When speaking to an audience that includes people who speak English as a second language, you may notice that some people keep whispering to the person sitting next to them.

They're probably not being rude or inattentive.

Indeed, the whispering may be a compliment: it is likely that the whisperer is translating for the person next to him or her.

When several people start whispering at once, it's your cue to rephrase whatever you just said.

-- Resli Costabell(Resli@Costabell.com)

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One whole workshop at a PowerPoint conference I attended was devoted to "Animating Finesse."

And the one animation the presenters recommended above all others?

The Fade.

Especially to add subtlety and grace to all your shows.

Try fading in photo #1,then fading it out as photo #2 comes fading in on top of photo#1. Very smooth!

And this works equally well with text.

From  MarilynSnyder (Marilyn@InteractiveConceptsOnline.com)