CPG sales, marketing, and product managers report on variance to a previous plan for product sales in a category. Because the reporting is driven from a database, often the table of numbers is copied onto a slide. This makeover shows how to visually show the variance using a steps to a total graph. Discussion of…
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.
3 tips to improve virtual sales presentations with Zoom sharing features
Virtual sales presentations on Zoom are here to stay. Not every sales presentation will be delivered via Zoom but sales professionals need to improve their virtual presentations to keep prospects and clients moving along the buying journey. The basic Zoom skills you learned in the past won’t be good enough in the future as your…
7 ways to improve virtual sales presentations by using URL links in the meeting chat in Teams or Zoom
Virtual sales presentations on Teams or Zoom are here to stay. Not every sales presentation will be delivered virtually but sales professionals need to improve their virtual presentations to keep prospects and clients moving along the buying journey. The basic Teams or Zoom skills you learned in the past won’t be good enough in the…
3 tips to improve virtual sales presentations with expert features of PowerPoint Presenter View
Virtual sales presentations are here to stay. Not every sales presentation will be virtual but sales professionals need to improve their virtual presentations to keep prospects and clients moving along the buying journey. The basic skills you learned in the past won’t be good enough in the future as your competitors get better at presenting…
Showing Sales & YoY variance; Slide Makeover #98
CPG sales, marketing, and product managers report on product sales in a category and variance to previous year sales. Because the reporting is driven from a database, often the table of numbers is copied onto a slide. This makeover shows how to visually show the sales and variance using a small multiple bar graph. Discussion…
Add design flair to sequence diagrams; Issue #496 August 10, 2021
In this newsletter I shared my article on adding design flair to your sequence diagrams in PowerPoint.
Use Presenter View in Google Slides and see the meeting attendees in Google Meet
Google Meet is a popular virtual meeting platform that runs in the browser as opposed to having a separate app like Teams or Zoom. If you use Google Slides to present you may have run into the issue that you can’t see the meeting attendees while you are presenting. Here’s how to be able to…
Comparing product sales trends; Slide Makeover #97
CPG sales, marketing, and product managers regularly report on sales trends of a product compared to its competition. Because the reporting is driven from a database, often the table of numbers is copied onto a slide. This makeover shows how to visually show the sales trends using a panel line graph. Discussion of original visual…
The Globe and Mail August 5 2021
Dave’s article on engaging remote participants in hybrid meetings was mentioned in this article by Harvey Schachter.
Add design flair to sequence diagrams in PowerPoint using shape techniques
In my customized training courses I suggest that business professionals should create diagrams in PowerPoint using shapes instead of using SmartArt. One reason SmartArt is so popular is that it is quick and easy to add. The problem is that SmartArt is not very flexible and it takes control of what the visual will look…