Presentation Training and PowerPoint Presentations
The purpose of sales presentations is to win bids, and PowerPoint design is nowadays core to this aim. The problem is that PowerPoint presentations are a double-edged sword as far as most companies are concerned. In the minority of cases they are carried out highly effectively. Unfortunately, this is by no means the rule. In most instances PowerPoint slideshows are badly constructed, with little thought for the way that the intended audience might engage with information, or for the narrative of the set of slides as a whole. The effect of this oversight is to put off whole audiences from the pitch you are making. People tend to think that PowerPoint stills will reinforce what they are saying: if someone isn’t listening properly then they might take in the same…