Why is it whenever I hear the phrase “soft deadline” I think of “psyche” or “made-ya-look?”

I guess I should be grateful.  I have been writing these slides for my EACUBO presentation on March 26^th for quite some time now.  I was held up by formatting. 

I called the contact person and explained that I was not done and she could not have been sweeter.  She said, “You know, that was a soft deadline for people who were less conscientious” and all I thought was “you mean I could have gotten more than three hours sleep last night?”  For once I actually did not procrastinate.  Honest!  See also my post “I’m a Procrastinator at Heart.”

The template they provide was in Times New Roman and I like Arial much better for the screen.  Each time I did a copy/paste it went back to the old font.  I think it is because it was done on an older version of Power Point. 

I also wanted to add the Canisius College Golden Griffin.  It is a very cool logo and I was on the redesign committee years ago so have a particular fondness for it.  I worked with our Director of Athletic Communications and he formatted it to fit in the little space and look clear as a bell.

I must again credit Carmine Gallo, author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, who says “bullets kill.”  And, not in a good way like “you really killed that audience, way to go” but more like “any chance you had of them paying attention you killed with your slides.”  I’ve decided not to be that girl.

Until next time!

Jude Russo Caserta

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