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Guided self-study course to create more effective PowerPoint presentations
Overview
Course Overview
Module 1: Insights from Audiences
What audiences say about presentations
Bonus video: Discussion of the 2019 survey results
Bonus video: Results of the 2016 financial presentations survey (4:57)
Module 2: The GPS Approach to presentation planning
Download: GPS for Presentation PDF ebook
Introduction
Bonus video: Introducing the GPS approach (0:26)
G - Goal
P - Present Situation
S - Steps
Bonus video: The GPS approach
Information Overload
Bonus video: Addressing Information Overload
Documenting the presentation plan
Planning your slides
Bonus video: Planning your slides like a GPS (3:06)
Module 3: Slide Design
Slide Design
Bonus video: Color and Font choices (12:37)
Module 4: The HVF Approach to Selecting & Creating Effective Visuals
Download: PDF version of Select Effective Visuals
Introduction
Bonus video: Introducing the HVF approach (1:21)
H - Headline
Bonus video: Why headlines are so important (13:10)
Bonus video: Finding headlines in existing slides (2:45)
Bonus video: Headline template for the results of analysis (1:39)
V - Selecting Visual
Bonus video: Approach to selecting a visual (2:57)
Category 1: Comparing Numbers/values/size
Bonus video: Visuals to show numbers (51:24)
Category 2: Relationship of sequence
Bonus video: Visuals to show sequence (4:52)
Category 3: Relationship over time
Bonus video: Visuals to show time relationship (2:51)
Category 4: Relationship between entities
Bonus video: Visuals to show relationships between entities (5:41)
Category 5: A person, place, or object
Bonus video: Visuals to show objects (1:13)
Category 6: An example or demonstration
Bonus video: Visual of highlighting text (3:55)
F - Focus the Audience
Bonus video: Using Callouts (5:15)
Bonus video: Building slides piece by piece (11:34)
Bonus video: Explaining complex visuals (4:30)
Module 5: Creating Visuals
Introduction
Working with a corporate template and re-using previous slides
Graphs & Data Visuals
Bonus video: Creating a PowerPoint graph using Excel data (5:02)
Bonus video: Options for Copying Excel content into PowerPoint (26:38)
Bonus video: Cleaning up a default graph (4:59)
Bonus video: Create bar charts using Excel's Conditional Formatting Data Bars (demo in Excel) (9:14)
Bonus video: Comparing values to a standard using a dashed line on a column graph (demo in Excel) (12:42)
Bonus Video: Comparing values to a standard using a dashed line on a bar chart (demo in Excel) (10:44)
Bonus video: Comparing actual vs budget in multiple areas (demo in Excel) (12:10)
Bonus video: Show the trend of actual and future predicted values with a two-series line graph (demo in Excel) (8:14)
Bonus video: Showing a step change using a step trend graph (demo in Excel) (10:21)
Bonus video: Compare trends in data measured in different units using an index line graph (demo in Excel) (7:50)
Diagrams
Bonus video: Tips & Tricks for creating diagrams (11:39)
Bonus video: Create Gantt chart using a table (7:47)
Text & Tables
Bonus video: Text in horizontal shapes (8:34)
Bonus video: Formatting text in bullets (5:30)
Bonus video: Organic Highlighting in PowerPoint Using Inking (4:25)
Bonus video: Creating a table of numbers (28:58)
Images
Bonus video: Cropping & Resizing images (5:33)
Bonus video: Putting text on top of an image (8:11)
Focusing the Audience
Bonus video: Using callout shapes (6:34)
Bonus video: Break apart an image to build it piece by piece (8:18)
Bonus video: Graph animation techniques (17:04)
Bonus video: Reveal animation (7:09)
Bonus video: Zoom in on a portion technique (5:22)
Module 6: Preparing to Deliver the Presentation
Prepare for Delivery
Bonus video: Using Custom Shows in PowerPoint (8:29)
Putting this into practice
How to incorporate these ideas into your presentations
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What audiences say about presentations
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