won’t be attention-grabbing, no matter how hard you try. Instead, choose a blank presentation template and start building your own slide show from scratch, using the design elements that suit the topic most of all.

3. Be Creative

Creativity is always favoured. This is also true, when it comes to preparing presentations. It’s recommended to learn all the design elements your slide show maker comes with and choose those of them you will need for your project. This also concerns the choice of color schemes, fonts, templates etc. Don’t try to save time, when working on your project. Otherwise, the quality may be at risk.

4. Make the Text Short

It is desirable to create slides with texts to convey the message you have. However, making the text too long can make the slide show too confusing and not understandable. So, it makes sense to write a short sentence or a phrase below each slide to be able to explain your point when presenting the project to the audience.

5. Make the Text and the Background Contrasting

Proper choice of a background is important, if you are going to add text to the slide. To attract the attention of people to your message, it is better to choose contrasting colors of the background and the text. When using the text, don’t add bulky images that will make the slide show easy-to-understand. By the way, experts recommend using not more than five basic colors in one presentation. These colours should harmoniously combine with each other to create the appealing effect and enhance the design of your slide show.

6. Don’t Use Too Many Images

Properly chosen images can present your topic in a more favorable light, but if there are too many images on one slide, they may spoil the entire message and design of it. One large or medium-sized photo looks much better than several small pictures. Keep that in mind when creating a presentation next time.

7. Make Use of Powerful Visuals

Making use of visuals is a nice idea, if you wish to give your slide show more comprehensive and understandable look and message. When it comes to conveying your ideas, one properly selected visual may be worth several images. They can improve the perception of the presentation and create better impact upon the audience.

8. Don’t Hurry!

The process of creating a presentation should be properly thought-over and consequent. If you are in a hurry, this won’t bring the desired effect as you run a risk of making too many mistakes and overlooking crucial nuances. If you have enough time not only to prepare the presentation, but also to check all the stages properly, then the chances to gain your objectives are quite high.

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Are You Awake? Living in the Present Moment

In the present moment, everything is perfect. I have a friend who, when she is stressed or fearful gets quiet and reminds herself that right here, right now, right where she is, everything is fine, she’s safe, protected and cared for.

If you can string enough of those moments together, remembering that truth, then you really can be fine – comforted even – in every moment. All we directly experience is the immediacy of now.

We spend a lot of time thinking about the past and the future, but truly, being present in the moment is the key to successful living – life that isn’t stressful or pressured, but is enjoyed. In the present moment neither the past nor the future actually exists.

It’s over or it hasn’t yet happened. It’s not tangible or touchable or real. Living in the present moment is all we ever do and is all we ever experience. I know that sounds simple, but when you think about it – really focus on it, it’s shocking to realize how much of our time we don’t spend in the present! Buddhism tells us that which clings to the present is the source of all suffering.

Trying to hang on to the ever-changing moment is indeed very difficult, and takes focused practice. It can almost feel like you’re jumping onto a moving freight car, but hanging on to the moving moment can also be dangerous.

Living is the present moment means that we must our focus our attention on what is actually happening right now, whatever that is. It means letting go of perceived outcomes or imaginings and worry about what’s to come. Not easy, I know. It means expanding present awareness to include what is happening outside of our body, inside our mind, and within our body all at the same time. It’s why it’s a lifelong endeavor. It’s something you must decide to do, and then you must practice. Even as you get better, you’ll still need to practice. Coming back. Centering your mind on the present.

Trusting that in that very moment you are safe, secure, protected… It means to deliberately respond to current perceptions without cluttering them up with past memories or future anticipations. Acknowledge them, of course – they exist and are real. But don’t let them dictate your experience. Realize that only in this external moment, the possibility for life improvement and perfection exists. And, since this moment is all that’s available to us, we can be perfect, experience perfection, one second, one minute, one hour at a time.

