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PowerPoint presentations at business conferences will be successful only if the presenters or the host can convey their messages effectively. Powerful “PowerPoint Design Templates” will make your presentation effective even before you start talking. When you design the right way, your audience which includes your business partners and clients, will never let their thoughts to fly into other things. Sometimes your clients would have attended several PowerPoint presentations and come to see yours. In such cases, though your presentation’s content is impressive, the clients and the business partners will not be interested to listen to you because the PowerPoint Design has made the environment less interesting for your audience. Now, you would have got a clear idea as to how important the design of your PowerPoint presentation is. The experts at SlideGenius.com will use powerful designs for your presentation. The design will be custom designed to suit your needs. Therefore, you can now breathe easy and concentrate on how you will speak in your presentation by leaving the designing issues to us. The PowerPoint design of your presentation should represent the content and purpose of this presentation. For example, if you are giving a PowerPoint presentation relating to the medical profession, then you have to choose a design with a motion driven medical theme. This will attract the attention of the audience even before you say a word. You also have to consider how your design will look at the place of the seminar. If you give a presentation that is packed with useful details and a good design then you can be rest assured that your message will be clearly understood by the audience in the most effective manner. Therefore, you can let the experts at SlideGenius.com handle this for you and you can concentrate on getting the useful information which you would like to deliver at the seminar or presentation. Our experts will also take care of the legal issues related to using the PowerPoint design templates. You should be aware that most good designs are not available for free. Therefore, you will save yourself a lot of time and money on sorting out these issues. To make an effective design some points or rules should be kept in mind. 1. The slides must not be cluttered with bullet points. 2. Use graphic colors and text which are contrasting with the background. 3. Make sure that the text is big enough so that people sitting in the last row can also read it. 4. Use animations! 5. The transitions between slides should be logical. 6. The design should be balanced, uncluttered with enough white space for aesthetic composition. 7. Use graphics instead of bullet points to transmit information clearly. 8. The slides should be designed in a pleasing manner. 9. The text on each slide should be readable by all. 10. Well designed presentations prove the fact that you respect your audience The experts at SlideGenius.com will ensure all the points given above while designing a PowerPoint Presentation for you.

By Dave Paradi, MBA, author of “The Visual Slide Revolution” and
“102 Tips to Communicate More Effectively Using PowerPoint”

You can take many courses on how to use PowerPoint from a technical standpoint, but when it is used effectively, it can add tremendously to our presentations. Here are ten secrets based on years of experience in developing and using presentation slides that will help you move from being technically proficient to using PowerPoint effectively.

Start by creating an outline
The most important part of any presentation is the content, not the graphical appeal. That is why you should develop your presentation with the content first, before deciding on the look (colours, graphics, etc.) Create a good structure for your presentation by reflecting on the goal of the presentation, what your audience is thinking right now, and what points you need to make in order to move the audience from where they are to where you want them to be. Write an outline on paper or use sticky notes so you can move ideas around. By creating an outline first, you ensure that the content of your presentation is solid before you concern yourself with the visual elements.

Use Contrasting Colours
If you want your audience to be able to see what you have on the slide, there needs to be a lot of contrast between the text colour and the background colour. I suggest a dark background with light text – I usually use a medium to dark blue background and white or yellow letters. Some prefer a light background and dark letters, which will also work well – which you choose will depend on personal preference. Don’t think that just because the text looks fine on your computer screen that it will look fine when projected. Most projectors make colours duller than they appear on a screen, and you should check how your colours look when projected to make sure there is still enough contrast. To check that your colors have enough contrast, use the Color Contrast Calculator.

Use a big enough font
When deciding what font size to use in your presentation, make sure it is big enough so that the audience can read it. I usually find that any font size less than 24 point is too small to be reasonably read in most presentation situations. I would prefer to see most text at a 28 or 32 point size, with titles being 36 to 44 point size. The only reason I would use a font less than 24 point is when adding explanatory text to a graph or diagram, where you could use a 20 point font size. If you are given a small screen in a big room, your font will look smaller because the image will not be as big as it should be. In this case, see if you can get a larger screen, use a wall instead of a screen to project on, move the chairs closer to the screen or remove the last few rows of chairs. I’ve put together a chart that lists how far away the last row of your audience should be based on the size of screen, font size and visual acuity testing – use the Font Size chart here.

