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Eye-catching Presentation Slideshows

We also make slideshows that will impress, inform and attract your customers. All our shows are made using standard PowerPoint, including this one. Look at some example presentations.

Nice set of pins! They really float my boat.

December 19, 2009

Deskpins & Afloat – pin your windows above the rest with these programmes for Mac or PC.

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Think you know PowerPoint? Think again…

December 4, 2009

PowerPoint does much more than titles with bullets.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #10

May 10, 2010

Get your ducks in a row
This really annoys me when I see it!

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #9

April 20, 2010

Leave special effects to the movie makers
Don’t you just love bullet points flying in from the left, humorous sound effects and clip art.
You do?

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #8

March 18, 2010

Use language rules to support understanding
Last time we considered the ‘look and feel’ of slide content, we’ll continue that theme in this article.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #7

March 9, 2010

Be consistent, not just with slide sets but also with their contents.
The themes built into PowerPoint help us to keep slides looking and feeling the same, but it’s really down to us to do the same for the contents.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #6

February 24, 2010

Use plain English. Or at least words that your audience understands.
We’ve established that meaningless words and titles are out.
But what about jargon and cryptic phrases?

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #5

February 16, 2010

Titles – are they short and to the point or do they go on and on forever, not reaching a conclusion and continuing well past the point where the audience has lost interest…

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #4

February 9, 2010

Choose your words. Carefully.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #3

February 5, 2010

Avoid graphic violence.
In this series of articles, we’re spotting the not-so-deliberate mistakes made when producing PowerPoint slideshows.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #2

January 30, 2010

Don’t shoot yourself in the foot with bullets.
In this series, we’re identifying common mistakes made with PowerPoint.

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Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #1

January 25, 2010

Get it right next time with these guidelines.
PowerPoint is easy to use if you want to put together a quick presentation.
It’s also easy to spoil your work by not considering your audience.

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