Creating a Professional Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

Creating a PowerPoint presentation that really stands out at work is more complicated than you might think. However, by following a few simple guidelines you can really make your presentations shine.

Powerful Sales Presentations - Start Your Presentation with a Bang

There are many opportunities to gain from delivering a powerful presentation to an audience. The presentation you deliver can help clients understand the value your company provides, which can lead to new business, and additional business opportunities.

The PowerPoint Myth

PowerPoint is a wonderful addition to a presentation if used properly.

Presentations – Lessons Learned (at School)

We are to absorb so much knowledge that we tend to forget what we have learned when we where still at school. Maybe you remember the time when you where asked to read out loud in front of the class.

The 3 Golden Rules Professional Graphic Designers Don't Want You to Know About

Ever wondered how some graphic designers always manage to produce beautiful looking designs for their brochures, website designs, logo designs? Talent...yes, it helps but there are a handful of more important things you can do that will have even complete beginners producing award winning design.

How to Keep Audiences Awake: Secrets from the Pro's!

Have you ever snoozed during a presentation? Most executives have! Learn the secrets to keeping your audience awake and highly involved, every time.

Presentation Titles That Fill the Room

You may have designed the best workshop in the world, but unless people actually sign up and show up, that won't mean a thing. Pick a compelling title if you want to fill the room.

I Love Muzak

Oh my. I'm so embarrassed. I never thought I'd say this. Not in a million year. Not as a serious musician. Certainly not as a science-based Learnertainer. But here it is ... nevertheless ... I love Muzak.

Talkin' 'Bout Pop Music

This article discusses the application of pop music in Hollywood movies and offers suggestions for enlivening any classroom, training event or meeting with pop music.

Exhibits

Do you wonder what enthralls an audience in a trade show? It’s not the huge crowd of people around or the excitement in the air – it is the powerful display of products with all their sleek placements, banners, and graphics. Exhibits, a shortened form for exhibition, seek to highlight the qualities of new products or services before a focused audience.

Translating Company Collateral to PowerPoint

As a PowerPoint user, it is sometimes necessary to accurately translate a company's marketing collateral to slide format. Learn some tips on moving copy effectively between the mediums.

Brand Reinforcement in PowerPoint

Reinforcing your corporate brand in PowerPoint requires several key ingredients, including careful use of color, type, imagery and copy.

The Power Of Storytelling - Tips To Make Your Next Proposal A Winning Read

The art of storytelling dates back tens of thousands of years. Yet the approach to the (relatively modern) phenomenon of written sales proposals rarely exploits the readers' appetite for a story. In the modern era we can look to Hollywood for inspiration. Learn how to apply scripting, storyboarding and test-screening techniques to improve the success of your proposals.