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Alternatives For Better Presentations

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We've been making presentations for years, and probably know the ins and outs of Microsoft Powerpoint. Let's move towards more engaging platforms to create our presentations on. The first would be the Sway, or Microsoft Sway. As stated by the title of Mark Kaelin's article, With Microsoft Sway, your next presentation doesn't have to suck . Microsoft Sway is stated to be a digital storytelling app or presentation software with multimedia features and tools. The app tries to connect with the younger generation, such as the multimedia savvy and the younger enterprise workforce, by offering them tools that they wouldn't see on regular Microsoft PowerPoint. Kaelin states that the app combines features found on other apps and software, such as PowerPoint, Movie Maker, and WordPress (Kaelin, 2015). With Sway, Microsoft wants the modern worker to communicate and collaborate effectively with other workers through digital technology. Another tool to help make your presentatio

APA Formatting and The Social Dilemma Analysis

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The American Psychological Association is most well known for how we all format and type out our papers in school. Most of us all know it as the APA format, the one taught and wanted for all college-level papers. Though, for some, the formatting of this writing style has confused many people, including myself. A video titled APA Style and Literature Searches - Tom Kluxen , posted by the Stockton University YouTube account helps give a better understanding of how to format in APA, as well as resources for students, specifically those attending Stockton University, can use to search for sources. Formatting One of the aspects that the APA format is known for is its use of an abstract. The abstract is useful for readers, as it gives them a brief introduction to what they are about to read. When writing an abstract, instructors will vary in how long an abstract should be, though, the general consensus states that it should be around 150-250 words in length. It is also important to note that

Social Media and Job Searches

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Are you searching for a new job? Maybe you have already prepared for the interviews and already have the perfect cover letters lined up. There's another thing to prepare for. Social media. Yes, your online presence matters to recruiters. According to Jennifer Spencer's article " 3 Ways Companies Are Analyzing Social Media To Make Hiring Decisions"   on Entrepreneur, this includes whether you have any online presence at all and whether your activities outside of work violate their values or differ from how you described yourself in your resume and cover letter. These could be indicators of whether you will even make it to the interview part of the process. This could be a potential problem for the 30% of the population who do not have any social media presence. Spencer mentions that "some 47% of prospective employers said that if they couldn't find a job candidate online, that they were less likely to call them in for an interview" (Spencer, 2018).  Havin