6 Customer Journey Maps You Can Swipe
When retail was all brick and mortar, things were simple. Business displayed their inventory; customers came in and physically assessed it and bought what they liked. Payments, returns and exchanges were handled in the store. Was there a buying journey then? Yes. And in smaller stores, there were sales clerks to help the customer along […]
How to Overcome Procrastination & Deliver Amazing Presentations
The pressure of delivering a presentation and making an impact on your audience can be overwhelming. One of the escapes that many presenters seek to overcome this stress is procrastination. As counterproductive as it might be, it appears that procrastination is the natural coping mechanism for many presenters looking to escape the idea of failure. […]
Building a Persuasive Argument with the Rhetorical Triangle Concept
Building a persuasive argument can be difficult for many presenters. It is easy to get lost in translation if you’re not sure about what are you looking for. To make things easier, presenters can focus on three main aspects of building their argument using the Rhetorical Triangle Concept. Derived from Aristotle’s three rhetorical appeals, the […]
Use Your Body Language to Rock Your Next Presentation
When tasked with giving a presentation to an executive audience, and you will in one way or another in business, it’s important not only to have something worth saying, but also being effective in how you communicate your ideas. Human beings are social creatures, thus we train ourselves very early on how to understand each […]
How to Use an Empathy Map to Understand Your Audience
As a presenter, one can tend to focus too much on the final presentation, missing one essential ingredient in the mix, empathy! Many presenters can face the dilemma of not truly understanding their audience, ending up with a presentation which no one is interested in and some might even get offended by. To truly understand […]
How to Effectively use the 20/60/20 Rule for Your Audience
As a presenter, you are looking to influence people and get your message across. However, a minority of individuals can sometimes ruin the prospects of a good presenter. It is not only essential to deliver a good presentation but it is also important to win hearts and minds during the process. This might mean that […]
How to Write an Effective Quarterly Business Review
If you are walking down the street to establish yourself as a business advisor, there are some aspects that you will have to pay attention to. The Quarterly Business Review is an important concept you would need to ponder upon. Let’s take a quick look at what these reviews are and their importance. What is […]
150+ Free PowerPoint Slides to Make Great Visually Appealing Presentations
As our content catalog has grown, we have started to publish free PowerPoint slides every new week. Our free slides have had a very good adoption and we could also notice the number of free downloads is increasing over time. Reusing our 100% editable PowerPoint diagrams and slides can help to save many hours of work per week while you can produce visually appealing […]
Quick Tips to Kick-Out Boring Bullet Points
Using alternative bullet points delivers a powerful impact on your audience. Stamping out bullet points from the presentations is one of the most challenging task while preparing business presentations, as bullet points use high-value keyword phrases within bulleted content in a structured manner. Yet, at the same time using the basic, black font bullet points will […]
Quick Solutions to Help You Build a Compelling Presentation Deck in Under an Hour
Introduction What would you do when you suddenly need to deliver a new PowerPoint presentation by the end of the day? Well, you can jump right in, run your presentation software and use brute force to build a deck from scratch. Or, you can work smarter by: Making a quick assessment of the presentation scenario […]
How To Create a PowerPoint Presentation for Investors
If you are presenting a PowerPoint presentation before potential investors, it’s important to cater for each and every minor aspect of your presentation. The presentation must be precise, to the point and should answer possible questions regarding the venture in question; as well as be clear enough to address any possible doubts which might arise […]
Flat Slides with Subtle Animations for PowerPoint Presentations
Is not impossible to create animated PowerPoint presentations that look great. Microsoft PowerPoint has a collection of great animation effects that you can apply to individual shapes and objects. Even if animated objects and traditional cliparts are often considered to be unaesthetic for professional presentations but adding subtle animations to your PowerPoint slides can really help you to enhance […]