This is a guest post by Yousef “Yoyo” Abu Ghaidah, a PowerPoint ninja who founded Slide Cow, a learning platform for all things PowerPoint, presentations and public speaking. When he’s not designing slides or giving presentations, he’s on another coffee run. You can follow him on Twitter here. You probably already know that adding illustrations to […]
Beyond storytelling: Create an experience
This is a guest blog post by Robert Kawalsky, CEO and Cofounder of Zeetings, a software company changing the way people present their ideas to the world. Kawalsky is also an active investor and advisor to technology and internet related businesses. Kawalsky previously held the position of Portfolio Manager at Keybridge Capital where he grew and […]
Handouts for data-heavy presentations
Not all presentations can be full of photos. Sometimes, you need to present data — lots of it. While I do think that presenters sometimes dump more than necessary on their audience, consider this scenario. The setting You’re a market research associate. A product marketing manager asks you to research demographics for people in the […]
Create handouts for data-heavy decision meetings
One of the most common uses of PowerPoint is to present data that will be used to make a decision at a meeting. A good example is a market research team presenting to marketing executives. Some of the important issues in a meeting like this are to: Tailor the presentation to the audience’s level of […]
Link text to an Excel cell to dynamically update data
Sudeep wrote me, “I need some help to update a slide containing a map with certain districts. I have the monthly sales turnover for these districts. In need to update them monthly from an Excel sheet. Can you suggest a way to automate the process without having to punch it in a text box every […]
