01 day – Designing Impactful Executive Presentation using PowerPoint

Mindset of the audience

• Show the top annoyance of the audience base on a survey
• Explain the problem with today’s approach towards designing slides
• Explain the fallacy of solely using the left side of the brain during design
• Show examples of slides designed with the left side of the brain
• Explain the advantages of using the right side of the brain during design
• Show examples of slides designed with the right side of the brain

Fundamentals of Design, Part 1, Guidelines

• Explain how the usage of guidelines affect design
• Show examples of slides using guidelines effectively

Designing Slides with Guidelines
• Participants to redesign a slide using guidelines effectively

Fundamentals of Design, Part 2, Fonts

• Explain how the usage of fonts affect design
• Show examples of slides using fonts effectively

Designing Slides with Fonts
• Participants to redesign a slide using fonts effectively

Fundamentals of Design, Part 3, Colours

• Explain the theory of colours
• Explain how the usage of colours affect design
• Show examples of slides using colours effectively

Designing Slides with Colours

• Participants to redesign a slide using colours effectively

Designing Graphics, Part 1, Pictograms

• Explain how the usage of pictograms affect design
• Show examples of slides using pictograms effectively
• Demonstrate how pictograms can becreated through the usage of different shapes

Designing Slides with Pictograms

• Participants to create various pictograms through the usage of different shapes

Designing Graphics, Part 2, Silhouettes

• Explain how the usage of silhouettes affect design
• Show examples of slides using silhouettes effectively
• Demonstrate how silhouettes can be created through the usage of the “Freeform” tool

Designing Slides with Silhouettes

• Participants to create various silhouettes through the usage of the “Freeform” tool

Injecting Animation, Part 1, “Zoom” and “Transparency” Effect

• Show examples of badly designed slides with complex tables and charts
• Demonstrate how complex charts and tables can be better designed by using the “Zoom” and “Transparency” effect

Designing Slides through injecting “Zoom” and “Transparency” effect

• Participants to employ the “Zoom” and “Transparency” effect when redesigning a slide with complex table
and diagrams

Injecting Animation, Part 2, “On Click” Effect

• Show examples of slides where more than 5 bullets points are shown all at once
• Demonstrate through the “On Click” effect, bullet points in the slides can bepresented more effectively

Designing Slides through injecting the “On Click” effect

• Participants to employ the “On Click” effect when redesigning a slide with more than 5 bullets points which are shown all at once

Designing Effective Charts, “3 Big Questions” Technique

• Show examples of charts with overwhelming and unnecessary amount of data and elements
• Show examples of charts that are effectively designed
• Explain to participants about applying the “3 Big Questions” technique when designing their charts

Designing Effective Charts through applying the “3 Big Questions” Technique

• Participants to employ the “3 Big Questions” Technique when redesigning a slide with overwhelming
and unnecessary amount of data and elements

Websites with Freebies

• Show 3 photos that are legitimate
• Participants will be given a deck of slides which are badly designed
• Participants to apply the techniques learned throughout the day and redesign a deck of slides
• Presentation

Critique

• Trainer and participants to critique slides redesigned by participants
• Conclusion and Wrap-up"