7 Secrets to Awesome Financial Presentations

Overview:

This course will reveal the seven secrets to creating awesome financial presentations that accountants never learn. And best of all, they are simple techniques that you can implement right away.

Course Content:

In this course you will gain knowledge about the following topics:

• Most important recommendation: simplify your slides.
• Focus on the design. You’ll learn why you should avoid using the built-in templates with bullet points that come with PowerPoint. We’ll discuss the importance of font styles, the essential rule of three, and more.
• Importance of using a colour palette. Ignore this one at your peril. It’s one of the main reasons why many presentations look awful.
• How to revolutionize your slides with images, transitions, and video. I’ll show you how to get millions of free, and paid, stock images and video to use in your next presentation.
• How to make great tables. Find out how to make your numbers easy to read.
• How to show numerical information in graphs so you can get your message across while keeping your audience engaged.
• Importance of telling stories. Everyone likes a story so if you want their attention, this is what you need to do.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completing this course, you should be able to:

• Learn the key to effective presentations: simplify them
• Find out where to get free and paid images and videos to use
• Become familiar with all the types of graphs you can create
• Discover how to integrate Excel graphs with PowerPoint and Keynote
• Find out the best way to present numbers in tables
• Get key tips from presentation masters including Steve Jobs and Ken Burns
• Get free PowerPoint and Keynote templates including the presentation slides
• Receive several free colour palettes

Who Will Benefit: 

Individuals wishing to improve their financial presentations.