Don’t pressure yourself and expect to experience it all the time at first. Settle – enjoy – love one moment of being in the present. Right now. Just now. Practice this experience. Notice the details of the sights, sounds, smells and sensations while you wash the dishes, or drive your car, or get ready for work. As you talk to people and move through your day.

Slow down and notice the colors, smells, physical feel, emotions and beauty of everyday living. Those moments are rich; those moments are filled with peace and happiness. Those moments are truly all we have.

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Debt Counseling Presents A Systematic Method Of Clearing Debt Load

It was my wife who first introduced me to debt counseling and I thought it would be just another agony uncle whom I would have to deal with. However, it was not late that I was proved wrong. It was through debt counseling that I survived the deadly debts to recount its benefits.

Debt counseling is the advice offered through experts on several debt related issues. Debt counseling has a two-pronged strategy. While the advice focuses on ways to counter the current debt load, the borrower will also be informed of methods to prevent debts from originating. Thus, debt counseling plays defensive as well as a preventive role.

The defensive strategy will be employed for situations where the debt load is sufficiently large. In my case, the debt load was substantially large. My personal savings and monthly income would have lessened the burden a little. But, there were other expenses too that needed to be paid through the same limited income. By channeling my income towards debt settlement, I would only have paved way for newer debts.

Debt counseling showed the way out. Large number of people in the UK owe their freedom from debts to debt counseling. In fact, the very first lesson that I learnt from debt counseling is that I was not the only person who had debts. There were many others who have even messier finances. The statistics are really appalling. How come so many people, belonging to so rich a country as the UK, be so vulnerable to debts? However, people do incur debts. A desire to have almost every material comforts, often pushes people to spend rashly. On most occasions, the expenditure is without any consideration for the sources of payment.

However, as the pressure of the creditors mounts, the very first priority of debt counseling will be to design a way out for the debtors. Presently, there are a number of debt elimination options available in the UK, namely debt consolidation loans, debt consolidation mortgages, debt consolidation through remortgage, home equity loans and credit cards. Each option has its own set of advantages and disadvantages, and it will be really difficult to make a choice for one of these. Through debt counseling, borrowers can also get help during the product selection process.

Since I had a large debt load, the debt counselors suggested that I take up a debt consolidation loan. They did not force the product on me. This is one of the peculiarities of debt counseling. The debt counselor presents an impartial view of the various products. However, not all debt counselors adopt a similar view. Most of them will sell their products in the guise of debt advice. Borrowers need to stay clear of such advisors. As in medical sciences, second opinion is always beneficial during selection of debt settlement products. There are a large number of profit and non-profit agencies and individuals who provide genuine and professional advice. Some of these, like Independent Financial Advisors are bound by the rules laid down by the Financial Services Authority to offer genuine advice.

The preventive role of debt counseling is more of an advisory nature. The aim of this exercise will be to instill debt sense in the people; though this will prove a Herculean task, given the strange relationship of people with debts. The role may take the form of a face-to-face meeting with an individual, or a conference wherein a number of people are addressed at one time.

During these sessions, the debt counselor advises borrowers of ways to deal with debts. Debt consolidation loans and debt consolidation mortgages can at the best relieve individuals of debts for sometime. However, if the individual does not improve his spending habits, he will again have a large debt load. Through preventive debt counseling, the debt counselor aims to strike at the roots of the debt.

Some of the principal debt counseling tips include:

Do not spend more than what you earn.
If the expenditure is necessary, then a provision needs to be made for its payment.
Every individual must prepare a priority list showing the importance of each expenditure.
Try to generate newer sources of income.
If a debt has been incurred, then it must be repaid with priority.
Preventive debt counseling tips are not new to people. They may have heard of them from their parents or recited them in moral science classes, but all these lessons vanish while spending. A workable debt counseling method must be practical enough to be implemented. The borrower’s finance needs to be studied exhaustively for finding an effective solution. No debt counseling is complete without the borrower’s participation. Consequently, borrowers need to tread safely on any debt decision that they make.

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