Many PowerPoint presentations are long, complicated and boring. All they communicate is confusion.

Let your presentations make a difference.

Strong presentations can win you new customers, market share, bank finance, board approval or even promotion. The best presentations are clear and apparently simple but need very careful preparation. Our one-day workshops will give you the key preparation and delivery skills you need to present yourself and your company better than your competitors.

We will show you, using worked examples, how to target, layout, design, prepare and deliver presentations. While the main tool we use is Microsoft PowerPoint this is not a workshop about how to use the software - many of the ideas are applicable to all kinds of presentation formats, including websites, flipcharts, mailshots and brochures.

The workshop assumes a basic knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint. If required we can recommend how to gain that knowledge easily.

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Outline programme content

Identifying audience needs
· Knowing your audience
· Weaknesses and strengths
· Design and image implications

Selecting key information
· Their needs, your needs
· The message
· Purpose of slides - division of information

Structure, flow, content design
· Length and complexity
· Lists and stories
· Reinforcing the message
· Speech/slide interaction

Principles of design
· Is a slideshow the best option?
· Style and target
· Style and format interactions
· The logic of design
· Use of colour, animation and fonts

Speaking, moving, presenting
· Sitting, standing, desks and tables
· Delivery speed, tone, clarity, rhythm
· Workshop, seminar, lecture styles
· Engaging and listening
· Arguments and criticisms

Practical preparation
· Material, equipment, venue, backup
· Rehearsing and preparing yourself