Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Workshop
Are your PowerPoint presentations effective marketing tools or deadly WMDs? If it’s the latter, you may be causing Death by PowerPoint — boring your audience with excessive bullet points; graphs with loads of lines, 3D effects, and data; dense blocks of tiny text; putting people to sleep by reading your slides word-for-word…you get the idea.
There are two reasons to give presentations: to educate and to persuade. If your presentations aren’t doing either one of these successfully, then it’s time to learn how to connect with your audience.
Cheating Death by PowerPoint will enable you to transform your PowerPoint presentations into powerful marketing tools. In this workshop you’ll learn about the most common PowerPoint mistakes and how to avoid them. You’ll also learn how to create effective leave-behinds that will reinforce your message long after your presentation is done. At the end of the workshop, you’ll view some PowerPoint presentations and use your new skills to brainstorm ways to improve them. After the workshop, you yourself will be able to Cheat Death by PowerPoint.
- Recognize and avoid common PowerPoint pitfalls
- Support your main speaking points with clean design
- Use photographs to communicate and to create emotional impact
- Create graphs with a designer look
- Learn the importance of color
- Discover how great storytelling is more effective than data dumps during your presentation.
- Learn how many bullet points are too many (it’s fewer than you think).
- Find out how your leave-behinds can reinforce your presentation long after it’s over.
- Does your deck fit your company’s brand? It should!
- Do you use a customized template consistently with every PowerPoint show you create?
- Did you know that with the proper animation and embedding, your PowerPoint show can look like a video?
Start Cheating Death by PowerPoint today! Contact Laura M. Foley Design at 978.820.1149 or by email to bring Cheating Death by PowerPoint to your business, school, convention, or networking group.
Download the PDF flyer here. You will need Adobe Reader to open the file.
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Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Customized
If online tutorials or PowerPoint classes aren't addressing your specific needs, or if you learn better on-on-one, then you might get better results with a customized PowerPoint lesson. Laura can come to your office and teach you exactly what you need to know to Cheat Death by PowerPoint. Whether it’s a vexing problem you’re experiencing or you want to improve your PowerPoint game overall, Laura is here to help!
With a customized lesson plan tailored for your needs, you will be sure to gain skills you can use to improve your PowerPoint!
Please contact Laura by email or call 978.820.1149 for information on scheduling and rates.
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Cheating Death by PowerPoint: Overhaul
Is redesigning a PowerPoint deck worth it? Absolutely! But sometimes you just don't have the time. That's when you turn to Laura M. Foley Design for the PowerPoint Overhaul. This robust redesign package includes the following:
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Customized PowerPoint template, including your logo and a palette that matches your corporate identity
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Style guide
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Redesign of every slide in your deck, including copy editing, table and graph redesign, and photo sourcing
Since the PowerPoint Overhaul is a completely customized package, the rates vary depending on the size of your deck. Please contact Laura by email or call 978.820.1149 for an estimate.
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PowerPoint Before and After
Check out these before-and-after comparisons to see how Laura has helped her clients to Cheat Death by PowerPoint:
Slideways, a manufacturer of plastic components
This is the main sales deck for Slideways, redesigned to match their new Web site.
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NTS, engineering services and compliance testing
This is the main sales deck for NTS, redesigned to match their new marketing collateral.
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Polaris Venture Partners, a venture capital firm
In their annual presentation, Polaris wanted to show the widespread use of their portfolio companies' technology.
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Town of Hubbardston, Massachusetts
The Hubbardston, MA, Finance Committee was presenting the argument for a Proposition 2½ override to replace an aging plow truck. After viewing the presentation, those attending the annual Town Meeting voted to add the two override ballot questions for the town's Special Election.
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Your instructor, Laura Foley, has been improving PowerPoint presentations since 1989 for organizations such as Atlas Venture, Kodiak Venture Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, and Tufts New England Medical Center.
As the principal of Laura M. Foley Design, she helps her clients communicate their messages with effective corporate branding and marketing materials.
