Why Most Powerpoint Presentations Suck
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Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck
Author: Rick Altman
language: en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date: 2012
THIRD EDITION: Did you learn PowerPoint in 30 minutes? Join the crowd...most people get no more than a half-hour of training time with PowerPoint before they are tasked with making what is likely to be a first impression of themselves or their company. This book is for earnest presenters and presentation designers who want to escape the perils that entrap so many who turn to PowerPoint for their presentations.
Presentation Pitfalls
Great presentations get ideas approved, secure funding, and drive action. But even experienced professionals fall into common traps that weaken their message and lose their audience. In Presentation Pitfalls, executive communication experts John Polk and Justin Hunsaker reveal the ten traps that cause presentations to fail—and, more importantly, the techniques to avoid them. You'll learn how to craft a compelling narrative, design slides that engage rather than distract, and deliver your message with confidence. Presenters fall into "The Frankenstein Trap" when they cobble slides together without a clear storyline, leaving audiences confused. Or they stumble into "The Lipstick on a Pig Trap," dressing up a weak message with flashy design instead of strengthening the content. Or they trip over "The Just the Facts Trap," believing that data alone is enough to persuade. These missteps—and seven others—can the difference between winning buy-in and losing your audience. Inside, you'll discover how to: Tell a clear story Leverage graphics Reduce the noise Present with confidence Estimates put the corporate waste from ineffective presentations at over $1 billion daily. Don't let your ideas get lost in the shuffle. Whether leading a key meeting, presenting to senior leadership, or pitching a new idea, this book gives you the tools you need to get results. John Polk and Justin Hunsaker are on a mission to rid the world of bad presentations and the bad decisions that come with them. Presentation Pitfalls will teach you how to craft compelling presentations that engage to influence and influence to drive action.
A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint
Author: Mike Parkinson
language: en
Publisher: Association for Talent Development
Release Date: 2018-10-02
Learn the Secrets Needed to Master PowerPoint for Training As a successful facilitator, you know the importance of the resources in your professional toolkit. How you engage your audience and improve learning can be affected by how well you use them. But mastery of PowerPoint evades many. Feedback on presentations can range from “What was the point?” to “That changed my life.” Most, though, fall closer to the former. If you are looking for a guide to the PowerPoint practices that will push your presentations into the latter category, look no further. A Trainer's Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters is Mike Parkinson's master class on the art of PowerPoint. While Parkinson wants you to understand how amazing a tool PowerPoint is, he's the first to tell you that there is no magic button to make awesome slides. There are, however, proven processes and tools that deliver successful PowerPoint content each and every time you use them. In this book he shares them, detailing his award-winning PowerPoint process and guiding you through three phases of presentation development—discover, design, and deliver. What's more, Parkinson is a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP—most valuable professional—an honorific bestowed by Microsoft on those with “very deep knowledge of Microsoft products and services.” He shares not only his tips and best practices for presentation success, but also those from several of his fellow MVPs. Parkinson invites you to master PowerPoint as a tool—just like a paintbrush and paint—and to realize that the tool doesn't make the art, you do.