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Stop the moving text
When text comes on the screen, we want the audience to read the text, then focus back on the presenter to hear the message. If the text moves onto the screen in any way – such as flying in, spiral or zooming – it makes it harder for the audience members to read since they have to wait until the text has stopped before they can read it. This makes the presenter wait longer between each point and makes the audience members focus more on the movement than on what is being said. I suggest the use of the “Appear” effect, which just makes the text appear and is the easiest for the audience to read.

Turn the pointer off
During a presentation, it is very annoying to have the pointer (the little arrow) come on the screen while the presenter is speaking. It causes movement on the screen and draws the audience attention from the presenter to the screen. The pointer comes on when the mouse is moved during the presentation. To prevent this from happening, after the Slide Show view has started, press the Ctrl-H key combination. This prevents mouse movement from showing the pointer. If you need to bring the pointer on screen after this, press the A key. If the pointer does appear during your presentation, resist the urge to press the Escape key – if you do, it will stop the presentation and drop you back into the program. Press the A key or Ctrl-H to make the pointer disappear.

Use visuals instead of text slides
Every two years I ask audiences what annoys them about bad PowerPoint presentations. The latest survey confirms that audiences are more fed up than ever with the overload of text on slides (see the latest survey results here). Instead of using slides that only contain text, use visuals such as graphs, diagrams, photos and media clips to engage the audience. I’ve developed a five-step method for creating persuasive visuals in my book The Visual Slide Revolution. Read the free chapter to see a summary of the process you can use to create your own persuasive visuals.

Have Slides at the End of Your Presentation
The last slide you speak to should not be the last slide in your presentation file. You should have three identical copies of your last speaking slide so that if you accidentally advance one too many times at the end of your presentation, your audience never knows because you don’t drop into the program, the slide looks like it has not changed. After these slides, you should include some slides that answer questions that you expect to be asked. These slides will be useful during Q&A sessions after the presentation. The final slide should be a blank slide so that if you go through all the other slides, you have a final backup from dropping into the program.

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Be able to Jump to Any Slide
PowerPoint has a feature that allows you to be able to move quickly and seamlessly to any slide in your presentation. To do so, you need to know the slide numbers. The easiest way to print a list of the slide numbers and associated slide titles is to go to the Outline View and collapse the details for each slide (there is a button on the left side of the screen in this view that will do this). Then print the view. To jump to any slide, just enter the slide number on the keyboard and press the Enter key. This will move you directly to that slide. This technique is very useful for moving to a prepared Q&A slide or for skipping parts of your presentation if time becomes an issue.

Blank the screen
Sometimes we want the image on the screen to disappear so that the audience is focused solely on the presenter. There are two ways to do this. The first is if you want to blank the screen with a black image, similar to shutting the projector off (we used to do this all the time with overhead projectors by just shutting the projector off). Just press the B key on the keyboard and the image is replaced with a black image. Press the B key again and the image is restored. If you want to use a white image instead of a black image, press the W key each time.

Draw on the screen during a presentation
Sometimes it can be valuable to be able to draw on the screen during your presentation to illustrate a particular point or item. This can be done in the following way. Press the Ctrl-P key combination to display a pen on the screen. Then, using the left mouse button, draw on the slide as you wish. To erase what you have drawn, press the E key. To hide the pen, press the A key or the Ctrl-H key combination.
When you employ these secrets to use PowerPoint effectively, you will greatly enhance your audience’s understanding of your message and help to make your presentation the best it can be. If you want more tips on improving your PowerPoint presentation, check out my book “102 Tips to Communicate More Effectively Using PowerPoint”.

One of the most common requests from presenters looking to deliver more effective presentations is how to stop creating text heavy slides and use more visual slides. My book “The Visual Slide Revolution” shows you a five-step method for creating persuasive visuals. Learn more and get your copy of The Visual Slide Revolution.

