Beginners Guide To Business Presentations And Powerpoint

Learn to create professional PowerPoint slides for business and deliver them with maximum impact online or in person

Created by: Peter Alkema
Business | Technology | Self Development

What Will I Learn?

• Principles of slide composition and design using palettes and templates for maximum visual impact
• Why Amazon has banned PowerPoint and the importance of a clear and concise narrative for each slide
• Presenting using virtual meeting platforms like Teams and how you can use collaboration features while presenting
• Why you shouldn't use animations or transitions and how they distract from your content
• How pictures and diagrams can be misinterpreted and how to avoid that in your presentations
• Presenting in a physical setting and how to maximise your impact by understanding the room setting
• The importance of a well prepared executive summary and how it supports your preparation
• Getting started in Powerpoint using key features to build and layout different elements such as shapes, tables, charts
• How to deal with people who are busy on their phones or laptops while you are presenting
• How to avoid cluttering a slide with too much detail and how to keep the number of slides down
• Why Mark Twain was thinking about PowerPoint slides when he said "I was going to write you a short letter but I didn't have time, so I wrote you a long letter"
• Different presentation settings and reasons for presentations and why that matters for your slides
• How to maximise a public presentation by understanding the room and engaging your audience

Requirements

• No course requirements

Target audience

• Business people that want to prepare and present powerful presentations using Powerpoint