Become a PowerPoint Ninja in 2012 with these New Free PPT Resources

Submitted by: Jay Wilder, Freemium Product Marketing Director, Brainshark

January 05, 2012 03:10 PM

Just in time for your 2012 New Year’s resolutions list, becoming a PowerPoint Ninja in the next 12 months just got a little easier with our new Free PowerPoint Resources in the Community & Events section of the Brainshark site, under Helpful Resources.

You can use these free PowerPoint resources from leading presentation experts to help make your presentations more effective and impactful this coming year. The content is organized into three categories:

Planning Tips for your PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint Templates and Tools
PowerPoint Tips and Tricks

Additionally, along the right side you’ll find two of our most popular presentation skills webinars from 2011 from Dr. Carmen Taran, RexiMedia and Microsoft MVP, Ellen Finkelstein.

Under “Planning tips for your PowerPoint presentation,” you will find expert guidance on PowerPoint design, memorable messaging, and ‘setting the hook’ early from presentation thought leaders such as RexiMedia, m62, Laura Foley, and Nancy Duarte.

“PowerPoint Templates and Tools” offers ready-to-use visuals, people cutouts, and animations templates to create stunning presentations today. Check out the free and premium offerings from leading PowerPoint designers Indezine, eLearning Bros, and PresentationPro.

“PowerPoint Tips and Tricks” will help you extend your discoveries through the year by pointing out some of our favorite Tip sheets for online and mobile presentations as well as the ongoing valuable insights you can get from the blogs of EllenFinkelstein, Nancy Duarte and RexiMedia.

Enjoy these new resources as you find your inner PowerPoint Ninja in 2012. If you have a resource that you’d like to recommend, please share it in the comments section!

Tags: animation, eLearning & training, enterprise use, myBrainshark, PowerPoint, tips & tricks

Comments (2)

January 06, 2012 09:54 AM by: Gerry Praysman

Great points, Laura!

January 06, 2012 09:53 AM by: Laura Foley

I think the best advice for developing a PowerPoint presentation comes from a management consultant I used to work with, Mary Nell McCorquodale: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." A good PowerPoint presentation starts with a strong outline. The problem is that many people believe that the outline is their presentation, which is why they end up with text-heavy, boring slides. Once the initial outline has been developed then it's time to revise, condense, and edit. Only after you've arrived at the finished outline should you attempt to create the visual part of the presentation. The hardest part of designing visuals is to make them so simple and self-evident that they communicate messages at a glance. But after you've done the work to develop a strong outline, you will have good ideas for how to create the rest of the presentation and it will come more easily.

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