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PowerPoint presentations and business conferences will be successful only if the presenters or the host can convey their messages effectively. Powerful “PowerPoint Design Templates” will make your presentation effective even before you start talking. When you design the right way, your audience which includes your business partners and clients, will never let their thoughts fly to other things. Sometimes your clients would have attended several PowerPoint presentations prior to coming to see yours. In such cases, though your presentation’s content is impressive, the clients and the business partners will not be interested in listening to you because the PowerPoint Design has made the environment less interesting for your audience. Now, you should have a clear idea as to how important the design and message of your PowerPoint presentation is.

The experts at SlideGenius.com will use powerful designs for your presentation. The design will be custom designed to suit your company’s needs. Therefore, you can now breathe easy and concentrate on how you will speak in your presentation by leaving the design issues to us.

The PowerPoint design of your presentation should represent the content and purpose of this presentation. For example, if you are giving a PowerPoint presentation relating to the medical profession, then you have to choose a design with a calming and professional theme, probably utilizing proper white space. This will attract the attention of the audience even before you say a word. You also have to consider how your design will look at the place of the seminar. If you give a presentation that is packed with useful details and a good design then you can be rest assured that your message will be clearly understood by the audience in the most effective manner.

You can let the experts at SlideGenius.com handle this for you and you can concentrate on getting the useful information which you would like to deliver at the seminar or presentation. Our experts will also take care of the legal issues related to using the PowerPoint design templates. You should be aware that most good designs are not available for free. Therefore, you will save yourself a lot of time and money sorting out these issues.

To make an effective design some points or rules should be kept in mind.

The slides must not be cluttered with bullet points.

Use graphic colors and text which are contrasting with the background.

Make sure that the text is big enough so that people sitting in the last row can also read it.

Don’t overuse animations.

The transitions between slides should be logical.

The design should be balanced, uncluttered with enough white space for aesthetic composition.

Use graphics instead of bullet points to transmit information clearly.

The slides should be designed in a pleasing manner.

The text on each slide should be readable by all.

Well designed presentations prove the fact that you respect your audience.

The experts at SlideGenius.com will ensure all the points given above while designing a PowerPoint Presentation for you.

SlideGenius is a company that provides services and solutions for PowerPoint design. SlideGenius is the leading provider of Power Point solutions. SlideGenius’ Power Point design team has won several awards which include the third place in “SlideBoom’s Worldwide Power Point design contest”.

The CEO of SlideGenius is Rick Enrico who stated that they are big fans of the extensive platform capabilities and expansive features of Slideboom. This was the reason why Slideboom became the ideal solution provider for them. The Power Point presentation which SlideGenius has created for their client MatrixMT got them in to the Slideboom contest. That presentation was about best of breed SEO marketing services and the animation flow. The power point for SlideGenius, which won the third place, was designed and developed by Richmond Pagaduan, the lead designer, who has been using Power Point for about 2 years.

Headquartered in San Diego, SlideGenius designs and creates Microsoft Power Point solutions for small to mid – sized to large companies who want to improve their presentation, marketing efficiency and sales results. SlideGenius is a 100% subsidiary of Twenty6 Red, which includes firms like ScreenWorks Media, Jubaloo Mobile, Infopia Marketing and Twenty6 Red Media. The web site of this subsidiary is called http://www.slidegenius.com/.

The “Slideboom Presentation Contest” was held from May 18^th, 2009 – June 21^st, 2009. The participants submitted PowerPoint presentations on Career, Education, Business and other subjects. This contest is a launching pad for small and mid – sized companies to show case their creative potential. SlideGenius was one among them and won  3^rd place.

The SlideGenius team has over twenty five years of experience in providing appealing power point presentations for several clients. The specialists at SlideGenius understand that making a good first impression is the key to getting the business deal. Therefore, the experts at SlideGenius will spend quality time and effort in creating a highly engaging and attractive presentation to create the maximum impact. This will reduce the weight on the speakers shoulder by a big extent. If you need a professional Power Point presentation in a very short period of time, then SlideGenius will be able to create it for you before your deadline.

The services provided by SlideGenius are:

Presentation creation

Customization of branded template

Power Point Animation

Video and audio file integration

Custom designs

Pdf, print friendly, locked presentation and original versions are available

Presentation consultation

The power point creation team at SlideGenius are highly experienced and create presentations that contain video files, sound tracks and are interactive. The video files can explain the products by displaying it on the screen, the sound tracks can explain the important features and making the session interactive will arouse the interest of the audiences.

