MICROSOFT OFFICE TUTOR: Turn your slide into an interactive whiteboard

Before the advent of PowerPoint slideshows, you could add handwritten notes to your printed transparency slides during your presentation to illustrate your point or emphasize your text. PowerPoint integrated that technology as well, but few presenters take advantage of it.

CUSTOMER SERVICE CORNER: Avoid becoming a customer’s horror story

Customers love to pass on stories about the terrible service they’ve received. Warning: Don’t be their horror story!

MANAGEMENT MINUTE: Supervise former peers effectively

So you’ve just gotten the promotion you were after and now you find yourself managing people who used to be your peers. How can you take on this new role successfully?

MICROSOFT OFFICE TUTOR: Keep your Excel operations in order

When you’re building formulas, don’t let Excel’s order of operations trip you up with inaccurate results.

CUSTOMER SERVICE CORNER: Understand your customers’ abilities

If you aren’t used to working with someone who has a disability, you may feel uncertain of how you should behave. The good news is that you don’t need to behave any differently than you would when helping any customer.