Graphs and charts are a common feature in most presentations - they are an excellent way to show data visually. However, often people create the charts and then stop short of adding animation. If you go that one step further your data can really tell a story. Here's how and why.
Sales people fail at new business sales, Weinberg contends, because they are too passive, lacking in focus, unwilling to call prospects, focus on existing accounts too much, and because they lack the core sales skills. With the right approach, right support, and right targets, many (but not all) sales people could generate new business.
When graph slides are designed there are several reasons why they are not as effective as they could be. As a result the audience has to work really hard interpreting the information on the slide thus reducing their ability to listen to the presenter. It's worth understanding the pitfalls.
If you're a whiz with PowerPoint design, visual presentations are the way forward. If you're not, then there's still hope. Here are your very VERY first steps to ditching the bullet points for good - do it on your very next presentation and never look back!
We decided to publish our pricing online. For a B2B company, selling to other B2B companies, that's a fairly controversial thing to do. But we're giving it a try, and if it doesn't work out, we'll try to stuff the genie back in the bottle. None of our competitors in the presentation market seem to publish their pricing publically. So, are we stupid?
PowerPoint doesn't do 3D, but it would be cool if it could. For a long time I’ve really struggled to develop a method creates an illusion of three dimensions (and looks good) with just the tools PowerPoint provides. Here's two ways I've come up with to do it.
How do you transform a paragraph of text into moving objects and images that tell a story? How do you create visual slides for your next PowerPoint design?
What's the best way to create sales messaging that persuades prospects? How can you make sure the voice of the customer is heard in your sales message?
People are bored of PowerPoint. But problems with panning, organising all content on a canvas, and limited animations mean Prezi is not the answer.
Hand drawn visuals are everywhere. What do you need to create hand drawn visuals for a presentation or website video?
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