SlideGenius provides many useful services in creating an effective and attractive PowerPoint Presentation. We have the best and most experienced team of PowerPoint designers, in the US and the overseas, who will be working for you.

A good PowerPoint presentation will impress your business partners and clients and get you the deal whereas a bad one will not only cost you the deal but may also put your job in jeopardy. Therefore, the expert team at SlideGenius will help you to create a PowerPoint presentation that will impress every body sitting in the room.

There are several great ways to use Microsoft PowerPoint. You can make displays, videos, sounds and even animations. PowerPoint animation utilizes custom animation, slides and drawing tools to create your own games and even movies. It can be used to make your business presentation more effective and interesting.

Custom Animation is a sequence of effects which is applied to one or more objects in the PowerPoint so that the slide show is animated. These functionalities come under “Custom Animation”. It can also be done by using “Visual Basic for Applications” or VBA. The experts at SlideGenius will use the best of this technology to make an animated slide show for you according to your needs. We also use another feature called “Animation Trigger”. This creates objects that will get triggered when they are clicked.

At SlideGenius we make your PowerPoint very effective by integrating video and audio in to it. Video files are available in several formats. However, only 3 of them work well with PowerPoint:

MPG

WMV

AVI

If you give us the video and audio files we will integrate it in to your PowerPoint presentation in key places so that your audiences will be highly impressed.

At SlideGenius we also offer power point consultation services. PowerPoint presentation is a major form of marketing your product, today. If it is not done properly then you will not only fail to attract customers but also repel your customers, in worst cases. Therefore, at SlideGenius we have a professional team which will help you create the prefect PowerPoint presentation that will hit the mark.

“Call to Action” phrases will capture a quick response, only if embedded in the right slides. Some examples could be:

Offer Expires on 10/11/08

2 weeks only!!

Call now!

Free consultation – First 10 customers only

Limited Availability

Such phrases if inserted at the right places will attract a large number of people. Our expert team will decide which calls to action are suitable for your business and insert them in the right places.

For more information about updating your company’s PowerPoint presentation, please contact us

today at 888-712-0084.

One of the most important things for businesses is a professional presentation. It can be a very effective tool for your business, partners and clients about your business plans or your ability to do business. However, there are several factors which should be considered when you are making a business presentation. The most important factor is: how well the presentation is designed to convince the clients to accept your business proposal. The other determining factor is the content of the presentation. Other factors include a good atmosphere and how understandable the presentation is.

Our experts at SlideGenius.com look in to every aspect and make your presentation very convincing and to the point. We make sure that you leave the right impression with the client so that you can get the deal.

One thing that can make your presentation more interesting is “Background Pictures”. By including pictures to represent the content of your presentation, you will make a better and stronger impression. Though the right picture at the right place will create a better impression, the wrong picture will be devastating. Your potential client will get confused and therefore your presentation will not get you the business deal. You need to carefully consider the size and type of your pictures and the color of the fonts used for text. The background color is extremely important to attract the attention of the audience. The font size and color should be readable when used with the background image. Don’t use colors which make it difficult for your audiences to read because your audience will not put in any extra effort to read your presentation.

We at SlideGenius.com will take care of all these aspects when our experts create the presentation for you. The images provided by you will be strategically set in the right places using the right colors.

One way to make your presentation look and feel better is by using a template. It will set a good atmosphere for the people reading your presentation. Our experts will use the right template to make the environment right for you to give the PowerPoint presentation. If you are not happy will the preset templates, then our experts will custom design a template that is suitable for your business. By choosing the right type of template you will be able to create a good first impression which will give you a step forward in the business deal.

Given below are some points to create an effective PowerPoint presentation which is followed by our experts.

Keeping it Simple

A simple PowerPoint design which explains the important points, well is a better presentation than one that contains a whole lot of graphics. In fact, your audience will get bored if you make your PowerPoint presentation complex.

“Sea of Text” Syndrome

Pictures speak louder than words. Therefore, including pictures at the right places will make your PowerPoint presentation effective.

Easy to Read Captions and Titles

When text is used, you should use it correctly. Use simple titles and captions so that your audiences don’t get startled.

Take a look at our portfolio of recent projects. Contact SlideGenius today for a quote.