3. If you DO want
to suck at
Powerpoint,
go ahead and
doze off
4. Growth & Acquisition Manager,
Xamun Inc.
MBA Major in Marketing, Asian
Institute of Management Class of
2011
A former choirboy who once lost
80 lbs.
Burns Puzon
8. General Uses
• Presentations
• Tutorials
• Animations/Videos
• Posters
• Vision Boards
• Flyers
• Family Trees (?)
• Convincing your parents to
buy a dog
9. Corporate Uses
• Client pitches
• Client updates
• Management meetings
• Investor meetings
• Employee orientations
• Learning/training sessions
like this
• Convincing your boss to
buy a dog
22. Use two font sizes or two font colors to highlight
important bits of info in a piece of text instead of bold, italics,
or underline
Whatever you do, don’t use them all in combination! (like
what I just did!)
34. Rule of thumb
If you’re going to put
everything in the slides:
1) Open your presentation
2) Press Ctrl + P
3) Select how many copies
based on audience size
4) Pick up the printouts
5) Distribute to audience
6) Sit in the corner
40. BasicSteps
1. Think of you and your
audience
2. Pick theme, font, and color
palette
3. Write an outline of your
points
4. Make the slides
5. Edit slides
6. REHEARSE
41. 86%
Of execs claim that clear
communication directly
impacts their career and
income*
25%
Spend over 2 hours for
important presentations*
*www.distinction-services.com