What Every PowerPoint Presentation Must Have to be Great

What would we do without PowerPoint? This tool has made it possible for many people to put presentations together easily and inexpensively. But PowerPoint gets a bad rap these days. Why? Because so often we resort to slides filled with bullet points, dense text and overwhelming amounts of data to get our message across. Unfortunately, bullet points aren’t what people remember. In fact, bullet points can create a barrier between you and the audience.

So, if not bullet points, what is the correct approach to PowerPoint? What should you put on your slides and what should you leave off?

In this session we will reveal the three “must have” categories in order for your presentation to be great. We’ll share lots of ideas and methods that will help you succeed in all three categories so that your PowerPoint is exciting, memorable and effective. Using “before and after” samples, we’ll show you what Spoken Impact has done for our clients and how you can use these same techniques to create award-winning presentations.

• When you leave this session you will have learned:
  • 12 different areas in which you can jazz up your PowerPoint slides
  • 9 ways to make bullet point slides interesting and engaging
  • Effective ideas for keeping everyone on track
  • Lots of PowerPoint dos and don’ts
  • When (and when not) to use animation
  • Why you should incorporate sound and video
    
    
• Who should attend? Those who have a good working knowledge of PowerPoint and are looking for new creative ideas. Or for managers and executives who have others create their presentations and would like to the approach that defines great PowerPoint.
  
• What will you learn? The three things your presentation must have for your business concepts to come across more effectively. (Note: This session will not address technical steps or "how did you do that?")
  
  

Session Length: One Hour