Author Archives: Chris Brown

About Chris Brown

BCIT Business Marketing Student,Steed Cycles employee and Endless Biking Instructor, SOB and LVP FC member - Marketing, Sales, Retail, Social Media

Team One Marketing Solutions: Team Charter Assignment

BCIT is all about team work and so is the real word. During the first week of class at BCIT, my set was organized into work groups. These work groups are put together by our teacher in a Organizational Behavior … Continue reading

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Team Project: Marketing Case Study

For my Introduction to Marketing class, my team was asked to put together a brief 6 page report on a Company called Canty International. Canty is a fictional company who’s main product is wall paper. Based on interest from an … Continue reading

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BCIT Student Association Peak Leadership Program

The BCITSA Peak Leadership Program is an opportunity to build leadership experience through volunteer opportunities, self-reflection activities and a leadership speaker series. My experience with Peak Leadership so far has involved two speakers, but I am looking forward to the … Continue reading

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Peak Leadership Event: Jon Leech

Jon Leech is a BCIT Alumni who has become a successful entrepreneur. I always look forward to these Peak Leadership events and this one was no different. Jon is a dynamic individual who has had many challenges in life. He … Continue reading

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My Wild Card – Web Site Review: imediaconnection.com

There are two things you can count on when starting back at school: 1. You will have more homework than you know what to do with. 2. You will probably spend too much time procrastinating. I made the conscious decision … Continue reading

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MS Word 2007 Newsletter Assignment

On top of doing a variety of team assignments in my Business Info Systems class, there are many individual assignments. One of our assignments was to complete a mock news letter on ourselfs stating to the world that we had … Continue reading

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BC Bike Race

Picture this… one epic journey… two mountain bike tires spinning toward a common goal… three podium spots awaiting at the end of each stage… four scenic ferry sailings… five mental breakdowns on your quest to the finish… six nights to … Continue reading

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Team Project: MS Word 2007

During the last week of October, my team was asked to develop a professional report using Microsoft Word 2007 and then market it on Lulu.com. We were asked to choose a topic that we felt would be relevant and that … Continue reading

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Team Project: Microsoft Power Point 2007

Business Information Systems 1000 is basically an introduction to IT and Microsoft 2007. As a student at BCIT, I spend a lot of time working in small work groups simulating a real work environment. One of our first team projects … Continue reading

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WordPress Blog Assignment

As a warm up assignment for this e-portfolio, my class was asked to produce a blog using WordPress blogging tools. The criteria for the assignment was based on a pre-determined topic. I was fortunate enough to be assigned a PowerPoint … Continue reading

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Peak Leadership Event: Peter Legg

In early November I had the chance to see Mr Peter Legg speak at BCIT as part of the Peak Leadership program.  Probably one of the most influential hours I have spent at BCIT, Peter spoke about business, success, failure … Continue reading

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Welcome!

“Jump off the cliff. Build your wings on the way down”. Ray Bradbury Welcome to the story of my life…or at least my life right now! I have developed this e-portfolio to showcase my life as a student as well … Continue reading

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Step 1: When do I use a chart?

MS Office PowerPoint 2007 includes many different types of charts and graphs that you can use to inform your audience about inventory levels, organizational changes, sales figures, and much more.

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This blog will explain how to use charts in MS Power Point 2007

FYI – If Microsoft Office Excel 2007 isn’t installed on your computer, you will not be able to take advantage of the advanced charting capabilities in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. If Office Excel 2007 is not installed, when you … Continue reading

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Step 2: Where Do I Find Charts?

Charts are an Illustration feature than can be found in MS Word 2007 and MS Power Point 2007. Here is a quick list on how to find and activate charts in Word and Power Point 2007: Look for the tab … Continue reading

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Step 3: Modifying Posts

After you create a chart, you can modify it. For example, you may want to change the way that axes are displayed, add a chart title, move or hide the legend, or display additional chart elements. To modify a chart, … Continue reading

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Step 4: Using Predefined chart layouts

Instead of manually adding or changing chart elements or formatting the chart, you can quickly apply a predefined chart layout and chart style to your chart. Check out this quick guideline for changing chart layout and style: Select a chart … Continue reading

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Step 5: Smart Art – The Next Frontier of Charts!

Smart Art is another way of communicating information in Power Point. Check out this youtube video on how to produce an organizational chart. The info in this video should give you a good idea on how to apply Smart Art … Continue reading

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Step 6: Need More Help?

There are a variety of self help services. If you get really stuck google ‘help-ms powerpoint 2007 charts‘. Here are two of my favorite help sites: Power Point 2007 help Google/Youtube videos

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