PowerPoint Presentations: Slide Creation Do's and Don'ts

By August 2012, it was estimated that 350 PowerPoint presentations are given each second across the globe.

So the mere fact that you’re putting on a slide show in connection with  your presentation isn’t very compelling.

Certainly how it looks may set it apart, and I will discuss some game-changing techniques for making your graphics look good.

But before you decide what kind of visuals you’ll use and when you’ll use them, you have to think about why you are using them.

In putting together a good PowerPoint presentation, here’s the critical point to remember...

   ... a slideshow is a visual aid.

And that’s exactly how it should be used...

   ... not as a crutch, but as an aid...

... something that adds to your presentation.

Many presenters make a huge mistake here.

I disagree with presentation experts who focus on the visuals.

That’s like saying you buy a Porsche for the paint job.

Without the paint the car would still be irresistible because it’s impeccably designed, carefully put together, designed to make you comfortable, and capable of getting up to speed instantly.

So is your presentation.

You have to first learn how to attract your audience to the presentation with content they won’t be able to resist...

...and keep them there by subtly revealing to them the underlying emotional reasons they should want it.

You have to create core content that is exactly what your audience wants to hear. 

Only then will you be ready to put it into a form that makes it easy for you to deliver, and present it in an attractive PowerPoint show.

That is exactly what you will be learning in this program:

Just as the paint job on the Porsche is the finishing touch, the same is true of the visuals for your presentation.

It's time to take some time to put on the paint...

Specifically, you will learn: 

• How to create content that makes your audience crave everything you say…(Do this right and you’ll see them motivated to take action!)

• Coordinate what you say and what your audience sees for a flawless delivery…

• Identify the pain points and pleasure points of your audience and how your takeaways relieve the pain points and enhance pleasure points…

• Organize your material to make it easy for you to deliver and for your audience to follow…

• Develop your core PowerPoints by defining your tasks, solving the mysteries and keeping things simple…

• Manage your pace and deliver a PowerPoint presentation that ends on time, every time…

• Create and use visuals and pictures that make complex ideas clearer and more memorable by adding impact to your presentation…

• Integrate your words, blueprint, handout and visuals to make a compelling final presentation product…

• Captivate your audience within the first 5 minutes by getting them to trust, believe and listen to you…

• How to create a title for your PowerPoint presentation that motivates your audience to attend your presentation in the first place…

• Create opening slides that assure your audience they are in the right place and reminds them what they are going to hear…

• Show your presentation was worthwhile and move your audience to respond with enthusiasm…

• …and much, MUCH more!

Course Reviews from Program Attendees

“The number of things that you take away from one of Jason’s presentations, there’s just so many things, you can’t count them because it’s going to be different for every person. He might teach something that a few people in the room already know, but for the rest of the room it’s brand new knowledge for them and so the vast breadth of information that he teaches the entire audience is perfect because you know you are always going to come away with a lot of information.”

   Brad Grzesiak -- CEO and Co-Founder of Bendyworks

“The class was instrumental in helping me develop stronger PowerPoint skills and slideshow techniques. The formulaic approach was easy to learn, use and teach my ACs for greater success when working with customers.”

    Katie Furman  -- Project Manager

Game Changing PowerPoint Presentations is Different

Our goal is to give people practical and actionable tools that create a real connection with your audience.   

Not pie in the sky ideas, one hit wonders or concepts that sound good on paper but are impossible to execute, that come off as disingenuous or that are just plain ineffective.   

Over 20 years ago, I began crafting this method for meeting the challenges of public speaking in a way that’s genuine to you.   

We show you exactly how to take PowerPoint strategies and use them to seize opportunities, big & small.   

Here's the exact agenda for this course...

Map Out Your Message

• Prepare your opening slides

• Prepare your core content slides

• Prepare your closing slides

Add Variety To Your Visuals

• Use pictures to add impact

• Keep your graphics simple

• Use illustrations to increase comprehension

• Use handouts to reach every learner

...so you can have the killer PowerPoint presentation you need to deliver your message, because our guess is what you have to say is pretty important.

See you on the inside.

About Your Instructor

International Public Speaking Coach, TEDx Speaker and Best Selling author Jason Teteak has taught more than one million people how to flawlessly command attention and connect with audiences in their unique style.

He’s won praise and a wide following for his original methods, his engaging style, and his knack for transferring communications skills via practical, simple, universal and immediately actionable techniques.

Or as he puts it “No theoretical fluff”.

Jason gained recognition at EPIC Systems in the medical software industry, where he was known as “trainer of trainers of trainers.”

He has developed more than fifty presentation and communication training programs ranging in length from one hour to three days that serve as the basis for The Rule the Room Method.

In 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 he was named #1 Best Selling coach on Public Speaking for his on-demand video teaching tools that quickly took off for over 100,000 online students around the world.

Teteak has flipped the model and changed the approach to great Public Speaking for even the most seasoned veterans.