Giving a presentation can be intimidating, but it shouldn’t complement the quality of the visuals and your speech-delivery skills. Below we provide more than 50 resources to skyrocket your PowerPoint presentation ideas and skills. Get ready to create, practice and present the best ones.
Articles and blogs
The following articles will give you several hints about creating outstanding PowerPoint presentations, delivering powerful speeches and providing an unforgettable audience experience.
- 7 powerful public speaking tips from one of the most-watched TED talk speakers
- 14 PowerPoint presentation tips for building more creative slideshows [+templates]
- 7 interactive games for your presentation
- 5 techniques to make your super long presentation seem like a breeze
- 20 tips on how to deliver a remarkable presentation
- How not to bore an audience
- 4 advantages that real-time polling adds to your presentation
- Fix your presentations: 21 quick tips
- 3 types ofĀ quizquestions you can ask your audience using real-time polling
- 9 tips for more powerful business presentations
- Innovatorās challenge: Punch up your presentations and get off PowerPoint
- 3 easy steps to make your presentations more engaging by using Swift Polling in PowerPoint
- 5 keys to creating PowerPoint slides with impact
- 10 ways to improve your presentation skills
- 31 ways to ruin a great presentation
- No more boring presentations: 6 tips to keep your audience interested
- 7 interactive presentation games to amplify your event
- 10 smart ways to make any PowerPoint presentation way more interesting
- 5 PowerPoint tips that will make your presentation professional and engaging
- Student presentations
- 10 tips on giving a killer presentation
Courses and education
Check out these short-term courses prepared and presented by professors and field professionals from companies such as IBM and Ernst and Young.
- Creative Inspirations: Duarte design, presentation design studio
- Designing presentation slidesĀ
- Presentation design
- Visual presentation
- PowerPoint 2010 essential training
- PowerPoint tips and tricks for business presentations
- Public speaking foundations
- Speaking so that people listen
- Speechwriting, slides and delivery
- Speechwriting and storytelling
Videos and podcasts
Take a look at these videos to help you get a better grasp of the best practices in delivering a presentation. Learn the tips and tricks to killer presentations.
- How to give the BEST PowerPoint presentation
- How to design a good slide: PowerPoint tutorial
- Animated PowerPoint slide design tutorial
- Particles text effect in PowerPointĀ
- How to create an awesome looking PowerPoint template in Microsoft PowerPoint
- How to design abstract backgrounds in PowerPoint with 4 steps
- The valedictorian speech
- 6 public speaking tips to hook any audience
- Presentation lesson from Mark Powell
- 5 steps to a killer opener
- Top 5 podcasts for presentation storytelling
- The top 10 podcasts for presenters
- The Presentation Podcast:Ā Conversations about the business of presentation design
- Present Beyond Measure:Ā Located at the intersection of analytics, data visualization, and digital analytics
- Rad Presenters:Ā Strategies and advice on how to design and deliver great presentations
- This Moved Me:Ā Art of public speaking for presenters and creatives who believe that a good talk can move the world
- The Public Speaker:Ā Inform, motivate, entertain and persuade better
- Communication Rebel:Ā Speakers, entrepreneurs, leaders and change agents who love speaking both onstage and off
- What the Speak:Ā Howto impress when you speak; present or pitch
- Steal the Show:Ā Fast track to the skillset that will enable you to engage your listeners, manage your nerves, and give your message maximum impact in every situation, every time
- The eLearning Coach: Fresh ideas and actionable tips for success with creating online and mobile learning experiences
- The Speaker Lab:Ā Speaker marketing, keynote speaking, building a platform and much more
All of the resources provided above will help you provide your audience a presentation worthy of applauding instead of yawning.
Which one did you find most useful?
