PowerPoint Tips Blog

Helping you with presenting, PowerPoint, and speaking

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Tips
  • E-Store
  • Training
  • About
  • Affiliates
  • Advertise
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Archives for data

A simple, 4-step guide to beautifully visualize data in your presentations

October 29, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein 6 Comments

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 […]

Share
Tweet
Share49
+1
Shares 49

Filed Under: Charts, tables & diagrams Tagged With: data, slide, visualization

Beyond storytelling: Create an experience

September 10, 2016 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

powerpoint-tips-experience-zeetings-mt-kilimanjaro

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 […]

Share4
Tweet
Share
+12
Shares 6

Filed Under: Delivery Tagged With: data, engagement, experience, stories, storytelling

Handouts for data-heavy presentations

March 16, 2015 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

powerpoint-tips-handouts-data-heavy-presentations-1

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 […]

Share14
Tweet
Share15
+14
Shares 33

Filed Under: Delivery Tagged With: data, handouts, presenting data, resize slide

Create handouts for data-heavy decision meetings

January 11, 2015 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/flipped-presentation/

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 […]

Share11
Tweet
Share6
+12
Shares 19

Filed Under: Content, Design principles Tagged With: data, handouts, meetings, Send to Word

Link text to an Excel cell to dynamically update data

December 26, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 9 Comments

powerpoint-tips-link-text-to-excel-1

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 […]

Share1
Tweet
Share
+14
Shares 5

Filed Under: Hyperlinks, Shapes & text boxes Tagged With: data, Excel, link, linking, update

Free Video Training!

13 Techniques that Will Make Designing Your Slides EASY!

And get the PowerPoint Tips Newsletter with tips and resources for presenters. Plus 5 bonus tips!

BirdSend Email Marketing Tool
4-up-ads PresenterMedia PoweredTemplate High-Persuasion Secrets Power Pointers Quarter Hour


Recent Posts

Recent Posts

  • How do you format your slide titles?
  • Using PowerPoint’s cartoon people
  • Which version of PowerPoint should you buy?
  • Add a customizable, live web feed with Cameo
  • Get a designer look with abstract images to create backgrounds for slides and shapes

Connect with me!

Connect with me! Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Ellen Finkelstein, Inc. · Fairfield, IA · Tel: 515-989-1832

Privacy, Refund, and Other Legal Stuff