Just how is PowerPoint put together in organisations today? Here at Eyeful we maintain a close eye on PowerPoint usage in the corporate world and one of the ways we keep bang up to date is with our annual survey. In the 90% of people who use PowerPoint 83% used it in face to face presentations. Take that along with 73% of users presenting to audiences and 72% to prospects you begin to perceive just how important a tool powerpoint slides is in our audiences facing world.PowerPoint is currently the most important tool for any sales group.. All of this work results this one presentation. This single presentation can justify all the tricky, or it can waste it. If you can spot the value that the ultimate piece of the jigsaw has, then you begin to see how important it is. A staggering 52% of the owners of the content within organisations have had no formal training on powerpoint slides or on presenting. Coupled with an massive 72% of people who have no proper process for updating their presentation we start to see how under managed PowerPoint tools is. A top class presentation, like a good story, has a opening, a middle and an conclusion. Dividing your presentation into these three compartments will help you craft the format that enables to you get your meaning across. The Beginning – This is the second most important part of the powerpoint slides It should grab the audience’s attention and give them a flavour of what’s to come. What you use to grab their attention should depend on your audience and be relevant, but some examples are: An appealing or funny story (but remember, use of humour can be a double-edged sword! A small video cut ..no more than 60 seconds… Curious statistics about your trade or your audience, a quote that is associated to what you’re going to talk about.
Simon Morton – www.eyefulpresentations.co.uk