Know the difference between a tailor-made suit and one you bought off the rack? The latter is serviceable and will do, but it won’t get you noticed in a crowd and it won’t wow. When you’ve got one chance to impress, which would you rather be wearing? The same applies to tailor-made PowerPoint presentation design…

With the end of 2015 on the not-too-distant horizon, it’s a good time to reflect… on your work, your achievements, and especially your business PowerPoint presentation. It’s time to sit down with all of your presentations from the past year, identify the big winners and losers, and take stock of when and why things went…

Text and visuals are the building blocks of every business PowerPoint presentation. And although they are both useful, visuals have several distinct advantages over text. In this post we look at why images have the advantage and how you can make them work for your presentation. Cut Processing Time The brain is primarily an image…

It’s time for your Q3 sales report presentation. Instead of fighting for your audience’s full attention, why not get everyone engaged in your message by including an animation, audio clip or video in your presentation? If you have a video of a customer praising the virtue of your new product rather than a basic bullet…

Summer’s a great time for brushing up on your custom PowerPoint design skills. So whether you are sitting on the beach or stuck in the office, here’s a roundup of some of our favorites to get you started: Repeat Your Last Edit with the F4 Key Hitting the F4 key will repeat your last edit…

Are you in need of a little design inspiration for your upcoming PowerPoint presentation? Got facts and figures that will wow your board but wanting something more than bullet points and bar charts to show them off? Various research studies have shown that presenting messages via strong, relevant visuals have a much greater effect than…

All great business PowerPoint presentations start with solid preparation. What you do before you even open PowerPoint will significantly affect your chances for achieving your desired outcomes. To help you lay a solid foundation for your next presentation, we’ve put together four simple preparatory steps you can take to ensure that your next one is…

The design experts at eSlide have been using PowerPoint for more than 20 years and there’s a reason why. Actually, there are many reasons we love professional PowerPoint presentations, but here are our top 10: 1. The Language of Business Most people in business use PowerPoint to communicate. Many of our Fortune 500 clients say…

The US has had a tough winter, especially in the North East. Many cities are buried under mounds of snow and frankly, are running out of places to put the piles of white stuff. The designers at eSlide have an idea – it should go into your slides. Of course we don’t mean snow…we mean…

This month, we want to help you minimize the last-minute frenzy (and possibility of painful presentation mistakes) that can occur before a large, important business PowerPoint presentation event. As any seasoned event manager knows, it’s almost impossible to eliminate last-minute changes, particularly when the show involves a dozen presenters, each with their own specific requirements….