PowerPoint for Consulting and Business presentations

A practical guide to the creation of well structured, effective, and aesthetic PowerPoint slides

Language: english

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Instructor(s): Kevin Foo

Last update: 2022-10-31

What you’ll learn

Structure your presentation to ensure robustness of your reasoning
Select the optimal exhibits ( graphs, charts, diagrams, etc…) to convey your message effectively
Develop visually aesthetic PowerPoint slides in a timely manner
Have access to the best templates used by consulting professionals

Requirements

Beginner knowledge on PowerPoint
Preferably possession of Windows device if wanting to learn shortcuts

Description

This course is a consolidation of the knowledge that I have accumulated from my multiple years of working in the top consulting firms, where I started as a graduate and am now a senior consultant.

Often spending most of my day knee deep in PowerPoint, my day to day familiarity allows me to share with you the most up to date tools, tips and techniques that are required to create a highly impactful presentation.

In the world of consulting and business, far too often, the PowerPoint slides that are created lack a good structure and are unaesthetic, making it difficult for the audience to ingest the intended message.

This course will empower you to

Structure your presentation to ensure the robustness of your reasoning
Select the optimal exhibits ( graphs, charts, diagrams, etc..) to convey your message effectively
Develop visually aesthetic PowerPoint slides in a timely manner

I will take you through the principles required to create a quality slide pack across all its elements, and allow you to get your hands dirty with the numerous exercises designed to cultivate a set of hands and eyes that is optimised to create PowerPoint slides.

I hope this course will provide value to you.

Thank you

Who this course is for

Management consulting professionals
Business analysts
Startup founders
Researchers
Business school students
Working professionals wanting to upskill on PowerPoint

Course content

Introduction and Overview
- About me
- Introduction and Overview
The key components of a quality slide
- Key components of a quality slide
- Comparing differences in slide quality
Visual Design
- Visual Design Fundamentals
- Typography
- Typography | Exercise
- Images
- Images | Exercise
- Infographics and icons | part one
- Infographics and icons | part one exercise
- Infographics and icons | part two
- Colour
- Useful resources
Useful tools in PowerPoint
- Arranging items on your slide
- Frequently performed actions
Slide development
- Developing a slide
- Developing a slide | Examplified
- Quantitative slide development
- Quantitative slide development | Tips
- Creating and displaying charts on excel
- Quantitative slide design | Exercise
- Qualitative slide development
- Qualitative slide design | Exercise – Donut Chart
- Qualitative slide design | Exercise 2 – Gantt Chart
Storyboarding
- Storyboarding | The MECE principle
- MECE in a storyboarding example
Conclusion and wrap
- Conclusion and wrap up