PowerPoint Tips and Tricks for Business Presentations

Covers PowerPoint technical tips plus presentation skills.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Five Quick Tips for PowerPoint

• Adding white space
• Applying a transition
• Reducing the text
• Selecting objects with ease
• Opening with Show

2. Composing a Powerful Message

• What's your point?
• Getting in their heads
• What's in it for them?
• Piecing it together
• Holding their hands

3. Successful Slide Design

• Understanding the importance of design
• Using color and fonts
• Maintaining consistency
• Using photographs
• Sharing data with charts
• Making your data meaningful
• Using diagrams and SmartArt

4. Intermediate Slide Design

• Breaking the slide into sections
• Fine-tuning shapes and text boxes
• Enhancing text boxes
• Customizing layouts and templates
• Building your own layouts
• Animating bullets
• Animating photos
• Animating other objects
• Inserting music and other audio elements

5. Using Technology

• Taking control
• Setting display resolution and improving clarity
• Including hidden slides and custom shows
• Utilizing speaker notes
• Using Presenter view
• Creating handouts

6. Delivering with Confidence

• Planning the program
• Using the presenter checklist
• Knowing what to do when things go wrong
• Sharing your message
• Making the motions
• Questions and answers
• Reading your audience
• Dealing with audience distractions
• Setting up and tearing down

7. Bonus Tips

• During the show
• Creating a photo slideshow
• Letting the slideshow be the star
• Sharing with your audience
• Keyboard and mouse tricks

Conclusion

• The good, the bad, and the ugly: A recap
• Additional resources