Yes, I’m a PowerPoint Nerd

Yes, I’m a PowerPoint Nerd

May 5th, 2009 @ 11:19 am by Mrs. Cheese
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With less than 30 days to go, I could no longer ignore the “what time?” questions: “What time should I be there?” “What time will they be there?” “What time will it end?” “How long will it take?” Nothing makes me feel less in control than not knowing where the pieces fit into the big picture, so during an interminable conference call, I half-*ssed a wedding day overview slide in PowerPoint. Yes, PowerPoint. Yes, a Wedding Day Slide. Shut up, it made me feel better.

Yes, I’m a PowerPoint Nerd : wedding schedule 1 weddingdayoverview

I started with Mrs. Daffodil’s wedding work plan file, then customized away. Now I can see who will be where and for how long all day long… and then maybe I won’t have to answer questions on our wedding day.

But what about people who can’t read charts (I hear they exist)? Voila!

Yes, I’m a PowerPoint Nerd : wedding schedule 21 weddingdaybyrole

Each role gets their own timeline column (which I obviously haven’t finished… I had to participate in the conference call at that point). I’ll do one more slide with a weekend event list and contact info next. Whew. Relief.

Miss Cheese’s wedding day schedule PowerPoint

Anyone else nerding out on their wedding day prep?

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34 Responses to “Yes, I’m a PowerPoint Nerd”

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nc80120 (message) 69 posts, Worker bee

OMG love the ppt! I am using excel and many many many outlines and lists. I like this day of time table, it has colors!!!

5/5/09 @ 11:30 am (reply)

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Mojito (message) 341 posts, Helper bee

Miss Cheese, this is fantastic! You have inspired me to create my own!

5/5/09 @ 11:32 am (reply)

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Michelle

Yes! I made a very similar excel spreadsheet. And got called on it during the toasts….
How do the guys think all this stuff comes together?

5/5/09 @ 11:38 am (reply)

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Miss Mascara (message) 859 posts, Busy bee

I have an accurately scaled diagram of my reception venue in Illustrator… the timeline spreadsheet is next!

5/5/09 @ 11:43 am (reply)

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brucklin (message) 20 posts, Newbee

i love this! i was going to just make an excel but powerpoint is so much more fun and colorful! i’m really excited for this now.

5/5/09 @ 11:43 am (reply)

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Miss Bruschetta (message) 5,565 posts, Bee Keeper

Oh man, I love your org skills! My employer is switching to a summer work schedule — Fridays off in exchange for a bit longer hours each other work day — in a few weeks, and I’ll hopefully be able to use my time productively to get myself in order with stuff like time tables and contact lists!

5/5/09 @ 11:45 am (reply)

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imLissy (message) 122 posts, Blushing bee

you should see my budget spread sheet. I have calculations for our net costs including estimated wedding gifts based on the number of people who come.

5/5/09 @ 11:46 am (reply)

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monalisa670 (message) 869 posts, Busy bee

i love this!! totally going to try to do one of my own!!

5/5/09 @ 11:50 am (reply)

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Miss Beagle (message) 1,380 posts, Bumble bee

Oooh I need to do this, I’m pretty anxious about the “day-of” timeline. I think this might be the perfect project for Mr. Beagle: he loves spreadsheets, graphs, excel, etc.

5/5/09 @ 11:50 am (reply)

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midwestelle (message) 175 posts, Blushing bee

Oh my gosh. This is one of those posts that I bookmark and will reference in about a year (when it’s “that time”. THANKS!

5/5/09 @ 11:57 am (reply)

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Miss Bear Cub (message) 1,566 posts, Bumble bee

My fiancé thinks organized charts like this are crazy!

… so I’m going to make one, and not tell him!
He feels more comfortable when things just “flow”, but he doesn’t quite get that things flow when they’re planned properly. What his cute little self doesn’t know won’t hurt him.

Thanks for resurrecting the templates!

5/5/09 @ 12:02 pm (reply)

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Miss Perfume (message) 2,253 posts, Buzzing bee

Ha! It could have been worse: MS Project.

5/5/09 @ 12:02 pm (reply)

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BexSH (message) 81 posts, Worker bee

love this… and am going to blatantly copy yours

5/5/09 @ 12:05 pm (reply)

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Miss French Bulldog (message) 7,730 posts, Bee Keeper

I envy your organization skills! I love this! You’ve given me a jumping off point for my own.

5/5/09 @ 12:06 pm (reply)

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ggsb (message) 1,245 posts, Bumble bee

@Miss Perfume…. my geek FI actually asked for a gant chart of our schedule. Apparently my excel one didn’t have the overlap shown correctly!

5/5/09 @ 12:08 pm (reply)

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ggsb (message) 1,245 posts, Bumble bee

and I can’t type today….gantt chart

5/5/09 @ 12:10 pm (reply)

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Liz

What script font did you use?

5/5/09 @ 12:12 pm (reply)

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Miss Cheese (message) 801 posts, Busy bee

I HATE MS PROJECT. In fact, I avoid using it if at all possible. Luckily, I’m not in a project management role anymore. Ugg.

@Liz: Monterey BT, which I used on my invites. If you find that post (I think it was titled, “Good Riddance”), the link to the free font is there somewhere.

5/5/09 @ 12:17 pm (reply)

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PrettyKitty (message) 505 posts, Busy bee

This is awesome! I love it, and I totally need to get on making one myself…onl7 39 days left for us! Thanks Cheese!

5/5/09 @ 12:18 pm (reply)

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Miss Purple (message) 6 posts, Newbee

I love it! I was starting to use excel, but power point is so much better! Thanks for sharing, that way the rest of us don’t have to start from scratch. I am totally going to use it!

5/5/09 @ 12:24 pm (reply)

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