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Structuring Your Presentation For Success

Earlier on our blog we featured the four keys to a great presentation. These  four elements are Content, Design, Structure and Delivery. Today we’re going to highlight the important aspects of structure.

We have been building and delivering virtual presentations at CustomShow for over a decade and at Sales Graphics for 40 years before that, so we’ve seen our share of presentations. Over the years it’s become clear what works – and what doesn’t. So here are several keys of structure that we have observed over the years.
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Using iPad for Presentations – 3 Keys for Effective Presentations

The iPad and other tablets are valuable tools for a number of reasons. Using of iPad for presentations has added another layer of convenience across the spectrum of opportunities.  Presentation apps give the presenter the option of  showcasing engaging interactive content right from the convenience of the small screen.

With iPad business use increasing,  companies are buying employees ipads or many people have their own but don’t know how to maximize their potential. In the presentation world, PowerPoint isn’t easy to manage from an iPad which has opened up a whole new realm of presentation apps.

Keeping in mind these tips on designing and delivering presentations, Ipads are great for presentations but here are a couple things to keep in mind when choosing a presentation software specifically for your tablet:

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Spring Cleaning: 3 Steps for Organizing your Presentations

Springtime is only a couple of days away and with the changing of seasons comes a great opportunity to organize your presentations. Many businesses have thousands of presentations, but finding the right one is like finding a needle in a haystack. Without a way to catalog or manage them in one place, having all those presentations can do more harm than good.

In order to improve accuracy, efficiency, and productivity it’s important to be able to quickly reference and locate all past presentations. So why not get organized so you can spend less time going through old presentations and more time closing deals?
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Which Presentation Problem is Your Software Solving?

Presentations have lots of problems, that much we all know. And there are lots of different tools out there to solve them. The first question you have to ask as you look at these tools, however, is: which presentation problem is this software solving? And then the follow-up question is: is that really the problem I’m trying to solve?

When we look at the problems with presentations today, we can break them down into three main areas:
  • Design: The “Better-Looking PowerPoint” Problem
  • Management: The “Where’s the Latest Deck” Problem
  • Delivery: The “How Do I Email This” Problem

With the explosion of Cloud-based software tools available to businesses and individuals today, many of these problems are being solved. Most of the time, however, these software tools are built to just solve one of these problem areas.

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