Legal topics can be dry and boring if presented using slides that simply contain the words from a document. This makeover shows a slide full of legal text transformed into a clear visual that people will be able to understand and act on after the presentation. Click here to watch video on Brainshark (corporate viewers)…
Author: Dave Paradi
Dave Paradi has over twenty-two years of experience delivering customized training workshops to help business professionals improve their presentations. He has written ten books and over 600 articles on the topic of effective presentations and his ideas have appeared in publications around the world. His focus is on helping corporate professionals visually communicate the messages in their data so they don't overwhelm and confuse executives. Dave is one of fewer than ten people in North America recognized by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional Award for his contributions to the Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams communities. His articles and videos on virtual presenting have been viewed over 4.8 million times and liked over 17,000 times on YouTube.
Creating a visual to represent a real-world situation; Slide Makeover #12
When you are describing a real-life situation or issue, too often the slides are simply words describing the idea and the slides become a transcript of what we would say. This makeover shows a slide full of descriptive text transformed into a clear visual that people will be able to understand and act on after…
Presenting statistics/data visually; Slide Makeover #11
When you are presenting data, too often the slides become heavy with text and numbers and become hard to understand for the audience. This makeover shows a slide that confuses the audience transformed into a clear visual that people will be able to understand and act on after the presentation. Click here to watch video…
Creating a comparison slide that keeps context; Slide Makeover #10
Whether you are comparing two positions, results at two points in time or two concepts, your audience needs to be able to keep context to understand the differences. This makeover shows two slides that lose the audience transformed into a clear visual that people will be able to remember and act on after the presentation.…
Making a screen capture clearer; Slide Makeover #9
If you have to use a screen capture to show a feature of a program or highlight a section of a web site, make sure your audience can understand what you are showing. This makeover shows a hard-to-read screen capture transformed into a clear visual that people will be able to remember and act on…
Creating a meaningful table from an Excel table; Slide Makeover #8
When presenting numbers that were calculated in Excel, don’t just copy and paste part of your spreadsheet. This makeover shows a table of numbers transformed into a concise summary of the key issues that decision makers need to know. Click here to watch video on Brainshark (corporate viewers) Click here to watch video on YouTube…
Transforming a confusing pyramid visual; Slide Makeover #7
Just adding a visual to your slides is not enough – it must have context so the audience can understand it. This makeover shows a visual and how it can be recreated to have a much better impact on the audience.
Transforming a slide that is text from a manual; Slide Makeover #6
In many training situations, too much text is put on the slide. The reason is that the audience will need to refer to it later. This makeover transforms an overloaded slide into a visual slide and gives a technique for including detail in a PowerPoint file & handout without showing it on the screen. Click…
Transforming the About Our Company slide; Slide Makeover #5
A commonly used slide, the “About Us” slide, is transformed into a series of slides that show the the audience why they should care about all these facts and makes the impact you want. Click here to watch video on Brainshark (corporate viewers) Click here to watch video on YouTube (home viewers)
Transforming a boring policy & procedure slide; Slide Makeover #4
A slide with a paragraph of a policy out of a manual is transformed into a series of slides that focuses the audience and makes the information easier to understand. Click here to watch video on Brainshark (corporate viewers) Click here to watch video on YouTube (home viewers)