PowerPoint Workshops
Develop a visual way of thinking to improve your communication.
Remote Workshops given by SMB-SLIDES are packed with actionable insights, knowledge, and tools for presenters to simplify complex concepts with clear visual messages.
Learn from our team of experts.
Become a Presentation Expert
Presentations are a necessary part of the business world, and there’s no better tool than Microsoft PowerPoint 2019/365. This powerful presentation tool has numerous capabilities to create professional-quality slide presentations with a polished appearance. With options for images, speaker notes, fade, audio overlay, and online sharing, there’s virtually no limit to what PowerPoint can do.
PowerPoint 101 – Presentation Basics Workshop – 1 hour
By popular demand, we’ve put together a workshop segment on PowerPoint functionality, best practices, and tips and tricks.
We teach this workshop on the latest software and teach the team where to find certain tools required for effective slide creation.
This is best for teams that are at a beginner level in PowerPoint.
PowerPoint 102 – Presentation Template Creation Workshop – 2 Hours
This workshop continues where PowerPoint 101 leaves off, focusing on template functionality. We will teach you techniques for laying out PowerPoint presentations by using the Slide Master View.
By doing so, all of the presentation slides will be consistent and uniform, so employees can spend less time creating and editing slides. You will realize the benefits of the Slide Master View as we go through the actual process of creating a PowerPoint presentation.
Slide Deck Simplification Workshop
3 Hours
Our workshop will focus on ways to simplify the content without losing meaning, and how to communicate more effectively. We will also teach you some software tricks that will enhance your slides.
Using 50 – 100 provided sample slides from your organization, we examine opportunities and techniques to help you produce better, more powerful slides even without a graphic design team.
Upon completing this workshop, you will have 25 solid professional slides, as a final presentation, with suggestions for improvement on the other slides based on our review. Organizations benefit from this workshop’s customized improvement techniques. As a result, you will be able to create your own slide decks in the future as well as edit your existing slide decks to create a finalized slide presentation.
Presentation Skills Workshops from SMB-Slides
Our PowerPoint Presentation Workshops are a unique PowerPoint training program. Learn the design and layout skills you need to create highly engaging and professional presentations in our workshops.
We have created countless slides for our clients. We are happy to show you our process. Be warned, that you may be asked by your colleagues to design their slides after our workshops.
Presentation Motion Graphics Animation Workshop – 4 Hours
The latest trend is to design a presentation with Motion Graphics Animation. Today, making awesome illustrative videos is extremely important because video is the best way to market and sell products online. This workshop is NOT for newbies.
Learn how to create motion graphics and animations. Study the video production process from beginning to end (storyboarding, editing, creating effects, grading and polishing content to produce professional-quality videos), and master time-based storytelling techniques.
You will learn how to design and animate impactful presentations like a pro in this workshop on PowerPoint Slide Design with Animation. This workshop will prepare you to create and animate slides, add transitions, and export them as if you were a professional designer.
Presentation Visual Story Workshop
5 Hours
Storytelling and design can help you communicate effectively. Today, presentations are the primary means of business communication.
Despite this, only a small percentage of the presentations delivered every day are good.
We teach you how to harness the power of visual communication and hook your audience. Learn how to craft compelling stories that move people to action. Discover how to apply the timeless, compelling structure of story to everything from pitch decks and analyst reports to keynote speeches.
In our Visual Story workshop, we will teach you how to leverage the power of engaging narratives and visually compelling content in order to stand out from the crowd. We’ll teach you how to create presentations that move audiences to accept and embrace your big ideas, increasing your influence and accelerating your business or career.
Presentation Delivery Workshop
6 Hours
In this workshop, you will learn how to engage your audiences and come across as a comfortable, dynamic, and empathetic speaker. To deliver an impactful and successful presentation every time, we cover in detail the 3 degrees of success listed below.
1st degree is your presentation Content – 2 Hours
2nd degree is your presentation Design – 2 Hours
3rd degree is your presentation Message – 2 Hours
The 1st degree of success in your presentation is your content. We will address where to get your content and how much is too much versus just the right amount of content. We will also provide you our custom-created content organization techniques which are huge timesavers.
In the 2nd degree, we will discuss successful design techniques, color theory, and contrast as well as your branding requirements. In this lesson, we will cover slide design as well as content, and provide you with helpful graphic tips.
The 3rd degree refines your presentation skills. The way you deliver your message can have a huge impact on how your audience perceives it, and a terrible presentation can leave them feeling off. It’s not just what you say that matters; it’s how you say it. Boost the impact of your presentations by taking part in the SMB-SLIDES Speaker Coaching Workshop.
Communicate with empathy and authority to win over customers, colleagues, and your boss.
Why Did We Make These Workshops?
Microsoft PowerPoint has more than 500 million active users, and 30 million PowerPoint presentations are created every day, most of which are not effective or engaging. Our goal is to put an end to that for anyone interested in learning these relevant skills in the business world today.
FAQ
Improve your entire team’s ability to produce more functional and memorable slides without outside help or expense.
Who are these workshops for?
Our workshops are geared toward business owners, executives, and managers that are not designers but want to improve the look and impact of their presentations.
Do we need special software?
You will need a recent version of Microsoft PowerPoint to follow along with the workshops. You will also need to download the Microsoft Teams application as this is how we deliver the workshops online.
4 Bonus Resources For Workshop Students:
We will provide these 4 great presentation design resources to everyone who signs up for any of our presentation design workshops. You will find these cheat sheets very useful.
A Presentation Layout Gallery
When you’re having trouble laying out your slides in an interesting way, this resource can act as an inspiration to kick start your own slide layouts.
Design Tip Sheet
It is like having an expert designer by your side while you create a presentation masterpiece. Think of this as your cheat sheet. There are plenty of experiences in this sheet.
Professionally Designed Template
Not sure where to begin? You can use this as a starting point for your own presentation. This is a full commercial license which you can customize it however you wish.
Royalty Free Content Dashboard
Why add searching for sites to provide the content to your task list? We make it easy for you with our Complete Royalty-Free Content Dashboard.
For a custom curriculum tailored to your corporate team, please contact us below.