Effective PowerpointTM - 1 day /2 days workshop

A professional looking presentation and slides makes a statement about your intent. Let your content be supported with tasteful and expert looking slides and well coordinated animation. Learn how to embed and multitask while delivering a smooth and interactive presentation with MS PowerPointTM

See the answered questions below to find out what makes our PowerPoint workshop special.

The Effective PowerPoint workshop is available in two options:

• Advanced - Covers advanced uses and applications of PowerPoint with some Intermediate coverage. One day workshop.
• Foundation - Covers basics of PowerPoint with some Intermediate coverage. One day workshop

Advanced PowerPointTM - What does it consist of?

The Advanced PowerPoint program is for those who already have a working knowledge of PowerPoint. The program is designed for upto 20 participants and is covered in a single day.

• Understanding the flexibility provided by PowerPoint
• Objects and Object Linking and Embedding
• Color - How to determine color schemes and their effect on audiences
• Timesavers for busy managers - outlines, imports and masters
• Working on different presentations and combining through selective insertion.
• Text – how to make it look professional
• Templates – what they are and how to use them
• Working with Tables
• PowerPoint and Imports / Exports to MS Word and MS Excel
• Working with Graphs and Organisation Charts
• How basic animation should be used to convey important stuff without appearing frivolous
• Using sound & Movies and other tools that are needed
• Advanced looking effects using very simple tricks.
• Navigating a presentation during delivery
• Multitasking during delivery - advanced techniques for embedding
• Interfacing with the web and other software
• Printing & Output

Foundation PowerPointTM - What does it consist of?

The Foundation PowerPoint program is for those who are just starting out in PowerPoint. The program is designed for upto 20 participants and is covered in a single day.

• Fundamentals of Presentation mode communication
• Fundamentals of PowerPoint
• Understanding Multimedia
• Understanding what the computer can and cannot do
• Understanding the flexibility provided by PowerPoint
• Properties of Objects
• Powerpoint interface and customisation
• Making simple presentations - first steps
• Swapping objects between programs
• Creating Objects
• Working with Text
• Working with Graphs
• Introduction to formatting
• Introduction to animation
• Compiling a presentation
• Rehearsing
• Printing & Output

What is special about the PowerPoint course?

It's special becauses it doesn't focus on just the software. While the PowerPoint software is covered,, we focus on the application end of things. There are a whole lot of things managers need that software training alone will not accomplish. For example here are some of the questions we routinely handle during a PowerPoint training workshop that are outside the scope of the software

• How to embed a live clock into a presentation so you are always aware of the time
• How to determine a color scheme that is appropriate for selling a concept
• How to embed other software into PowerPoint
• How to clip 15 seconds from a large movie file and embed it into a presentation
• And of course we cover several tips, tricks, and workarounds to do amazing things within PowerPoint itself

Hands On - The participants actually work on the examples covered in the program at each stage.

Personalised attention - To the extent possible, personal attention is given to participants to ensure they grasp the techniques properly.

Free CD of tools - Every participant at our program gets a Free CD full of specially made templates, plus several free software tools that assist in making a better PowerPoint Presentation.

Free Reference Card - Every participant gets a free Full Color PowerPoint Reference card full of shortcuts, menu expansions and color schemes in addition to the course material.

If you would like to know more details about our workshops, you can call us or mail us at info@dats-it.net