Grunge and animated templates

New grunge and animated templates

Introducing another set of new templates for PowerPoint and Keynote. (Read more…)

Newspaper Templates for PowerPoint

Newspaper Templates for PowerPoint

Our latest PowerPoint and Keynote templates are editable newspapers, in which you can add your own headlines, articles and pictures.
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New powerpoint templates

New slides from Presentation Helper

Presentation Helper has been hard at work on new slides and templates for PowerPoint, Open Office and Keynote. We have also introduced a new layout system for our templates so you can see what they contain before you download them.

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Google’s answer to PowerPoint

Is this now the death knell for Microsoft’s PowerPoint? Google has just announced the release of its new online presentation tool into its Google Docs product line. It is online and completely free to use.

You can see the docs suite at http://docs.google.com/ (Read more…)

Free christmas card maker

Online Christmas Card Maker

Introducing Presentation Helper’s new free online christmas card maker.

This is a free-to-use tool to create your own personalised chrsitmas, birthday and valentine cards to send to friends, family and work colleagues via e-mail.
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Free PowerPoint Photo Frames

A really easy way to spice up your images in PowerPoint is to pop them into a photo frame. This has - until now - required you to have a good working knowledge of Adobe PhotoShop to create the effect.

We have created a range of photo frames - in both vector and image format - to make your presentations shine. You can download these for free. (Read more…)

Speech Making Technique - The compare and contrast

Here is a simple technique to improve your presentation, speech or essay. It is the compare and contrast.

It is one of those old oratory techniques that has been used since the times of Cicero (and probably before).

A contrast (or juxtaposition) is where two viewpoints are placed close to each other for effect.

Instead of giving out a list of facts, you compare them from different angles.

Here is a memorable example. John F Kennedy wanted to encourage American citizens to become more active in helping the country.

He could have said “We all need your help” and it would have been forgotten two days later. Instead he used a contrast and said - (Read more…)

PowerPoint Menu Template - with hyperlinks

Looking to provide better navigation in your presentation? We have produced a free PowerPoint menu with built-in hyperlinks included to help you navigate around the different sections of your presentation.

You can just add your slides into the presentation and you have a nice way of navigating around. (Read more…)

Thinking of making a sales presentation? Don’t!

The Presentation Trap: Why Making Presentations Can Cost You the Sale

In many conversations with sales professionals, I am often surprised that most get caught in the presentation trap. They spend an inordinate amount of time preparing for a razzle-dazzle presentation and often lose sight of the issues at hand.

The irony is that most of this effort is lost on customers. Presentations that are too early in complex decisions are largely a waste of time.

The advice I share with sales professionals wishing to avoid the Presentation Trap is “Don’t present”.

Conventional salespeople hate to hear this because the presentation is usually the key weapon in their sales’ arsenal. It is their security blanket, their comfort zone, and they (Read more…)

Flash to PowerPoint Converter

Importing flash into PowerPoint

We often get asked how to import Flash into a PowerPoint presentation, and the simple answer is, it’s not very easy.

But the good news is that there is now a great Flash to PowerPoint converter available that makes the job easy.
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