Presentations matter. There can be a great deal hanging on them and rarely, if one fails to work, do you get a second chance. A poor presentation can blight a plan, a proposal, a reputation – even a career. But making a good one is not easy, as a quotation from Sir George Jessel makes clear: ‘The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.’ If you identify with this all too readily, your fears and experience will only be made worse if you make a presentation without understanding what makes it work, without adequate preparation or founded only on some irrational belief that you can wing it.

Making a good presentation can be done however. Anyone can present in an acceptable, workmanlike way and many people find that it is something at which they can excel if they go about it the right way. Few people are natural public speakers; and those that make it look easy tend to do so because they know the secret – they work at it.

Everyone knows the feeling of attending a dreary and formulaic presentation where dense lumps of text are read verbatim from the screen. The expression ?death by PowerPoint” says it all. But it need not be that way. With a little time and effort anyone can add life to their presentations.

The PowerPoint Detox is a straightforward, practical guide that helps readers prepare effective slides, improve their presenting style, make themselves understood, and enhance their message.  It is designed to appeal to anyone who needs to use PowerPoint: new presenters and those with some experience, those who have had some training and those who have not.

With sample slides and plenty of examples reproduced in PowerPoint style, The PowerPoint Detox is a how-to book that will help readers add explanatory power, style and professionalism to their presentations.