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It’s about the audience

September 20, 2019 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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You’re always presenting for your audience. Your presentation shouldn’t be about you. What type of presentation will give your audience the most value? Ask yourself… What do they need and want? Your content needs to be relevant to the needs and wants of your audience. Sometimes that’s hard to know but if you can survey […]

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Filed Under: Content, Design principles, Images, Training Tagged With: attention, audience, audience-centered, audience-centered presentations, call to action, image superiority, impact, inspire, PowerPoint, presentations, remember, retention, understanding

Free PowerPoint alternatives – Canva

April 24, 2018 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

This is a guest blog post by Kavita Paliwal. Kavita is Outreach Specialist of Content writer at Canva. When not glued to her laptop, she can be found making travel plans that rarely happen 😉 Connect with Kavita on Twitter and Linkedin   Creating presentations has become the key part of many job positions, whether you are a […]

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Filed Under: Resources Tagged With: Canva, presentations

Import text from Word or Notepad

February 8, 2016 by Ellen Finkelstein 10 Comments

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I recommend writing what you will say in Word first, because it’s easier to focus on your message. In another post, “Organize content with an outline,” I provide some more details. Importing an outline You can import then text from Word or even Notepad (or any text editor) to create a new presentation. This is […]

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Filed Under: Content, Text & fonts Tagged With: Notepad, outline, paste text, PowerPoint, presentations, slides, text, Word

Write for your audience—and a delicious recipe!

June 15, 2010 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

I’ve written on this topic before (see the links below), but it’s important enough to cover again. This past weekend I went to a conference. I heard some great content, but a lot of it was either over my head or irrelevant to my needs. From what the audience said (a number were beginners), I […]

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What makes a successful sales presentation?

June 8, 2010 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

Do you give sales presentations? Perhaps you travel to prospective clients‘ offices and pitch a product or service. You may give webinars online to sell your wares. Another scenario: You invite people to your office and give them a presentation on what you offer. Many products and services are sold via presentations. Your success depends […]

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Filed Under: Content, Delivery, Design, Design principles Tagged With: Design, PowerPoint, presentations

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