Your presentation should sell the findings and recommendations of your Strategic Paper.
This presentation format is designed for a 15-minute time slot to your CEO and Board of Directors, so plan accordingly (e.g. 10 minutes of presentation plus 5 minutes of Q&A — that’s only about 1 minute per slide!).
Slides should be professional:
- Simple background (other than white or black)
- Effective use of graphics, such as company logos, photos of products, etc.
- Clean wording: key words only (consider 5×5: no more than 5 bullets per slide, no more than 5 words per bullet)
- Audience should be listening to you, not reading your slides
- Exception may be quoted definitions that require the audience’s attention
- Effective use of animation – build slides to keep your audience focused on what you are saying
- Do NOT mix several types animations or use too extreme options (e.g. flying, spins, etc.)
- Legible: use large enough fonts, colors should be high-contrast for projectors (light text on dark background or dark text on light background)
- Quantity of slides should match your presentations pace: no faster than 1 minute per slide, a single topic per slide (i.e. not too much)
Before you give your presentation, submit a single PowerPoint presentation (or similar format) that includes brief speaking notes.