Avoiding Death By PowerPointWithout Being Too “Out There”

Presented byChristopher Taverna

Coaching, Training, and Speakingchristophertaverna.com

We’ve all been there•A PowerPoint that is nothing but bullets•That the presenter reads off like a script•Even though you’ve read through the whole slide•By the time they are finished reading the first point•There has to be a better way!

Tip #1•Find a relevant image to use•Make it cover the whole slide•Blur it a bit so it is not too distracting•Add one main point, plus any supporting ideas•This is the last bulleted list in this slide deck, I promise

Bullets do not belong on your slides

Bullets do not belong on your slides

You can list items without resorting to bullet points

Bullets do not belong on your slides

You can list items without resorting to bullet points

Your audience will thank you

You can also use SmartArt

Instead of using

background images

You can also use SmartArt

This will achieve a visually

interesting effect as

well

Instead of using

background images

You can also use SmartArt

Row ID Order ID Order Date Order Priority Order Quantity Sales Discount Ship Mode Profit Unit Price Shipping Cost Customer Name Province

1 3 10/13/2010 Low 6 261.54 0.04 Regular Air -213.25 38.94 35 Muhammed MacIntyreNunavut49 293 10/1/2012 High 49 10123.02 0.07 Delivery Truck 457.81 208.16 68.02 Barry French Nunavut50 293 10/1/2012 High 27 244.57 0.01 Regular Air 46.71 8.69 2.99 Barry French Nunavut80 483 7/10/2011 High 30 4965.7595 0.08 Regular Air 1198.97 195.99 3.99 Clay Rozendal Nunavut85 515 8/28/2010 Not Specified 19 394.27 0.08 Regular Air 30.94 21.78 5.94 Carlos Soltero Nunavut86 515 8/28/2010 Not Specified 21 146.69 0.05 Regular Air 4.43 6.64 4.95 Carlos Soltero Nunavut97 613 6/17/2011 High 12 93.54 0.03 Regular Air -54.04 7.3 7.72 Carl J ackson Nunavut98 613 6/17/2011 High 22 905.08 0.09 Regular Air 127.70 42.76 6.22 Carl J ackson Nunavut

