Engaging PowerPoint Presentations

We have all been there. We have attended conferences with one ‘death-by-PowerPoint’ presentation after another and wondered if there was another way. The good news is that there is. There are techniques to use the strength of PowerPoint (visual reinforcement) without making it a bland reading of bullet points.

This course does not teach PowerPoint features, but instead how to use your slides in a more engaging way so that your presentation is memorable and effective.

Course Overview

Prices

  • Standard Price

    £450*

  • SME
    Fewer than 250 staff

    £385*

  • Public Sector Price

    £330*

  • Large Charity
    Over 31+ staff

    £250*

  • Small Charity
    Fewer than 30 staff

    £195*

  • *Per person, excluding VAT

  • Duration

    1 day

  • Location

    Interactive online sessions delivered via Zoom. The link is sent to you after booking.

    Classroom

    Public classroom sessions are held at 3rd Floor, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE

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Course Overview

This workshop is currently only available as Live Online Learning (via Zoom) for public bookings. We are able to offer both online and classroom sessions for private bookings — please get in touch for availability.

The content delivered is the same and we create the same interactive and engaging environment via Zoom as we do in the classroom. However, some elements will have been adjusted for online delivery, with sections for self-guided study.

Advanced preparation

Please bring along a 5-10 minute pre-prepared presentation on any subject of your choice ready to deliver to the other participants.

What you will learn

At the end of this one-day workshop, you will be able to:

  • Identify the common characteristic of good and bad presentations
  • Break free from restrictive use of PowerPoint
  • Identify why bullet points get in the way of effective presentations
  • Simplify your presentation to make it more effective
  • Use techniques, like 30-20-10 and the rule of 10, that clarify your slides
  • Recognise the importance of audience involvement
  • Use questions to stimulate audience reaction
  • Be confident in creating involvement
  • Use story telling to increase the appeal to the audience
  • Take old presentations and transform them to be to be simpler and clearer

Please note that this course does not teach PowerPoint features, but instead how to use your slides in a more engaging way so that your presentation is memorable and effective.

Related courses

You might be interested in this workshops covering similar themes:

  • Expert Presentation Skills — Learn how to deliver a presentation confidently in this two-day workshop, including why preparation is important and best practice for visual aids such as PowerPoint slides.
  • PowerPoint for Intermediate Users — For anyone who has used PowerPoint before to create and alter simple presentations, and would like to develop their skills to create more dynamic presentations.
  • PowerPoint Master Slides (90 minutes) — Learn how to use Master Slides to make global changes to the style of your presentation.
  • Building Self-Confidence — Learn how to work with your thoughts, feelings and behaviour to create a greater sense of self-confidence.

If you need help beyond this programme fulfilling your personal action plan, then we also offer 1-to-1 Executive Coaching which can provide you with an insightful and structured space to discover and develop yourself further in order to achieve even more positive results.

Group Learning Events

Looking for a private group event for your team, or even your whole organisation?

We can organise a date that works for you, and we can tailor the content to your team. Our private workshops can be held online, inhouse at your workplace or here at Happy's HQ in London.

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What's it like to learn with Happy?

We offer complete individual involvement and participation on all of our workshops. In this video, Nicky delivers a short session about the different Communication Styles, and how they affect the way you work with and manage others.

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The Small Print

For Face-to-Face Live Online Learning

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven't received this email then please contact our team.

Please reserve the session in your diary for the learning. This will allow you to join the interactive workshops and have time to reflect and do the assignments in between. We believe immersing yourself in the content for a whole day will create deep learning and lasting impact. 

Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.

Your active participation is expected: everyone will be heard and seen throughout, just as they would be if we were in a room together. To be heard, hear and seen you will need a microphone, speakers and camera — if you have a modern laptop that’s all you will need. Remember, you’ll need a quiet place to call from and a decent internet connection is a must.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy's HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

The course will run from 10am to 4:30pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9.45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

The happy Guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course. We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with our friendly team.

Did you know...

...Happy also offers a range of programmes that'll show you how to get the most out of PowerPoint?

There's a course for total beginners providing a rundown of the essential features, as well as courses focused on more advanced techniques. 

Beginner PowerPoint Core Level 1 is perfect if you've never used PowerPoint before, or if you haven’t used PowerPoint in a long time and are feeling a bit rusty. Find out more

Intermediate PowerPoint Core Level 2 to enable you to create professional looking presentations using master slides for consistency and adding different multimedia such as YouTube videos. Find out more

Advanced PowerPoint in a Day to enable you to create presentations that look well designed, fit the corporate branding and fully utilise animation, sound and video to good effect. Find out more