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8 Steps Zig Zag Diagram Template for PowerPoint is a creative zig zag diagram design that you can use to describe a process of up to eight steps in a PowerPoint presentation.

This PowerPoint template design can help you to present a complex process using a creative slide helping to engage the audience during the presentation. Each step is identified by a color, a step number and a PowerPoint icon. The icons used for this presentation can be used as metaphors of business concepts and includes illustrations such as mobile & sales, transportation, clock illustration for time management topics, money icons, handshaking icons. In the 10th. slide you can find other useful icons.

  • Slide 1: Full 8-step zig zag process overview with numbered circular nodes, side callouts, business icons, and editable sample text for each step.
  • Slide 2: Step 1 focus slide with the first node highlighted in red, a large red content panel, monitor icon, headline, and body text area.
  • Slide 3: Step 2 focus slide with the second node highlighted in dark red, a large content panel, mobile shopping cart icon, headline, and body text area.
  • Slide 4: Step 3 focus slide with the third node highlighted in green, a large green content panel, shopping cart check icon, headline, and body text area.
  • Slide 5: Step 4 focus slide with the fourth node highlighted in yellow, a large yellow content panel, clock icon, headline, and body text area.
  • Slide 6: Step 5 focus slide with the fifth node highlighted in light blue, a large light blue content panel, people icon, headline, and body text area.
  • Slide 7: Step 6 focus slide with the sixth node highlighted in blue, a large blue content panel, delivery truck icon, headline, and body text area.
  • Slide 8: Step 7 focus slide with the seventh node highlighted in darker blue, a large blue content panel, money icon, headline, and body text area.
  • Slide 9: Step 8 focus slide with the eighth node highlighted in blue, a large blue content panel, handshake icon, headline, and body text area.
  • Slide 10: Useful icons slide with editable vector icons for cart, money, clock, monitor, wallet, card, pencil, truck, alarm clock, people, mobile shopping, hand, percentage badge, and handshake.
  • A project manager can use the zig zag overview to explain the full sequence of a rollout before discussing each milestone on the step focus slides.
  • A sales operations leader can present a customer or order process using the shopping cart, money, delivery truck, and handshake icons to make each stage easier to remember.
  • A consultant can use the individual step slides to walk an executive audience through a proposed workflow, keeping attention on one highlighted node at a time.
  • A trainer can use the full process slide and the useful icons slide to build a simple learning path for a standard operating procedure.
  • 100% editable presentation template
  • Compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides
  • 16:9 aspect ratio slides
  • Scalable vector shapes, icons and illustrations
  • AI-Ready for Microsoft Copilot and Claude
  • Instant access and download

Q: How should I present an eight-step process without making the zig zag feel crowded?

A: Start with the overview slide as the map, then move through the eight step focus slides. Keep each content panel to one key action, one owner, or one decision. The highlighted node at the top tells the audience where they are in the sequence, while the icon gives each step a quick visual cue.

Q: Who is this zig zag process template best suited for?

A: It fits presenters who need to explain a defined sequence rather than compare alternatives. Process owners, project managers, sales leaders, trainers, and consultants can use it for customer journeys, order flows, implementation steps, service workflows, or internal procedures where the audience must understand what happens next.

Q: Why does the zig zag metaphor work for process communication?

A: The zig zag path suggests movement through connected stages without forcing the content into a straight line. On the focus slides, inactive nodes fade to gray while the active step is colored, creating a simple attention system. The business icons act as metaphors for actions such as purchase, timing, delivery, payment, and agreement.

8 Steps Zig Zag Diagram Template for PowerPoint

10-slide presentation template with 8-step zig zag process flow and business icons

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The 8 Steps Zig Zag Diagram Template for PowerPoint is a 10-slide diagram deck for explaining an eight-step business process. It includes a full zig zag process overview, individual step focus slides, colored content panels, and a reusable business icon library. It is built for process presenters using Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides.

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10 Slides
16:9 Aspect ratio
100% Editable
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Aspect ratio
16:9
Item ID
6828-01
Works with
Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Copilot Claude for PowerPoint
Other formats supported
Microsoft 365 Google Slides
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