Turning Prospects into Clients – Making an Effective Sales Presentation A marketing presentation acts as the advertisement but a sales presentation is the tool with which you can ensure prospects turn into bona fide clients and customers. So what makes a sales presentation a deal-winner? Here are some pointers: Make the Client Part of the Presentation A […]
Presentation Planning
24point0 shares resources on how to plan for your presentations to make them more professional.
Creating Successful Marketing PowerPoint Presentations
What Comprises a Successful Marketing PowerPoint Presentation? A marketing presentation, in essence, acts as a detailed description for the products or services your company offers. To give your presentation the edge, use well designed, professionally executed graphics. A marketing presentation should comprise: Introduction to the company Solution/ product portfolio Benefits and features of major products […]
Creating Successful Corporate Profile PowerPoint Presentations
Wondering what goes where in a corporate profile presentation? Here are 24point0’s top tips: Branding is Key, Shorten the History In any corporate profile presentation, remember that the company’s branding has to be visible. The ideal corporate profile should start with a background about the company and its corporate history – but keep this to […]
Should I use Vector or Raster Graphics in my PowerPoint Presentation?
Consultants often face the dilemma of the Raster Vs. Vector graphics choice for the PowerPoint presentations. The answer depends on what the graphic shows, and how you plan to use it in your presentation. Vector graphics are graphics drawn using lines or shapes Raster graphics are made of small dots on screen called pixels Vector […]
Download Free High Quality Images on the Internet for your Presentation
Author: Vivek Singh from www.allaboutpresentations.com PowerPoint presentations are no longer full of text and using images on slides is becoming very common place. The latest trend in presentations is to use large, good high quality images and no more than 10-15 words on the slide. Given the increasing role of images in presentations, one needs […]
Mary Meeker and her Powerful PowerPoint Presentation about America – USA Inc.
An article published by both Reuters and the New York Times is the perfect example of the use of PowerPoint in a variety of environments. It reveals how Mary Meeker, a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, designed a presentation called “USA Inc.” in which she examines U.S. finances as […]
Tip #3: Use Ready-made Illustrations and Graphics in PowerPoint
An easy way to save time and effort in creating PowerPoint presentations is by using ready-made PowerPoint graphics! These illustrations and information graphics can instantly make heads turns. 24point0 has designed a wide range of business diagrams and visual graphics that can be easily modified and used in PowerPoint presentations. You can simply buy and […]
Top 3 Sources for Free PowerPoint Fonts
Buy and Download some of our custom-made Business PowerPoint Fonts and Graphics. Fonts that look best in large sizes are the best bet for PowerPoint presentations. Picking the right-sized font is quite a challenge for most busy professionals. However, you’ll find free fonts for PowerPoint presentations from the three wesbites listed below. They offer instant […]
How Presenters can Use Valuable Research Insights for Effective Presentations
As mentioned in a post before, visuals have been proved to have greater effect when used in presentations. An article published on Microsoft Office further confirms this. Titled ‘Show Me! What Brain Research Says About Visuals in PowerPoint’ and written By Robert Lane and Dr. Stephen Kosslyn, this article talks about how presenters can use […]
Using QR Codes for a Presentation when You Don’t Have a Projector
About one month back when Todd Ogasawara had to make a presentation, the venue did not have the ideal projector and screen setup. So he came up with a very unique method to distribute his presentation. He used QR codes (short for Quick Response code). He uploaded his PPT to SlideShare and created a QR […]
Microsoft’s PowerPoint Skills Builder Video Tutorials
If you are a consultant, executive or presenter you are probably always looking to enhance your knowledge and PPT skills. If you want to know how to make better slides with photos, videos and much more, you will love the all new PowerPoint Skills Builder! It is a series of video training modules developed by […]
2 Great Rules for Slide Reuse and Faster Presentations
Consultants and sales teams continuously create presentations with similar content but tailored for specific requirements or audiences each time. The most common way to reuse them is to keep a copy of each presentation and re-use slides only from the most recent. The ‘slide re-use’ feature on PowerPoint helps to pick slides from an existing […]
Include Visio Diagrams in Your PowerPoint Presentations
Options to include Visio Diagrams in your PowerPoint presentations Visio and PowerPoint are compatible in many ways. However, to include Visio diagrams in your PowerPoint presentations, you must first choose an option to combine them. The options presented here are based on how you plan to further use the PowerPoint or Visio file. If you […]
Can You Recommend Some Good Blogs on Presentations?
Here is a list of some blogs which I follow. These will help you learn more about presentations. 1. Presentation Zen Garr Reynolds is one of the biggest names in the world of presentations today. Apart from this blog, he also has a book in the same name. Currently he updates his blogs only once […]
Presenting to your Top Management
How to make an effective presentation higher up in the hierarchy.
Top Tips for Making Quick PowerPoint Presentations
Even the most seasoned PowerPoint user often wishes he or she had more time to work on creating the perfect PowerPoint presentation. Since we cannot really stretch out the limited time given to us, we can use time and effort saving tools to create well structured Quick PowerPoint Presentations. In this article 24point0 gives you […]
Tip #5: Never Use Low Resolution Images in PowerPoint
Photographs can add a lot of impact to your PowerPoint presentation. But they have to fit into the context and be of really good visual clarity to wow your audience. Taking a low resolution photograph and blowing it up is not a good idea – clarity will go down, the visual appeal of the slide […]
Tip #4: Don’t Use Multiple Animation Effects in One PPT Slide
A mistake that consultants often make while trying to create impressive PowerPoint presentations is applying too much razzmatazz to a PPT. You don’t need to insert every animation effect available in PowerPoint to a single slide. This does not make the content memorable, instead it looks tacky and confused. If you’re using a Wipe effect […]
Tip #2: Never Forget that Readability is Important in PPTs
PowerPoint presentations are a visual medium of communication and therefore readability is key if your PPT has to be a success. Ensure that the size of the fonts you use in your PPT are at least 30 points. When it comes to the type of fonts to use in PPTs, consultants will find a large […]
Tip #1: Never Make Format Changes on Individual PowerPoint Slides
This is a common mistake committed by long time and novice users of PowerPoint. Making edits to PowerPoint templates and format changes on individual PPT slides will disturb the visual coherence of the PowerPoint presentation. A change made in one slide is never reflected across the presentation and therefore it is not uncommon to see […]
