How to get one-on-one personal consulting to dramatically improve your PowerPoint presentations – in 90 minutes from the comfort of your office

None of us have the time to do everything on our “would-love-to-do” list.  We are too busy preparing tomorrow’s presentation to be able to take time to attend a course or read a book on how to improve our presentations.  And besides, those courses and books deal with generic situations, not the real world you live in.

I’m here to help with a new personal consulting service that gives you the customized one-on-one attention you are looking for in 90 minutes while you sit in your office.  I am now taking a select number of appointments to help presenters make a significant improvement in their slides and their skills.  Here's an example of the improvement you can make.

This is how it works. You contact me and we book a date and time that works for you.  Then you send me some slides you want to improve.  If there are skills you know you need to learn in order to be more effective, send that list too.  I'll show you how to improve your slides and teach you the skills to be able to create your own great slides.  All while you sit in your office because we use the power of web conferencing technology.

By having a one-to-one session, we can cover exactly what you want without distractions of others asking questions or trying to cover pre-set material as would happen in a live or web-based public training session.  The issues we cover are specific to your situation, not generic industry examples or generic role examples used in public training sessions.  You ask questions whenever you want to, you don’t have to wait for a break in a pre-set program.  You are in control of what we cover, how quickly we cover it and where you want to go into more depth.

Our meeting is via web conference so it is just like you are sitting beside me at my desk and I show you what works on your slides and what could be improved.  Then I demonstrate exactly how to make the changes in the version of PowerPoint you use (2003 or 2007).  After we are done our 90 minutes together, you’ll get a video of the entire session that you can use to review what we covered at any time.

If you wonder whether one-on-one help works, let me share this recent example in the form of a case study.

Situation: A presenter needed help making her slides stand out.  She was presenting to over 5,000 people in dozens of sessions to sell them on getting on board with a very important initiative.  If this presentation worked, it would allow her to take a major step in her career.

The Problem: Her slides were text heavy, the animation was distracting, there were very few visuals, the slide layout was inconsistent and the template was too busy.

The Solution: I cleaned up the template, brought consistency to the placement of text and logos, introduced visuals that would help participants understand and remember the key messages and pared back the animation to only those that added to the message.  She was in Vancouver and I was thousands of miles away in my office, but the power of web meeting technology allowed her to be sitting beside me as we reviewed the ideas and made the changes.

The Result: She kept saying “Brilliant!” every time she saw the new slides.  And when the participants were asked what level of excitement was generated by her presentation, almost everyone gave her five out of five!  She couldn’t be happier.

Since we use your own slides as examples, you will immediately see the changes being made and get excited about how much better your next presentation will be.  You’ll also see exactly how I make the changes, so you’ll know techniques that you can use to improve other slides in the future.  This is totally customized to the information you present.

Advice is great, but only if you know who that advice is coming from.  If you aren’t familiar with my work, let me explain why you can trust me to help you improve your slides.  I am one of North America’s acknowledged experts in communicating effectively using PowerPoint.  My book, The Visual Slide Revolution, was named as one of the Top 10 Business Books of 2008 by Canada’s leading national business newspaper.  I have presented keynotes at two PowerPoint Live conferences, I have spoken all over North America and I consulted on a presentation used to brief one of President Obama’s cabinet ministers.

You may be wondering why I am making time to offer personalized sessions with individual presenters. Most people who call me are surprised that I answer my own phone.  You see, they figure that with my busy writing and speaking schedule, I won’t have time to take a phone call.  I’m busy just like you are, but I want to help as many presenters as possible be successful.  You may not be able to bring me in to speak to your organization, but now I can be right in your office giving you personal help.

We meet using a web meeting service that I arrange.  It is one of the largest services around, so the technology is stable and it works well.  All you need to connect is a browser.  The service will install a small applet to allow you to securely see my screen.  Don’t worry, the applet is easy to install and almost every corporate IT department allows it.  Then, for the audio, I call you on your direct line.  That’s right, I pay for the call.  Why?  Because I want this to be as easy and affordable as possible for you.

Is 90 minutes really enough?  For most people, it will be.  You see, in 90 minutes of focused work, we can cover a lot of ground.  We don’t have the distractions of larger groups or sessions.  You can learn what you need and be able to apply it immediately to make a positive difference in the presentations you deliver.

Here’s another case study that shows how my ideas are used by presenters years later.

Situation: A keynote speaker needed to use visuals to convey his message instead of the endless slides full of bullet points that he had been using.  His impact, and income, depended on effectively communicating his message of positive change.

The Solution: On a web meeting, we transformed his bullet points into graphs and other visuals that make his points so much clearer.  He used the new slides the next day and the positive reaction was immediately evident.

Two and a half years later: This speaker addressed a conference I attended and was still effectively using the graphs to make his points.  He learned how to update the data with the latest research and now creates his own slides.  Since the crowd that day knew me, he mentioned that the effective visuals were the result of our work together over two years earlier.

It doesn’t matter whether you have PowerPoint 2003 or 2007, because I have both on my computer and I will use whichever version you use to demonstrate the techniques to use to create your own persuasive visuals.  And remember, after the session is done, you’ll get a full video recording of the entire session so you can review anything I showed you at your leisure and in the comfort of your office or home.

"Dave, the money I spent with you for the two hours of webinar/PowerPoint training was some of the best money I’ve ever spent for training in my 19 years in the business. Thanks so much for all your great tips. I couldn’t have done it without you."
Tom Antion, http://www.GreatInternetMarketingTraining.com

"Dave, you took my basic presentation, inserted video clips and taught me 3 stellar techniques to escalate it to a polished, professional presentation. Thank you for your help. You are fast, supportive and great to work with. Well done."
Kathleen Redmond

I want to make this as affordable as possible for many of you, so I’m offering this customized 90 minute personal coaching session for only $299.  That’s far less than you’d pay to take an entire day out of your busy schedule to attend a generic training course that wouldn’t give the focused attention of this 90 minute web coaching session.

To get started, click here to let me know you are interested.  I’ll get in contact with you and we’ll set up the date and time for our session.  We’ll also arrange for any slides to be sent to me and your list of specific topics you want to cover.  Because of my writing and speaking schedule, there are only limited appointments available each month, so don’t delay, e-mail me today and look forward to better presentations in the second quarter of 2010.