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Practice Tip: Using PowerPoint to Make Winning Presentations
Successful and interesting presentations are a challenge, but they are not impossible to achieve. They require a lot of planning and forethought, but the rewards (an educated, entertained, persuaded and engaged audience) make it well worth the effort. One of the most effective and powerful tools available for effective presentations is Microsoft's PowerPoint. Presentations created with PowerPoint can be eye catching and creative. You can use the program's built-in features to inject colors, graphics, animations, tables/ charts and photographs to appeal to your audience's visual senses. By enhancing your presentations with music and sound effects you can engage your auditory senses as well.
Application and Uses
There are many practical uses for PowerPoint presentations:
- PowerPoint, and the Office 2003 suite, provides you with tools needed to create captivating and winning multi-media presentations. Take PowerPoint into the courtroom with you. According to Microsoft, 85% of visual evidence is retained by jurors;
- Training (in-class, or virtually over the corporate intranet and public Internet);
- Visual and audio support for your speech or case (adding impact and visual “proof” of your points);
- Sales presentations (tradeshows, self-running kiosks and Internet based presentations);
- Social or casual functions. PowerPoint can be used to create photo albums or entertaining presentations that incorporate animations or even movies; and
- Package your presentation for the road (and distribution) by copying it onto a CD.
Using Templates
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
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The Stranger to the Deed Rule
In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.