Greetings from the Program Director desk at Teaming for Technology! I've been on the job for over three weeks now, so it's about time to officially say hi.

This is actually my second stint with the program and I’m thrilled to be back. My first experience with T4T was back in 2001 when I joined the team as an Americorps*VISTA member. It was one of the best years of my life. I loved being introduced to so many nonprofit organizations performing vital work in our community and I loved living in Colorado.

On a weekend in late July, Goodwill Industries International (GII) hosted their annual conference for marketing and communications professionals in Colorado Springs. Mandy Mikulencak, a Marketing and Communications Specialist for GII, explained that most of these professionals have to "do it all" at their agencies including preparing PowerPoint presentations. Just one problem: GII found that many of the professionals were self-taught and tended to overload their presentations with too much text and too much clipart.