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Presentations

According to Microsoft, on any given day more than 30 million PowerPoint presentations are delivered. I do believe every sales professional needs to be comfortable with PowerPoint to get ahead these days. So, on this page I will provide some PowerPoint advice. But, my primary focus will be to help you learn to give more compelling sales presentations - independent of technology.

Useful PowerPoint accessories:

Thermometer for PowerPoint

Adds a bar to each slide that how much of a presentation has progressed and how much remains. And, it's free.

http://www.indezine.com/addin/thermometer/

Ovation for PowerPoint

Lets people with limited graphics skills make visually exciting PowerPoint presentations. Price: $99.95

http://www.adobe.com/products/ovation/

Rich's Recommended Web Sites

One of the best blogs that I have found in a long time, brought to you by Garr Reynolds (check out Garr's book below!):

http://www.presentationzen.com/

Assorted tips to improve your PowerPoint Presentations:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/it/slides/

http://einstein.cs.uri.edu/tutorials/csc101/powerpoint/ppt.html

http://catalyst.washington.edu/planning/ppoint.html

http://catalyst.washington.edu/quick/ppt.html

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html

SalesVantage.com

SalesVantage.com is the Internet’s only Business Directory & Newsfeed designed exclusively for Sales, Marketing & Advertising Executives. Our mission is to provide a Web Portal that informs Sales, Marketing and Advertising Executives and connects them to the suppliers and resources they need.

http://www.salesvantage.com/article/list.php?c=17

Rich's Recommended Reading List

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr Reynolds

Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story by Jerry Weissman

Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz by Diane Diresta

Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire by Cliff Atkinson

Buy these books from Amazon.com

Have a question about this topic?

Then please just email me your question! If the answer is short & sweet, I will pop you back an answer. If the question requires further research, I will look into it and post the reply on my blog, AskRichBohn.com, to share with others. As always, you can email me at rich@sellmorenow.com !