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RIM and the iPhone

The first case study we did for our Marketing Class involved doing a case study of how Research in Motion should position their new BlackBerry in response to the iPhone.  My part of the analysis was to perform a SWOT … Continue reading

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MKTG Presentation

This picture is from my team’s Marketing Presentation we did last Thursday.  It was based on finding a pricing point for the product of a fictitious company.  We had to perform a breakeven and a cost analysis of  wall coverings, … Continue reading

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My first blog!

If this e-portfoilio looks in any way professional (or at least not terrible), part of the reason has got to be that I have had the opportunity to do this before for my BSYS 1000 course. Another assignment I’ve done … Continue reading

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An Introduction to Facebook

Another assignment we had to do for BSYS 1000 was to create a text in Microsoft Word on a subject which was web-based. Our team chose to do ours on an introduction to Facebook. It can be found at lulu.com, … Continue reading

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BSYS special lecture event

On October 2nd, I was lucky enough to attend a guest lecture at BCIT featuring four guest speakers (Jeff Balin, Rebecca Bowlitt, John Chow and Ivan Surijanovic). The speakers came from diverse backgrounds but there was a common theme of … Continue reading

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Why choose BCIT?

This was the very first project my team and I worked on for our BSYS 1000 course, a commercial on the benefits of choosing BCIT. None of us had any PowerPoint experience, but I think it came together OK and … Continue reading

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My time at UBC

This is officially my second go-round at post-secondary education.  When I went to UBC (1997-2002) the University was in a state of flux in more ways than one and when I was younger I appreciated that state of change.  My … Continue reading

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Arsenal Football Club

It would be remiss of me to not mention anywhere that I am a fanatical supporter of Arsenal Football Club, who play in London. I flew to Paris in 2006 to see the Gunners play Barcelona in the Champions League … Continue reading

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Team Charters and getting started

Above is an example of the BARS (Behaviourally-anchored Rating Scale) my team had to come up with when we first drafted our team charter for my Organizational Behaviour class (click to open in a new page).  BARS help in establishing … Continue reading

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Hello!

Hello, my name is Colin Jones and currently I am studying in first year in the Financial Management Program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).  Contained within will be a little bit about me and a little bit … Continue reading

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First: Select your slide

If you are using the normal setting, click on the slide in the slide bar on the left in the that you want to add the callout to. If you are using the slide sorter setting, double click on the … Continue reading

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Hello!

This blog will give you some steps on how to use callouts in MS PowerPoint 2007. Enjoy!

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Second: Find the callout box group

Go up to the Inserts Tab, and under the Callout group click on the shape you want to use

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Third: Select your callout box

Under Callouts, find the shape that you want to use, click anywhere on your slide and then use your mouse to adjust the callout to the size you want

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Fourth: Adjust your callout’s colours and moving it around

Your callout probably has been set with a fill or border you may not want. To adjust all the attributes of your callout, click on it, then go to the Format tab. From there, under the Shape Styles tab you … Continue reading

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Fifth: Add text to your call out box

If you want to add text to your callout box, simply click on it and start typing. From there you can adjust the colour and font of your text by right-clicking over the text, or by using the mouse to … Continue reading

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All done? Putting the final touches on your callout box

If you want, there are still a lot of formatting options if you want to make your callout box even more distinctive. If you want, you can animate your callout box by going to the Animations tab, then choose Custom … Continue reading

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