Create a professional PowerPoint presentation on your (business) topic that resonates with the audience and stays in their minds. Perfect your presentation speech to match! In this section, we are sharing many helpful and effective tips & tricks for the creation of your presentation and the associated speech with you. Benefit from the tips of our PowerPoint experience of 25 years!
Here you will find tips on how to prepare your presentation in a target-oriented way, all the way to effective tips on how to create and hold presentations…
For a varied and at the same time professional presentation speech – whether on site in front of an audience or online – use targeted techniques, such as rhetoric, to underline your statements and achieve your goals. Also, use features of PowerPoint to deliver your presentation skillfully. Use the PowerPoint speaker view, or a time display to keep track of the remaining presentation time.
Skillfully assemble your slides and heed our tips to impress your audience with a professional presentation and a perfected speech and achieve your goals.
After a good 20 years in the presentation business, I have seen hundreds of presentations and heard many live talks. And if there’s one thing I consider essential when delivering an inspiring and convincing presentation, it’s this: “Never read directly from a PowerPoint slide during a presentation. Avoid overloaded slides and long sentences.” Your audience…
Uh oh. The dreaded uh slipped out of again. Particularly when you start your speech, this and other filler words can make you sound insecure and a little unprofessional. Almost as if you didn’t prepare enough for your speech. That’s not to say that filler words are strictly forbidden. Sometimes a well-timed ah or…
It’s not easy selling new and innovative products. Potential customers often shy away from the unknown, particularly in the B2B environment. When there’s no perceived need for a product, consumers often fail to notice, and ultimately reject, innovation. But how on earth can a small start-up company or an independent entrepreneur find the money for…
After a presentation, every presenter is inclined to review and rate their performance. Did it go as planned? Was I confident enough? Was I able to convince the audience? These are questions that we can’t answer on our own – we just don’t really know how others perceive us. Unless we ask them. Why a good…
Allowing the audience to ask questions after a presentation is a popular way to finish, and it has many advantages. You get direct contact with your audience, and the chance to clear up any ambiguities. It’s a good way to show commitment to and interest in your audience and gives you the opportunity to really…
Entrepreneurial success hinges on many factors – expertise, shrewd management, experience – to name just a few. In today’s world of rapid change, there’s one factor that is becoming increasingly important: innovative strength. This involves both big and small ideas that are generated throughout the company and help improve it as a whole. Despite all…
Maybe you’ve been in this situation: A colleague is giving a presentation. While he’s talking, you’re shown a huge number of slides; the information literally flies past you. While you’re still thinking about the third slide, he’s already moved on to slide seventeen. Or vice versa: A 60-minute presentation is supported by a few short…
PowerPoint presentations can be displayed in many different ways: on PCs, laptops, mobile devices, projectors and not least television screens. Presenting on TV is mostly suitable for informal occasions, but it can also work in a business context. We set out below four ways of presenting via a TV: Option 1: Connect your laptop to…
A truly great presentation requires more than just well-researched facts and information. Overcoming the physical and emotional barriers between you and your audience and establishing a real connection with your audience is key. Physical Barriers Physical barriers can include anything from the distance between the audience and the stage, the position of the podium and…
Gone are the days of structured presentations that focus purely on facts and figures. Today, flexibility and adaptability are a must. Due to an ever-increasing demand on time, it’s essential to present relevant information quickly and accurately rather than wasting your audience’s time with lengthy and possibly unnecessary slides. Depending on the topic of your…