Preparing Your Presentation


This self-paced course is designed to help you build your presentation thoughtfully and methodically over time, instead of in a fevered rush. As you take each lesson, perform the activities described. At the end, you will have developed a sound, effective presentation.

 
 

Organizing and preparing an in.sight presentation is stressful for many speakers. It can be difficult to know where to begin.

  • What’s the best way to structure your PowerPoint?
  • How do you incorporate images effectively?
  • Where can you find interesting photos to use?

This course will help you:

  • Plan and organize the topics for your presentation
  • Avoid common PowerPoint mistakes
  • Design effective slides to strengthen your message

First steps to getting started

To ensure that you’re clear on your audience and the content you’re expected to deliver, follow these easy steps in this lesson.

BEGIN LESSON 1

Forget the PowerPoint: presentation planning

This lesson shows how to use sticky notes to brainstorm and organize ideas.

BEGIN LESSON 2

Adding your topics in PowerPoint

This lesson gives tips on how to use PowerPoint’s built-in tools to enter your topics easily.

BEGIN LESSON 3

How to start and end strong

It’s important to hook your audience at the start and wrap up effectively at the end. This lesson provides tips on how to plan the opening and closing of your presentation.

BEGIN LESSON 4

Death by PowerPoint: Bad design can kill

This lesson explains key elements of graphic design that will make your PowerPoint visually appealing.

BEGIN LESSON 5

Choosing images

Add impact to your content with photos and illustrations. This lesson describes how to choose graphics and incorporate them effectively into your slides’ layouts.

BEGIN LESSON 6

Incorporating screenshots

Including images of TMW’s software in your presentation can be a great way to stimulate interest in our products. This lesson provides best practices.

BEGIN LESSON 7