Abhisek Sarda runs PPT Salon, a 3-month old venture in Goa that guarantees to transform staid PowerPoint presentations into visually appealing ones. PPT Salon treats each slide as a poster and aims to make them aesthetically pleasing individually and as a whole. They will either work from existing presentations sent over or create new ones from outlines provided. PPT Salon has clients from various industries across 8 countries and can handle frequent presentation needs through corporate accounts.

1. MiD DAY > WEDNESDAY, 15 DECEMBER, 2010, MUMBAI, 32 PAGES
More power
to your
presentation
USE
1 HEADLINES
Don’t try to fit in
every word you
want to say on the
slide. Put a head-
line to emphasis
the point.
INSIDE > 2 AVOID
TEMPLATES
Treat each slide as
a poster, and not a
word document.
AESTHETICS
3 COUNT
Choose a good
typeface that suits
the subject of your
presentation. Don’t
THE GUIDE always opt for the
default option.
Even Bhansali would CHOOSE
be disappointed >p3 4 IMAGES
THAT SPEAK
Opt for images that
Meet the
are interesting,
even shocking.
Don’t use clichéd
visuals.
spinner
HAVE A
5 FOCUS
Say a few things,
but say them pow-
CENTRE STAGE erfully, rather than
Mohit Chauhan gets rambling through
40 slides.
inspired >p16
BIG BREAK DHVANI SOLANI make sure it looks good or provide countries that include Taj Hotels,
Bag the best jobs >p2 dhvani.solani@mid-day.com us with an outline for what you Dr Reddy’s, a US-based company
want to say and we will work from that sources rubber slippers from
SITUATION For Abhisek Sarda, life and every- scratch,” says Abhisek. Thailand, and even a filmmaker
VACANT >p10 thing that comes with it is about Give these guys 48 hours (less, who sent his script as a PPT instead
going beyond the default template. if it’s a life-or-death situation, and of a Word doc.
CLASSIFIEDS The 26 year-old, who has attended more if it’s not), to provide you You can catch glimpses of
precisely three days of college for a with a polished PPT. You could Abhisek’s creativity in images of his
Travel >p15 Bachelor’s degree in a stream that even sign up for a corporate colourful kitschy office on the web-
he doesn’t remember (“it was account for discounted rates, if site that has a blue handpainted
DEAR DIANA probably a BCom or a BBA or some your work demands the making of commode function as his CEO
My girl’s dad has put an such thing”), moved from Rajkot to
Goa when he was 18 years old with
constant PPTs throughout the
month. The guys at PPT Salon will
chair. His cluttered desk is where
he claims he and his designer
end to my love story >p25 GIVE ABHISEK SARDA OF PPT SALON no fixed plan in mind. Today, he even do the research and take pho- breathe life into ideas. “But,” reads
runs the three month-old venture tographs for you if the need arises. the cheeky caption of the photo-
TIMEPASS 48 HOURS AND HE’LL TURN YOUR called PPT Salon that runs on the “We look at each slide as a graph “our presentations are
guarantee to turn around staid poster and think of how it can look always clutter-free. Always.”
Horoscope, comics, STAID POWERPOINT PRESENTATION slides into funky Powerpoint good individually and in the larger
and pen games >p8 INTO ONE THAT WILL MAKE YOUR Presentations.
“You can either mail an existing
context. We are allergic to tem-
plate designs,” says Abhisek.
LOG ON TO www.pptsalon.com
Call 0-9890926072
FILM ADS >p28 CLIENTS SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE presentation to us and we will PPT Salon has clients in eight Prices start at Rs 8,999