Overview
Module 1: Insights from Audiences
Module 2: The GPS Approach to presentation planning
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Download: GPS for Presentation PDF ebook
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Introduction
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Bonus video: Introducing the GPS approach (0:26)
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G - Goal
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P - Present Situation
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S - Steps
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Bonus video: The GPS approach
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Information Overload
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Bonus video: Addressing Information Overload
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Documenting the presentation plan
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Planning your slides
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Bonus video: Planning your slides like a GPS (3:06)
Module 3: Slide Design
Module 4: The HVF Approach to Selecting & Creating Effective Visuals
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Download: PDF version of Select Effective Visuals
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Introduction
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Bonus video: Introducing the HVF approach (1:21)
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H - Headline
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Bonus video: Why headlines are so important (13:10)
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Bonus video: Finding headlines in existing slides (2:45)
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Bonus video: Headline template for the results of analysis (1:39)
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V - Selecting Visual
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Bonus video: Approach to selecting a visual (2:57)
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Category 1: Comparing Numbers/values/size
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Bonus video: Visuals to show numbers (51:24)
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Category 2: Relationship of sequence
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Bonus video: Visuals to show sequence (4:52)
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Category 3: Relationship over time
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Bonus video: Visuals to show time relationship (2:51)
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Category 4: Relationship between entities
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Bonus video: Visuals to show relationships between entities (5:41)
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Category 5: A person, place, or object
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Bonus video: Visuals to show objects (1:13)
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Category 6: An example or demonstration
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Bonus video: Visual of highlighting text (3:55)
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F - Focus the Audience
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Bonus video: Using Callouts (5:15)
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Bonus video: Building slides piece by piece (11:34)
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Bonus video: Explaining complex visuals (4:30)
Module 5: Creating Visuals
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Introduction
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Working with a corporate template and re-using previous slides
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Graphs & Data Visuals
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Bonus video: Creating a PowerPoint graph using Excel data (5:02)
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Bonus video: Options for Copying Excel content into PowerPoint (26:38)
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Bonus video: Cleaning up a default graph (4:59)
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Bonus video: Create bar charts using Excel's Conditional Formatting Data Bars (demo in Excel) (9:14)
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Bonus video: Comparing values to a standard using a dashed line on a column graph (demo in Excel) (12:42)
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Bonus Video: Comparing values to a standard using a dashed line on a bar chart (demo in Excel) (10:44)
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Bonus video: Comparing actual vs budget in multiple areas (demo in Excel) (12:10)
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Bonus video: Show the trend of actual and future predicted values with a two-series line graph (demo in Excel) (8:14)
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Bonus video: Showing a step change using a step trend graph (demo in Excel) (10:21)
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Bonus video: Compare trends in data measured in different units using an index line graph (demo in Excel) (7:50)
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Diagrams
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Bonus video: Tips & Tricks for creating diagrams (11:39)
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Bonus video: Create Gantt chart using a table (7:47)
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Text & Tables
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Bonus video: Text in horizontal shapes (8:34)
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Bonus video: Formatting text in bullets (5:30)
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Bonus video: Organic Highlighting in PowerPoint Using Inking (4:25)
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Bonus video: Creating a table of numbers (28:58)
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Images
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Bonus video: Cropping & Resizing images (5:33)
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Bonus video: Putting text on top of an image (8:11)
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Focusing the Audience
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Bonus video: Using callout shapes (6:34)
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Bonus video: Break apart an image to build it piece by piece (8:18)
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Bonus video: Graph animation techniques (17:04)
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Bonus video: Reveal animation (7:09)
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Bonus video: Zoom in on a portion technique (5:22)
Module 6: Preparing to Deliver the Presentation
Putting this into practice
