Discover 3 reasons most presentations fail and 3 easy ways to fix them

I did a webinar for Brainshark.com and mybrainshark.com, a presentation-sharing website. It was called “3 reasons most presentations fail and 3 ways to fix them.” Over 500 people attended!

The 1-hour webinar included makeovers of slides that attendees submitted. You can watch the presentation for free here. Let me know what you think by [...]

Why you need to get your presentations on the Internet–and how

Get your presentation on the Web? Why and how?

I’ve come up with 4 reasons to put your presentations on the Internet and 6 ways to do it.

Why #1–as a handout for your audience at a live presentation

Let’s say you’ve given your presentation live and–

Some important audience members couldn’t attend People [...]

5 new webinars in June! Get high-value training in presentation skills

I invite you to join me for 5 Wednesdays in June, when I’ll do live training webinars on high-interest topics:

June 1: How to Use Animation for High-Impact Communication June 8: How to Create Clear, Professional Charts and Diagrams June 15: 19 Steps to Prepare for a Successful Presentation June 22: How to Get [...]

Rick Altman starts off Outstanding Presentations Workshop with a bang!

Awesome awesome awesome – Elaine

Just wanted you to know that yesterday’s webinar was to the point, gave me specific methods to improve, was professionally presented and enjoyable.  But you already knew all that. Stayed up last night to re-do and greatly improve my Powerpoint presentation for an upcoming  New York State Science Olympiad Coaches [...]

Amazing free webinar series! Outstanding Presentations Workshop

I’m excited to announce an unprecedented opportunity for you to hear top presentation experts present on what they know best: How to create outstanding presentations! Never before have so many famous presenters come together to speak to you, people who present day in and day out.

It’s called “Outstanding Presentations Workshop.” Click the link [...]

Buy Microsoft Office 2007 now and get 2010 free later

Amazon.com has an offer to help you upgrade now. You buy Office 2007 now and you can then upgrade to 2010 for free. The reason for this is that 2010 is coming out soon and you would otherwise want to wait.

If you’re using Office 2003, why upgrade now? Using 2007 even for a [...]

Transparency gradients-an update

I’m working on my upcoming webinar, High-Impact Slide Design for Non-Designers, and one technique that I’m covering is transparency gradients. I’m explaining how to use them for a simple bottom bar on a slide and also how to create belly bands. (What, you don’t know what belly bands are?)

I realized that my tip [...]

New webinar coming up; previous one available as a recording

The next webinar is Slide Design for Non-Designers. I love this topic, because it’s close to my heart—I’m definitely not a designer. Yet I can create stunning slides (or so people tell me).

My story is that my slides used to look awful. After some painful feedback, I read books and studied slides that [...]

Recording available for the training webinar: Animation and Video in PowerPoint—Advanced Techniques

If you missed it, we had a great webinar last week on Animation and Video in PowerPoint—Advanced Techniques. It was jam packed with 10 techniques and attendees also got a 14-page handout with detailed instructions and the presentation itself, containing all the techniques!

You can now purchase the recording for $24.95, or buy all [...]

Write up of training webinar on presenting interactively

Thanks to Vikas Joshi for his write up of my training webinar on presenting interactively. His blog, The World of Interactivity, offers ideas for making Web sites, presentations, and applications more interactive. For example, he has ideas on how to make your site sticky, so that visitors become engaged.

Ellen Finkelstein can train you or the presenters in your organization to create high-impact, engaging, professional presentations for training, sales, business, or education. For more information, please click here.