Transform Your PowerPoint from Ordinary to Extraordinary

Create presentations that keep people excited and interested

PowerPoint has clearly become the standard in presentation software. This tool has made it possible for people to put together presentations easily and inexpensively. But, how often do we resort to slides of bullet points to get our message across? Unfortunately, bullet points aren't what people remember.

What your audience will remember are visual images that help explain your points. So how can you jazz up your slides and transform them from ordinary to extraordinary? More importantly, how can you create slides that accurately and professionally communicate your business message – not just incorporate the tricks of PowerPoint? The answer is to use visual concepting.

Part 1 of program, Bagels & Big Ideas Breakfast
The program opens with our 12 different methods for creating more exciting and memorable PowerPoint slides. Using "before" and "after" business samples, we'll show you how we applied these techniques and how you can use these same ideas on your presentations.

We'll also show you new ideas for using animation that is strategic rather than clever, for organizing your presentation so it's easy for others to follow, and finally for using visuals, unique looks and multimedia to create extraordinary presentations.

• 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 are looking for new creative ideas to pass along.
• What will you learn? New, creative ideas on how to get your business concepts across more effectively. (Note: This session will not address "how did you do that?")

Part 2 of program, Techniques Workshop
We then move into a hands-on workshop on how to create PowerPoint slides that is based on the 12 techniques covered in the breakfast portion.

• Who should attend? Those who currently use PowerPoint and want to learn how to create the concepts shown in Part 1.
• What will you learn? How we created many of the slides shown in the morning breakfast session. We will address "How did you do that?"
• Attendees must have a solid working knowledge of PowerPoint features and functionality and bring their own laptop with CD drive. This is not an introductory PowerPoint software class. The workshop includes a manual with all the step-by-step instructions.

View facilitator biographies     Joan Moser     Susan Stoen

Workshop currently scheduled Fall 2006, date to be announced 7:15AM - 8:30AM, networking, breakfast and program 9AM - 4PM, skills workshop Fee $349 (includes breakfast and lunch) Required (for full-day workshop only): Your own laptop with CD drive and PowerPoint 2002 or later installed Registration deadline: April 3, 2006. No walk-ins please. Location Spoken Impact Training Center Parkdale Plaza 1660 South Highway 100 1st Floor Conference Room A/B St. Louis Park, MN 55416

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Client Comments

The Transforming PowerPoint training was terrific. You showed us lots of great ideas for making our presentations far more visual and exciting. We will be applying everything we learned to our upcoming sales conference. Well worth the time and money.
Marvin Windows Product Planning Team

Lots of great ideas and insight into how to make PowerPoint more effective. I'm excited to put everything I learned to work with my next presentation.

Kristin Parr, Sales Executive, TAJ Technologies

I really enjoyed the Power Point class. You were very professional, proficient – I couldn’t have asked for better trainers! Some courses drag on while you are waiting for the “aha’s” – this whole course was a gold nugget.

Kathy Passig, 
The Bailey Consulting Group 

Your 12 tips on how to transform PowerPoint combined with the hands-on workshop is exactly what I wanted. I'm very impressed. The "how-to" materials are worth the money alone.

Marianne Loire, Art Director, Digital River