Sales presentation report: PresentationHelper

In my first presentation for Is there really a trick to pulling off a great presentation? I followed the advices provided by online self proclaimed presentation experts PresentationHelper.co.uk. Following their Essential Presentation Skills three step guide, I gave my sales presentation to our prospective client.

PresentationHelper break down the skill of successful presenting into three simple parts. Visual Aids, Rehearsal, and the Rule of Three.

According to PresentationHelper in a speech we are only using 38% of our total communication possibilities and so we should use pictures, graphs, tables, and props wherever we can.

I constructed the sales presentation so that the majority of bullet points were removed from the presentation as PresentationHelper state is important, and went on to add a greater number of images. Wherever there were important figures, I added graphs, wherever there were important comparisons I added tables. Since I'm not particularly fond of the circus I decided to leave out the props as this was a sales meeting, and a sales presentation, and so the only prop I needed on hand was the item itself.

So how did my potential client react to the presentation? Did PresentationHelper's Essential Presentation Skills work? Did I win the contract?

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Is there really a trick to pulling off a great presentation?

I've been looking at all the big presentation sites online. They're packed filled with presentation tips and ticks this, and how to make a successful presentation that, but is it really so easy? If you follow another presenter's advice is it really that easy to pull off a successful presentation?

Well we're going to find out because over the next few weeks I'm going to be giving a series of presentations and following the differing advices of differing online self proclaimed presentation experts, to put their expertise to the test. Whose advice will succeed? Whose insight is most valuable? Which presentation site provides the best help?

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Putting together a successful PowerPoint presentation

I'm often asked how do you put a successful PowerPoint presentation together?

What might seem blindingly clear and obvious to someone is not always so apparent to another. So not to go deep into the psyche of presentations from a speakers and an audiences perspective. Here are a few thoughts to keep in mind when creating that all important presentation.

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Is PowerPoint still the preferred presentation software?

In the past years an umber of tools have emerged to challenge PowerPoint as the definitive tool for creating presentations. Adobe's Flash, erain's Standout, OpenOffice, as well as Wildform's Wild Presenter Pro. But can any of these applications ever seriously compete against Microsoft PowerPoint?

In all honesty, I don't think so. I don't think they even come close.

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Are PowerPoint Templates like people?

One of the things that bothers me about PowerPoint is the number of times I've been in meetings only to see the same PowerPoint Template used again and again.

Have presenters lost their own identities?

I mean I don't walk around copying other people. I like to believe that deep down inside we're all individuals. So why when we're presenting do we use the clipart and the PowerPoint Templates provided with Microsoft Office?

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Why I hate PowerPoint Plugins

I have to admit that there's nothing I hate more in PowerPoint than PowerPoint plugins.

There are so many plugins for PowerPoint available these days. Compress your PowerPoint presentation by this much. Convert your PowerPoint presentation to this format. Create stunning transitions. And so on...

The list is endless. And yet I keep thinking about one simple thing.

If the plugin is so good. If PowerPoint really can't survive without it then why didn't Microsoft come up with it and standardise it and make it a part of PowerPoint already?

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Welcome

Welcome to The PowerPoint Blogger.

The PowerPoint Blog was created because there are so many of us presenting and giving presentations everyday that we rarely share experiences, tips, insight, or thoughts on how we can improve and help each other get the most out of presentations and use of PowerPoint.

The PowerPoint Blog is open to anyone and everyone who has ever created a presentation, or delivered a presentation, or is considering to give a presentation.

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