We live in an age where, no matter what function or department you work with, you will encounter the need to deliver a presentation on a topic of significance. And that means creating a “PPT” from scratch, and often, presenting it yourself.\u00a0Now, I’ve spent two\u00a0decades working with Powerpoint and know, first hand, that it’s not nearly as easy as it seems. Yes, any one with a mouse and a copy of Microsoft’s PowerPoint software can start “building slides”.\u00a0 But, creating a presentation of Quality – that’s a different matter altogether.<\/p>\n
Some argue that addressing an audience is an art, not a science. That you need charisma to make an impact. That leaders and speakers are born, not made. Others argue that they have, in fact, benefited from the countless resources on the Web (and in the real world) that offer the promise of making you a better speaker.<\/p>\n
Be that as it may, how do you deliver\u00a0a good presentation?<\/p>\n
First of all, you need to accept\u00a0that there is no substitute for “clarity of thought<\/em>“. Just as knowledge of Photoshop does not make you a Van Gogh, knowing how to make a PowerPoint slide deck does not necessarily result in an impactful presentation. So take the time to study the topic\u00a0before you, and jot down your thoughts (preferably on paper) on what you want to share with your audience.<\/p>\n Remember, presentations are about\u00a0communicating an idea<\/em> in the most\u00a0effective manner possible – not about fancy fonts, packing your slides with a lot of data, or using animated transitions.<\/p>\n Here’s my list of points to keep in mind, the next time you face a Blank Slide template… We live in an age where, no matter what function or department you work with, you will encounter the need to deliver a presentation on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,14],"class_list":["post-2167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-quality","tag-work"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4054,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions\/4054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/greymatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nRead PresentationZen’s Top 10 Slide Tips<\/a>\u00a0and Guy Kawasaki’s 10-20-30 rule<\/a>,\u00a0before you even double-click on the PowerPoint icon – they both have\u00a0some great tips for you to follow, regardless of the topic you’re presenting on.\u00a0You can also\u00a0bookmark AllTop’s rich resource on all things related to communication, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"