Free Powerpoint Training Friday!

If you are interested in learning Microsoft Powerpoint, there are lots of free resources online.  One that caught my interest were these Powerpoint Tutorial on Youtube from 10minutetrain.

Powerpoint 2007 Tutorial 1:  Intro to Powerpoint

Powerpoint 2007 Tutorial 2:  Create a Basic Powerpoint from a Template

Powepoint 2007 Tutorial 3:  Create a Basic Powerpoint

While these should get you started, 10minutetrain actually has a series of training videos  on Powerpoint 2007.  You can access them all here -

 14 short training videos on Powerpoint 2007. 

Now, if you can get access to a machine with MS Powerpoint, go out and make a slideshow!

Make Thursday Microsoft Office Training Day!

Despite the popularity of the iPad and Smart Phones, most business is conducted using Microsoft Office.  It's important to know some of the most common MS Office Programs - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access.  Fortunately, there are a number of free training resources to help you master Microsoft Office.  While Office 2010 is now being sold, many businesses are still using Microsoft 2007.  So, that might be a good package to work with to get the basics.  Here are some free training pages:

Official Getting Up To Speed with Microsoft Office 2007

Up to Speed with the 2007 Office System

Official Microsoft Office Training Page

Training - Office.com

Wilkes University Microsoft 2007 Video Tutorials

 MS Office Video Tutorials

By Althepal (Original work) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Soon, I'll publish some more focused training specific to one package.  First up, Microsoft Powerpoint!

How to Get that Job You Can't Do!

Leaving the world of real estate moguls behind, let's get back to reality and jobs.  When I look at job postings and see skills listed that I don't have or terms that I don't know, I write them down.  Then, I go out to the Internet with three questions:

1. What are these skills or terms?
2. What training do I need to get up to speed?
3. Can I find that training on the Internet or on Youtube for free?

You'd be surprised at the different kinds of training that is available for free on the Internet.  As an IT professional, I find that many software vendors conduct free training online to increase the pool of people who are qualified to use their products.  In many cases, you can even download the software for free.