PowerPoint Business Presentations & Data Visualization

The key to every good slide is its title area. Here I want to discuss what is placed in the header of a PowerPoint slide.

The next crucial thing for a PowerPoint business presentation is its Slide Body. Let me explain a couple of things about it.

At the bottom of each powerpoint slide, you can find the footer area. Let's discuss what is usually placed there in business presentations.

The Guttenberg diagram showcases how people usually read our slides. This is essential to understand how to craft business presentations in PowerPoint.

This is a simple exercise to perform after the lectures in this section.

Here  I want to describe what action titles are, how are they used in Microsoft powerpoint presentations and how they differ from regular titles.

Let me showcase a few action title examples so you will understand it and get some context about it.

Let me showcase what for Action titles are used.

Let's set up some sort of blueprint, step-by-step guide on writing effective action titles.

This is a simple exercise to perform after the lectures in this section.

Here we will compare the pyramid principle against the academic way of crafting presentations where it usually takes a shape of a funnel.

Let's recognize the usage of the pyramid principle in business powerpoint slides and presentations.

Barbara Minto deserves some credit in this section so let's talk a little about how the Pyramid Principle was invented and what was her part and role in developing and then popularizing it.

Let's make together an exercise where we thing together about certain aspects of the pyramid principle on some example business slides.

Here we will discuss how to tell a story with your presentation. Let's first talk about horizontal and vertical flow of information in PowerPoint business presentations.

One of the most popular frameworks to use for storytelling is the SCR framework. It means Situation, complication and resolution and allows us to easily organize our content into logical sections.

Let's preview business examples of storytelling and thing about how can we apply them to our powerpoint presentations.

This is an exercise as a follow-up to the storytelling section of the course. Let's try to see how to put things in an SCR fashion on our slide.

Let me explain what an executive summary slide is and where is it used in business powerpoint presentations.

A few good practices to utilize when creating summary slides for your presentations, wether for business or regular use.

I want to establish and show you a framework on which you can rely when creating summary slides for executives in Microsoft PowerPoint 365 and all other versions, including the PowerPoint for MAC version.

Let's do an exercise where we will try to create and compile an ESS from 3 example slides.

Here I want to talk about what the MECE principle is and how it is used when working with any form of communicaiton.

Let's showcase the MECE principle in a graphical way so it's easier to understand.

Here we will discuss a few business powerpoint examples of the MECE principle.

Let's do an exercise together where we will try to sort information based on the MECE principle.

Powerpoint chart design is an essential topic for any type of business presentation. Let me introduce you to powerpoint charts in general.

Here I will showcase basic PowerPoint features regarding charts.

Let us continue showcasing the capabilities of PowerPoint regarding charts and data visualization.

An interesting trick to put items (essentially embed them) within a chart in PowerPoint.

Let me show you how to set a certain chart type as default to show up the moment you open the feature. I will also list a few differences between the Windows and MAC PowerPoint version so you know how to navigate the chart features there.

Let me showcase how you can work together with me using my PowerPoint resources.

We start our data visualization journey with one of the most popular chart forms - a clustered column chart.

We continue by making a stacked column chart where individual values are on top of each other on the chart.

Different language versions of PowerPoint can interpret dates differently. Just be aware that if PowerPoint doesn't recognize the dates as dates you probably need to format them another way, for example instead of 01/05/2050 you should use 05/01/2050 , or instead of January 2050 you should use 01.2050

Another popular chart form is of course the line chart. The line chart is most often used when there are more than 10 data points and they are continuous over time.

Let me continue the Line chart within this lecture because there are still a few things I wanted to show you.

When you want to showcase a part to whole relationship with a chart then the Pie chart might be a good option!

A bar chart is very similar to a column chart but displayed horizontally. It is used in different cases where it suits the data.

An area chart is a specific form of the chart where a line and bar chart are essentially connected into one.

An area chart can either be displayed next to each other or in a stacked form where one overlaps the other. Let me show you in this lecture how to create a stacked version of the chart.

Let me show you a new and specific type of chart - a PowerPoint MAP. It's essentially a heatmap of certain countries that you select put on a world map.

Here we will talk about how to add a map in Microsoft PowerPoint 365. We can use templates from the Microsoft office website and utilize their map.

A waterfall chart can display changes in values over time with several total values along the way. This feature was added recently to PowerPoint so we now longer have to use workarounds to achieve a good result here!

A combo chart is a powerpoint chart where we combine multiple charts (mostly two) on one physical chart. To achieve that we use the Y axis and put different values on the left and right sides.

A pictograph is nothing different than icons or pictures showcasing statistical data in a graphical fashion. I will work through an example inside of PowerPoint with you.

I want to do this brainstorm-type of a lecture where I shoot around different interesting practices about charts and their usage within PowerPoint.