Delivering Impressive Presentation Decks - Social Skills Workshop Training Course

Brief Introduction

Types of presentation

• consulting and information

  • designed to deliver

  • report as "just reading" the slide

  sales and persuasive (to be presented)

Preparation of slides

• adapting the content to the duration of the presentation

• selection scheme, create your own designs

• way of presenting content - from general to specific or vice versa

• selection of titles and range of content

• visualization - graphs, tables, illustrations (graphics informative)

Preparing a Sales Deck

• Sales slide deck

  • what to do before starting to design a slide deck,

  • what to include in a sales slides deck.

• Slide composition

  • structuring the slides,

  • using visuals.

• Including data

  • ​effective use of charts,

  • simplifying charts and graphs,

  • how to determine which data deserves a slide,

  • how not to overload your peers,

  • connecting MS Excel.

• Amplifying your message

  • how to use your slide deck

Support Materials

• notes for yourself

• handout for customers

Personal competencies of good speakers

• voice, diction, wordless message

• self-presentation

• ability to build credibility

Zero Hour, which I have in front of audience

• last 15 minutes pre-concentrate

• taming the tiger, which is about how to win the stage fright

• first impression

• making contact with customers

• benefits from the break, the "effect of freshness" and not just

Errors that can be avoided

• unconventional show about life insurance

• too serious about handkerchiefs nose

• Bored vs lack of specific details about the subject of presentation

Crisis situations, that is the art of improvisation

• equipment failure

• erroneous content on slides

• tornado and other unforeseen circumstances

Overview of tools for interactive presentations

• Creating Flash based presentations using Prezi

• Haiku Deck: Another tool to create interactive Web and iOS based presentations

• Creating animated narrator videos using GoAnimate

• Balsamiq: Preparing effective Mockups and Wireframes

• PowerPoint Addins

  • installing new plugins,,

  • PowerPointLabs,

  • Office Timeline,

  • Poll Everywhere,

  • PowerMockup,

  • Oomfo.

Practice makes perfect

• AutoSummarize

• Feedback from participants