April 2012

Tips & Tricks to Pimp Your Next PowerPoint Presentation

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Here’s a familiar scenario: You’ve been asked to prepare a presentation that is informative, engaging, and will energize the meeting participants. You know your subject matter is great but how can you quickly and easily create a PowerPoint presentation that will do the material justice and won’t lose your audience as they daydream about lunch?

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TechRec – Mobile App Series: Salesforce, Lyris HQ and LinkedIn

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

If you have an Android phone you may have been trying to figure out what happened to your Android Market in the last few weeks. Well, it isn’t gone! Google just rebranded and you can now find it labeled as Google Play. As of March 2012, Google reports there are over 450,000 apps available in

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Bringing Home the Bacon! The Launch Pad Team at the Hernando County Fair Greased Pig Contest

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

On April 10th, 2012 The Launch Pad Team headed down to the Hernando County Fair to participate in the annual Greased Pig Contest. We were not able to celebrate a win but we all had a good time and a great laugh!! Below are some of the images from the event.

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Never Miss a Word With the Hot New Recording Artist – Livescribe

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Earlier this week a couple of The Launch Pad team members participated in a meeting that was so choc-a-block full of useful information they decided they should share what they learned. Normally that would entail preparing a brief from the detailed meeting notes and then scheduling a follow up meeting to discuss what they heard.

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Be More Productive by Customizing your Office Ribbon

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

When Office 2010 was first released many people were confused by the Ribbon (or top navigation pane) being organized into tabs instead of drop down menus. But, once you begin to use the tabs you discover how much easier it is to access all of the commands. But, what many people don’t know is that

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