Believe in yourself and your audience will too

I once gave a presentation which told, in fine detail, the life and works of Jane Austen. I was extremely prepared with my computerised slides, my hard copies to hand out at the end, and my little word cards to help me along.

Afterwards I was told that I might as well have sat down with everyone else.

My presence at the front of the room was not essential to the presentation itself. I merely insulted my audience by undermining their intelligence; everything I had said could have been read from the slides.

A bit harsh, perhaps, but quite true. (Read more…)

Create your own flow chart or process flow slides

If you ever need to add a process flow to a presentation here is an easy way. We have made a couple of nice flow charts that you can colour in the fills and lines.

We have even added in a matching table to make a nice effect. (Read more…)

Presentation preparation

Why? What? Who?

When preparing a presentation there is clearly (at least in most cases) a vast amount of time spent on researching the subject and on the method of presenting it, but there are probably three major points to consider before writing your speech. (Read more…)

Virtuous circle slides

Here are a selection of editable slides that you could use in your presentations.

We have designed these slides in all loops from 3 stages, up to 8 stages. You can colour the fills and the lines to fit your own needs. (Read more…)

Presentation Helper is 5 years old

Presentation Helper is now 5 years old.

Started in 2003 as a bit of a hobby, Presentation Helper has grown to become one of the most popular presentation sites on the Internet.

In the past year alone we have had over 4 million unique visitors to the website with 23 million page views. Take a look at how the site looked in the past and see how fast the traffic has grown. (Read more…)

Business template designs

Some wavy backgrounds that would suit business presentations and templates.

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Innovative chart ideas

Charts can be very boring, but it doesn’t have to be that way. There are lots of different ways to make them more interesting. (Read more…)

Futuristic background

Futuristic abstract backgrounds can look great in the right presentation. (Read more…)

Business backgrounds

Here we have a set of abstract backgrounds suitable for business presentations. (Read more…)

Free pointer icons

More presentation goodies for you in the form of pointer icons to use in your slide shows. (Read more…)