Get Polished in PowerPoint

Master storytelling in PowerPoint with this 90-minute course. Transform basic slides into compelling presentations that engage and resonate with your audience.

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Brief Summary

This course is all about transforming your PowerPoint skills from basic to brilliant! In just 90 minutes, you’ll learn to tell engaging stories and design polished presentations that your audience can’t forget. Let’s make those slides memorable, not mediocre!

Key Points

  • Learn to create compelling PowerPoint presentations.
  • Move from basic slide making to powerful storytelling.
  • Focus on practical skills with a fast-paced, hands-on approach.
  • Use a storyboard to plan presentations effectively.
  • Gain insights from real-world experience in management consulting.

Learning Outcomes

  • Develop a critical eye for effective slide design.
  • Master the art of planning with storyboards.
  • Create polished presentations quickly and efficiently.
  • Utilize time-saving shortcuts for better productivity.
  • Retain more information through case-method learning.

About This Course

Go beyond basics. Tell compelling stories.

When you write PowerPoint presentations, do you 

  • Pretend it's a Word document in landscape? 

  • Stick objects on a page until the white space is filled up? 

  • Write a bunch of slides, then think about how they go together?

It's easy to get the basics in PowerPoint but hard to write compelling stories that your audience will find memorable and meaningful. Don't let insights you've discovered get lost in a maze of mediocre slides. 

In this 90-minute primer you'll go from slide monkey to slide master. We'll take an accelerated 'learn-by-doing' approach: picking up where we left off in Use Excel Like a Pro. Fast., we'll design a PowerPoint template, write a storyboard and craft a polished presentation. Along the way, we'll unpack the principles of great slide writing and cover time-saving shortcuts.   

What makes this course different?

  • It's practical. The instructor worked in management consulting at BCG for eight years. That's a lot of real-world experience to share, and this courses focuses only on the most important practices.

  • It's fast; only 90 minutes. You'll have what you need in no time.

  • It uses the case-method pedagogy. By teaching in the context of an example, retention is far higher than a traditional approach, and way more fun.

  • A critical eye for what makes a slide good or bad

  • A habit of planning presentations using a storyboard

  • The ability to write polished presentations, fast

Instructor

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Kieran Luke

Kieran is the CEO of Cerulean, which bridges the gap between AI awareness and implementation for mid-sized organizations.He previously held COO positions at Lunchbox and at General Assembly, and was a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group, where he trained new consultants on spreadsheet modeling and slide writing. Originally from Australia, Kieran has called New York home since 2010.

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4.9 course rating
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ui-avatar of Sunil
Sunil
1.0
1 year ago

This is completely waste of money and time I want my refund tell me process i will follow for refund

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ui-avatar of Enyonam Aidoo
Enyonam A.
3.0
1 year ago

No it was not because I am a Mac user and could not follow along so I had to do everything from scratch

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ui-avatar of Grace Brown
Grace B.
2.0
1 year ago

Information is outdated

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ui-avatar of Lauren Kish
Lauren K.
4.0
1 year ago

Yes

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ui-avatar of Zachary D Dawson
Zachary D. D.
3.0
1 year ago

Hotkeys are a great way to navigate efficiently. The powerpoint is definitely a beginner course.

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ui-avatar of Kenneth Mark Wiencek
Kenneth M. W.
4.0
2 years ago

Some great tips for sure. Shortcuts were a bit overdone. Is it really much faster than mouse?

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ui-avatar of Bram Bram
Bram B.
4.0
2 years ago

Good for beginner. Not suitable for intermediate and advanced user.
Additional input:
- the voice has some background white noise, perhaps may use proper mic for recording

Thanks!

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ui-avatar of Neha Dacherla
Neha D.
2.5
2 years ago

It was not because this course does not help Mac users.

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ui-avatar of Justin Wachtel
Justin W.
5.0
2 years ago

learned a lot, good place to start if you don't know a lot. PollEv was a cool touch

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ui-avatar of Christopher Damp
Christopher D.
1.0
2 years ago

Really fast

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