Although PowerPoint is electronic slide creation software, printable handouts serve an important role both for the presenter and an audience. In this article, we’ll discuss your options for creating great PowerPoint handouts and purpose behind doing so in the first place. This article was originally posted on Online Tech Tips (Copyright 2007, Assem Kishore) [More]

Contests and awards are a great way to get the word out about your business. Even if you don’t win, many offer an opportunity for recognition and publicity – so it’s not just about the big prize. Originally posted on Small Business Trends on August 7, 2010 [More]

TechRepublic Webcast Moving from Google Apps to Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite Serena Software, a leading software company in the application development and governance market, made headlines in 2008 when it decided to migrate all of their 600 employees from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps. After months of user dissatisfaction, content loss and poor support, the co... [More]

Eventbrite empowers you with simple but powerful tools to manage, promote, and sell out your event. It's free to sign up and get started. Here are some free business events coming soon to Detroit [More]

This list of small business webinars, events and conferences is brought to you every two weeks as a community service by Small Business Trends andSmallbiztechnology.com. This post originally appeared on Small Business Trends on 8/14/2010 [More]

Every week, Mashable puts together a calendar of upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. This was originally posted on Mashable on 8/23/2010. [More]

With all the noise on the web today, good branding is more important than ever. Even if your business is not a cutting edge tech startup, the overall identity of your face on the web, social media, and your storefront should be unified, clean, and compelling. This post originally appeared on Mashable on 8/23/2010 [More]

Another really good article from Microsoft at Work. How many times have you gone on vacation and struggled to figure out what to do with your work computer? If you are like me, you have meeting booked well in advance on your calendar, you have your standard voice mail greeting that might not be applicable, and the worst, you may have size limits on your email inbox that could potentially be exce... [More]

According to The New York Times, Bizdom U is an intense boot camp for aspiring entrepreneurs who aim to start high-growth businesses in Detroit. It is the brainchild of Dan Gilbert, a Motor City native who is founder and chairman of the online mortgage lender Quicken Loans. Bizdom U, however, is unique in its focus on a single city. “Detroit is completely missing an entrepre... [More]

Facebook just announced a tool that notifies you by e-mail or SMS text message when someone logs into your Facebook profile from an unknown computer. The idea is to help you recognize when a hacker has broken into your account so you can respond quickly by either changing your password (if that's still possible) or contacting Facebook. Once you enable the notifications, you'll be required to ide... [More]