We want you to be an increasingly successful presenter, and the effective use of visuals can play an important part in achieving that goal.  Presentation slides, for example, can enhance a speaker’s impact if they are thoughtfully created and skillfully used. 

Too often, however, presentation slides are created and used in ways that add little or that actually detract from a presentation.

To help you gain the greatest advantage from your slides, we have gathered the following guidelines from presenters and graphic designers who are known for their effective use of slides in presentations.

This paper is a treasure trove of ideas, tools, and techniques to help keep your slides in the winning column. 

Many of the highest stakes sales opportunities require a team selling approach. 

In the selling process, a sales team often must deliver one or many sales presentations – as a team – to small or large groups of customer decision makers and influencers.

Far too often, sales teams make the extraordinarily costly mistake of not investing enough time and thought in advance to prepare as a team to ensure a winning outcome for their presentations.  As a result, many team presentations communicate a disjointed, unimpressive message about the team and its value to the customer.

This whitepaper explains what needs to be done and how to do it to make a powerfully positive impression as a team when the stakes are high. 

A well-facilitated panel discussion looks like a stroll in the park to the casual observer. 

In reality, a panel discussion's success is usually grounded in a great deal of pre-event preparation by the panel’s facilitator.  

Then, during the panel discussion event itself, that preparation is activated by the facilitator's in-the-moment concentration, keen listening, close observation of audience and panel reactions, quick on-the-spot decision making, and skillfully subtle maneuvering as the discussion unfolds.

This whitepaper covers each step required in the process - before, during, and after the panel discussion - to assure a truly excellent outcome.