Corporate Presentation Skills

Advanced ppt “technical” skills, data visualization & techniques of building corporate slides

Organizations and people are facing ever-increasing need for data driven decisions, yet on the other hand, the scope of quantitative data in the world is growing very rapidly. Therefore, advanced competency to communicate explicit messages, to visualize data & build self-explanatory business slide decks is becoming crucial.  For example, MS PowerPoint is extremely versatile & powerful tool for these purposes. Yet, without systematic training it is frequently misused: causing frustration for the creators (taking too much time) and confusion for the audience (not getting the message).

Key topics:

Mindset:

• Fighting the “slide overload” – through audience attention management.
• Message first. Have your point before launching Presentation building program.

Knowledge:

• Data visualization. Charts and tables – rules & best practices for readability.
• Slide building techniques. Efficient sequence and display methodology.

Skills:

• Tips & tricks in Microsoft PowerPoint, “hidden” features and speed shortcuts.
• Hands-on. Re-work of example charts, tables, slides.
• Transition to work. Analysis & re-build of presentations brought in by participants.

Value of participation

There are 3 “pain points” addressed with this Presentation skills program:

• Less time wasted in hesitation & experiments – when building presentation from scratch.
• Upscaled communication quality – through improved data visualization.
• Speed shortcuts & technical hacks – to drastically reduce your manual work on MS PPT.

This is an independent workshop and is neither affiliated with, nor authorised, sponsored, or approved by, Microsoft Corporation.