There is a general rule of thumb thrown around in the presentation industry regarding bullets, which states no more than five bullets per slide with no more than five words per bullet. This is an attempt to get you the presenter to understand that you are probably being verbose. Of course individuals in the audience… Read more »
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Presentation White Space
It seems that most presentations these days have never heard of the term white space. Presenters throw screens up in front of audiences that are choked full of text, bullets and sub-standard graphics. And worse, they expect great results from the presentation. Somewhere in the world of presentations it became clever to try to limit… Read more »
Establish Front Line Presentation Clarity
In the business world of high stakes presentations when selling services, presentations have increased value over companies who develop products. Products are tangibles that prospects can usually research, touch and feel. Services on the other hand have a higher chance of leaving the prospect audience with a collective “huh?” With that higher chance of presentation… Read more »
Conference Presentations and the Value of Neuroscience
When you present a PowerPoint presentation at a conference, the desired outcome is usually a bit different than the usual sales or investor presentation. The first concern most presenters have, “how do I get through this without embarrassing myself.” The more confident presenters usually think about elevating their professional status within the respected business community…. Read more »
How to Avoid a Cow Patty Presentation
Presentation Partners is now on SlideShare! Check out our first uploaded slideshow and learn how to avoid your own cow patty presentation! This deck will give you lots of great tips and information on building a presentation! Visit t.co/EOAbQaoE to view on SlideShare.
Investor Decks for Technology
Investor decks come in all shapes and sizes depending on the specific investor audience. Today the topics of thriving businesses or startups has changed. It requires being up to speed on what is happening in the market place. Technology dominates the landscape and if you can’t speak the language, you cannot craft a compelling message…. Read more »
Presentations for Start-ups
A new business start-up certainly has its challenges. Just establishing, branding and messaging can be difficult. A great way to step towards branding and messaging for a start-up is to build presentation decks. Like the example in the image, the company Airpush, which promotes a push tray advertising platform for Android cell phones, utilized a… Read more »
Recruitment Presentation Decks
Bringing top level talent into your organization can be a challenge. When recruiting in groups companies often resort to PowerPoint presentations. If developed properly your recruitment presentation can bring the talent on board. The developer of the presentation must strike a delicate balance between pushing the organizations values and philosophy and most importantly, articulating whats… Read more »
Differentiation Can Be Vital to a Successful Outcome
Human Resource Benefits PowerPoint Presentations Companies are reeling with both hiring and retaining employees. Couple that with rising healthcare cost and HR staffs have their hands full. If your company sells to the HR space, you need to realize that HR personnel are bombarded by opportunities to solve the adoption issues of their employees. Differentiation… Read more »
Tips for a Pharmaceutical Presentation
Metaphoric simplicity can apply to all presentation types, including pharmaceutical presentations. If you look at the above sample you won’t see a lot of content in terms of words on the actual slide. The words come from the presenter engaging the audience in a conversational tone. As an audience member you can grasp the simplistic… Read more »
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