# PowerPoint Specialist Certification Program Canonical URL: ## Overview This package includes the PowerPoint Level I and PowerPoint Level II classes, as well as two hours of private exam prep training. It also includes the official Microsoft PowerPoint Specialist Exam study guide and the actual PowerPoint Certification exam with a free retake. To sign up for the PowerPoint Specialist Certification Package, check out by selecting your first class date on the right (PowerPoint Level I). Then contact us to schedule your next PowerPoint class, two hours of private training, and the Specialist Exam (proctoring for the exam is included). You'll have two years to complete the certification, so you don't need to provide the dates at registration. ## What you'll learn - Build new presentations from templates and customize layouts, themes, and content structure, and add and edit text, bullets, and numbered lists using Outline View and other formatting tools. - Insert and enhance photos, SmartArt, and shapes with effects, cropping, and alignment tools, and create and format tables, add connector lines, and import charts from Excel to display data. - Save, print, and export presentations to PDF, with options tailored for professional use. - Design custom PowerPoint themes, including personalized color palettes, fonts, and reusable backgrounds. - Integrate video, hyperlinks, and dynamic charts and tables imported from Excel for interactive presentations. - Collaborate and finalize projects with built-in commenting tools, PDF export options, and optimized printing settings. ## Curriculum 1. **PowerPoint Level I** 2. **PowerPoint Level II** ## Schedule - Jun 10, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026 — NYC - Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026 — NYC - Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026 — NYC ## Instructors ### Garfield Stinvil — Senior Instructor Garfield is an experienced software trainer with over 16 years of real-world professional experience. He started as a data analyst with a Wall Street real estate investment company & continued working in the professional development department at New York Road Runners Organization before working at Noble. He enjoys bringing humor to whatever he teaches and loves conveying ideas in novel ways that help others learn more efficiently. Since starting his professional training career in 2016, he has worked with several corporate clients including Adobe, HBO, Amazon, Yelp, Mitsubishi, WeWork, Michael Kors, Christian Dior, and Hermès. Outside of work, his hobbies include rescuing & archiving at-risk artistic online media using his database management skills. ### Grace Hochheiser — Instructor After a successful career traveling internationally as a fashion executive, Grace Hochheiser journeyed back to her first love, the English language, and wrote her next chapter as a proofreader, copy editor, and business-writing instructor. She has edited everything from plays and photography books to an award-winning non-fiction book. After spending over a decade leading personal development classes to help others find their confidence and self-expression, she is focused on making a difference for students of every skill level in the professional development arena. Whether customizing training classes for diverse corporate clients or leading hybrid classes on site, Grace truly enjoys creating an interactive learning environment in which students feel comfortable to participate, expand, and thrive. She has effectively delivered both full-day classes and focused one-hour modular sessions for organizations ranging from small non-profits such as OnPointNYC to large network systems like the NYPD and NYU Langone Health. Grace is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to each student's growth and success, and is continually inspired by the diverse groups of people she gets to work with as an instructor. ## Pricing **Tuition:** $759