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Tips for PowerPoint. How to use this powerful program to create better presentations. The art, science, and business of designing professional PowerPoint presentations. Featuring real PowerPoint slide samples and examples.
Discover how professional speaker and businessman Jim Garland transformed his "dilapidated old propeller plane presentation" into a high-flying centerpiece for his Flight Plan for Excellence speech.
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Discover how India-based QuEST Global Engineering transformed their PowerPoint presentations with precision and detail. The inside story of a 450 page PowerPoint makeover.
Read the fun story of how Pearson Education helped rally and inspire their employees at their annual Sales Conference with a dynamic music-video presentation. 
The presentation of presentations has evolved radically and rapidly. But the most exciting presentation products are on the horizon, as increased bandwidth, more powerful and compact technologies, and a more technically-savvy consumer merge to pave a path for clearer communications. Here are some emerging trends, technologies, and techniques in the presentation industry.
With greater use of PowerPoint and more dazzle and electronic sizzle, the opportunity for electronic adversity is greater than ever. Here are some pointers for preventing presentation pitfalls...and how to remain the star of the show...no matter what happens.
Discover PowerPoint’s little-known feature to help speakers to deliver smoother speeches and improve eye contact.
Apple's new iPad is the talk of the town. Marketing departments are snatching them up en-masse, adapting their corporate overview presentations and company videos for their sales teams to get a leg-up over the competition. Discover how this "magical and revolutionary device" may transform the presentation industry and sales market.
The simple story of how a community college president used dynamic and inspiring PowerPoint presentation visuals to win the support from a skeptical Board of Directors to build a new college campus.
Find out how one innovative insurance agent transformed her basic PowerPoint show into a captivating presentation that helped to make her shine at a big convention.
Read the story of how Trevor Franklin of TD Waterhouse created a focused but impactful presentation to support his 20-minute "Building Trust in Financial Services" keynote speech for a local business group.
Read the story of how Hawthorne Power Systems worked with a presentation design team to create a page-for-page enhancement that improved audience attentiveness and retention.
With nurses and healthcare workers sleeping through a boring clinical PowerPoint, Aguoron Pharmaceuticals transformed their medical / healthcare training PowerPoint Presentation with a fresh new look that motivates audiences and maintains their attention. Read the fun inside story here.
Read how Cox Communications transformed their bland and ordinary PowerPoint presentation into a bold and graphical sophisticated show for a Leadership convention. 
Dr. Soram is a high-energy and respected speaker....but his presentation visuals lacked consistency and vitality. Read how the expert of Vitamin D transformed his basic PowerPoint presentation from bland and boring into a dynamic and high-impact presentation masterpiece.
A presentation without a storyboard is like a cart without a horse. You have no idea which direction whomsoever is going to pull the cart. And when you realize your mistake, it may be too late. In this article Geetesh Bajaj explains the simple and powerful concept of treating your presentation like a story...and integrating storyboarding so that it comes together effortlessly and translates to a terrific PowerPoint presentation.
If you knew that spending just one additional hour to work on your PowerPoint presentation would help you win a $1M account, would you invest the time to make it shine? Everyone loves good visuals. Extraordinary visuals get noticed…and remembered. Presentation software has made it easier than ever to tell a story and communicate key concepts…but far too often people still saddle their slides with text-heavy bullet points, and flat boring backgrounds. The next time you’re called on to present, consider these 4 Tips on The Value of Extraordinary Visuals.
Tips to help you look at presentation design as more of a science than an art, so you can put a "managed methodology" behind your work and work more effectively.
Read the inside story of how environmental conference organizers transformed 22 separate PowerPoint to a unified look and feel. A quick and easy presentation makeover thanks to a template master and thoughtful planning.
Read how motivational speaker Joe Mayne transformed his basic PowerPoint presentation into a dynamic masterpiece...quickly and economically.
Discover how energy consulting firm Refined Solar transformed their bland and boring 32-page PowerPoint presentation into a focused cornerstone of corporate communications for prospective clients and business partners.
Read how KM/Plaza's dynamic presentation helped win them a large construction contract...all thanks to clear and concise content, dynamic yet clean visuals, and powerful presentation coaching.
Discover the secrets transforming a boring and basic PowerPoint for Mona Vie into a high-impact presentation to showcase the power drink's business potential.
We all know it: Animation makes a presentation more memorable. So spend the time to put some movement into your presentation…and take note of how many more people remember it. Here are some ideas...
Graphics that are misaligned can subconsciously send the message of disorganization, and detract from your presentation. By using Grids and Guides (view menu or right click), you can get your text and graphics perfectly straight.
Next to graphics, type and fonts are the most effective way for communicating your message. Fonts add emotion and impact to your presentation. They also can create variety and help to keep the attention of your audience. Here are 10 tips for using fonts in your next presentation.
