You are sitting at your computer, preparing to put together a presentation involving data. The numbers are staring back at you from your screen, confusing and raw. How do you get started? The numbers themselves can be difficult to digest. Without any context, they are just numbers. But organize them well and they tell a story. In this blog post, we’ll explore the importance of structuring data in a presentation and provide tips on how to do it well. These tips are practical and applicable to all kinds of presentations – from marketing plans and medical breakthroughs to project proposals and investment portfolios. What is data presentation? In many ways, data presentation is like storytelling – only you tell the story with a series of graphs and charts. One of the most common mistakes presenters make is getting so immersed in the data that they can’t see it from an… read more
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Where regular presenters provide information, great presenters tell stories. Their main goal is to get the message across to their audience. But while some do this by delivering facts, the effective ones will take their audience on a journey using great storytelling techniques. It all comes down to having a different mindset and approach. In this article, we’ll dive into the importance of narrative and provide you with a template for storytelling. The importance of storytelling in presentations The goal of the speaker should be to connect with the audience. In addition to motivating and inspiring, they should excite them and help them identify with their message. To do this, their presentations need to be embedded with carefully crafted messages that will leave an impression on the audience during and after viewing. This is where narrative comes into play. It does much more than provide information – it portrays concepts… read more
Choosing colors for your slides is one of the most important decisions to make even before you start working on your Google slides or PowerPoint presentations. Basically, color can help you convey your message more effectively and can evoke many different feelings or emotions in your audience. Read on to learn how to choose the best colors for your presentation. Color Psychology It is important to understand how your audience perceives colors and how they relate to the topic you are talking about. For example, red can convey a sense of danger, but it can also convey love, depending on the context. These are some common meanings of colors to humans: Red: Evokes passion and strength. It’s an energetic and intense color that represents power and determination. It’s usually present on brands related to beverages, gaming and the automotive industry. Blue: Conveys a sense of security, confidence, responsibility and calmness…. read more
Giving a presentation in front of an audience to explain a project, an idea or a paper is not easy, but it shouldn’t be a bad experience either. With the help of these tips, you will learn how to give a great presentation in PowerPoint or Google Slides that is dynamic and able to capture the audience’s attention. Summarize and structure your information The presentation is only a visual aid to complement your presentation, so you don’t need to write the entire presentation on the slides. Most likely no one will read it, and in fact, including too much text is not very appealing to your audience. The best thing to do is to simplify it as much as possible. To summarize your text, you can try including only concepts or keywords, using lists to display them. Shorten your text as much as possible Connect with your audience Know your… read more
For presentation templates, just check out the GreatPPT website, where you will surely find the ideal design. For tips and tricks on how to make a presentation, our blog contains a lot of information, such as this article. We’ve focused these tips on business presentations, so you can dumb down everyone, no matter what type of company or product you have. Let’s get down to business! What is a business presentation? A business presentation provides key information about a company or a product that a company works on. There are different approaches to business presentations, depending on the purpose of the presentation: a pitch deck to introduce a startup and get funding, the visual support of a company meeting, or a project proposal to be implemented. Beyond the structure, what business presentations seek is to generate a good impression on the audience and obtain the expected positive results (inform, sell, gain funding,… read more
When you’re using projectors and monitors to give your presentation, it might not be well-suited for these kinds of screens. However, Google Slides allows you to change the aspect ratio of your presentations, choosing between 16:9 (widescreen), 16:10, 4:3 (standard) and custom. Depending on where you’re going to give your presentation, you might need an adapted version for widescreen or another one for 4:3 screens. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to change the aspect ratio step by step. Have in mind that after modifying the original aspect ratio of your presentation, any elements and images will get scrambled and you’ll need to readjust them one by one in the slides or even the master slides. To change the aspect ratio of your slides, click on File → Page setup… Then choose the desired option. Page setup If you need any other size, choose “Custom” and enter the desired width… read more
A PowerPoint template is composed of several layouts applied to the slides. The layouts are the set of elements that form up the appearance of any given slide. These elements can be text boxes, placeholders, backgrounds, logos, etc. These layouts can be changed in any of the slides of your presentation, and you can apply them to any new slide that you create. If you want to learn how to create new slides, please refer to this tutorial, which contains everything that you need to get started in PowerPoint. To change the layout of the slides, you can do any of the following: Select the slide whose layout you want to change, open the Layout drop-down menu, located in the Slides section of the Home tab, and choose the one that suits your needs. Layout drop-down menu Right-click the slide whose layout you want to change → Layout. Then choose the… read more
PowerPoint is probably by far the most popular presentation software , and with its powerful features and free templates from GreatPPT, people can quickly create beautiful presentations. But not everyone has PowerPoint installed on their device, when you want to share your PowerPoint files on YouTube, or with colleagues who don’t have PowerPoint, converting PowerPoint presentations into video files is a good idea. How to Convert PowerPoint into Video Select File > Export > Create a video. Select the quality of the video: Ultra HD (4K) – Largest file size and ultra-high quality (3840 x 2160). Full HD (1080p) – Large file size and full high quality (1920 x 1080). HD (720p) – Medium file size and moderate quality (1280 x 720). Standard (480p) – Smallest file size and lowest quality (852 x 480). Decide if you want to: Use Recorded Timings and Narrations Don’t Use Recorded Timings and Narrations In the Seconds spent on each slide box, select the… read more
Looking for quick tips on how to create more effective presentations? You want to make your PowerPoint slides more visual, but aren’t sure how? Here are some simple tips that may help, of course, you can also make a quick presentation using the free powerpoint template from Greatppt.com. Reduce the text on your slides Bullet points do not convey information effectively to the presenter, so they break the text into keywords and arrange them into shapes that are easy to animate. Show the location on the map If you have a list of locations in your presentation, animating it on a map shows the extent of your growth or catchment area and helps the audience connect locations and Spaces to the company. Add color hints Use color language as shorthand for slides – red for error, green for correctness, yellow and black for danger. Or use an understanding of the… read more