103 643 3/24/2011 High 21 2781.82 0.07 Express Air -695.26 138.14 35 Monica Federle Nunavut107 678 2/26/2010 Low 44 228.41 0.07 Regular Air -226.36 4.98 8.33 Dorothy Badders Nunavut127 807 11/23/2010 Medium 45 196.85 0.01 Regular Air -166.85 4.28 6.18 Neola Schneider Nunavut128 807 11/23/2010 Medium 32 124.56 0.04 Regular Air -14.33 3.95 2 Neola Schneider Nunavut134 868 6/8/2012 Not Specified 32 716.84 0 Regular Air 134.72 21.78 5.94 Carlos Daly Nunavut135 868 6/8/2012 Not Specified 31 1474.33 0.04 Regular Air 114.46 47.98 3.61 Carlos Daly Nunavut149 933 8/4/2012 Not Specified 15 80.61 0.02 Regular Air -4.72 5.28 2.99 Claudia Miner Nunavut160 995 5/30/2011 Medium 46 1815.49 0.03 Regular Air 782.91 39.89 3.04 Neola Schneider Nunavut161 998 11/25/2009 Not Specified 16 248.26 0.07 Regular Air 93.80 15.74 1.39 Allen Rosenblatt Nunavut175 1154 2/14/2012 Critical 44 4462.23 0.04 Delivery Truck 440.72 100.98 26.22 Sylvia Foulston Nunavut176 1154 2/14/2012 Critical 11 663.784 0.25 Regular Air -481.04 71.37 69 Sylvia Foulston Nunavut203 1344 4/15/2012 Low 15 834.904 0.06 Regular Air -11.68 65.99 5.26 J im Radford Nunavut204 1344 4/15/2012 Low 18 2480.9205 0.01 Regular Air 313.58 155.99 8.99 J im Radford Nunavut213 1412 3/12/2010 Not Specified 13 59.03 0.1 Express Air 26.92 3.69 0.5 Carlos Soltero Nunavut214 1412 3/12/2010 Not Specified 21 97.48 0.05 Regular Air -5.77 4.71 0.7 Carlos Soltero Nunavut229 1539 3/9/2011 Low 33 511.83 0.1 Regular Air -172.88 15.99 13.18 Carl Ludwig Nunavut230 1539 3/9/2011 Low 38 184.99 0.05 Regular Air -144.55 4.89 4.93 Carl Ludwig Nunavut231 1540 8/4/2012 High 30 80.9 0.09 Regular Air 5.76 2.88 0.7 Don Miller Nunavut249 1702 5/6/2011 High 23 67.24 0.06 Regular Air 4.90 2.84 0.93 Annie Cyprus Nunavut250 1761 12/23/2010 High 25 12028.23 0.01 Delivery Truck -547.61 449.99 49 Carl Ludwig Nunavut256 1792 11/8/2010 Low 28 370.48 0.04 Regular Air -5.45 13.48 4.51 Carlos Soltero Nunavut330 2275 10/21/2012 Not Specified 49 278 0.08 Regular Air 41.67 6.08 1.17 Grant Carroll Nunavut331 2277 1/1/2011 Not Specified 10 66.54 0.01 Regular Air -46.03 5.98 4.38 Don Miller Nunavut332 2277 1/1/2011 Not Specified 21 845.32 0.06 Regular Air 33.67 40.99 19.99 Don Miller Nunavut362 2532 10/10/2011 High 39 282.07 0.03 Regular Air 140.01 7.31 0.49 Alan Barnes Nunavut363 2532 10/10/2011 High 24 426.037 0.01 Regular Air -78.96 20.99 2.5 Alan Barnes Nunavut381 2631 9/23/2010 Low 27 1078.49 0.08 Regular Air 252.66 40.96 1.99 J ack Garza Nunavut406 2757 7/19/2011 Critical 39 3554.46 0.07 Delivery Truck -1766.01 95.95 74.35 J ulia West Nunavut413 2791 10/9/2009 High 47 191.67 0 Regular Air -236.27 3.89 7.01 Eugene Barchas Nunavut414 2791 10/9/2009 High 49 5586.33 0.09 Delivery Truck 80.44 120.98 30 Eugene Barchas Nunavut415 2791 10/9/2009 High 18 507.64 0.1 Regular Air 118.94 30.98 5.76 Eugene Barchas Nunavut440 2976 12/9/2010 Not Specified 30 14223.82 0.09 Delivery Truck 3424.22 500.98 26 Edward Hooks Nunavut471 3232 10/8/2012 Critical 5 42.66 0.06 Regular Air -11.83 7.84 4.71 Brad Eason Nunavut513 3524 5/2/2012 High 21 427.32 0 Regular Air 52.35 18.97 9.03 Nicole Hansen Nunavut577 3908 3/8/2010 Medium 8 820.284 0 Regular Air -180.20 115.99 2.5 Dorothy Wardle Nunavut606 4132 5/28/2011 Not Specified 5 14.76 0.01 Regular Air 1.32 2.88 0.5 Aaron Bergman Nunavut656 4612 9/19/2010 Medium 9 89.55 0.06 Regular Air -375.64 4.48 49 J im Radford Nunavut669 4676 8/31/2011 High 11 1210.0515 0.04 Regular Air -104.25 125.99 7.69 Annie Cyprus Nunavut670 4676 8/31/2011 High 50 187.83 0.03 Regular Air 85.96 3.75 0.5 Annie Cyprus Nunavut671 4676 8/31/2011 High 3 49.59 0.07 Express Air -8.38 12.28 6.47 Annie Cyprus Nunavut672 4676 8/31/2011 High 30 4253.009 0.01 Regular Air 1115.69 155.99 8.99 Annie Cyprus Nunavut734 5284 7/8/2011 Not Specified 7 59.38 0.1 Regular Air -3.05 8.69 2.99 Annie Cyprus Nunavut735 5316 1/30/2009 Critical 42 1285.37 0.1 Regular Air 514.07 31.78 1.99 Clay Rozendal Nunavut755 5409 1/8/2012 Low 11 48.91 0.01 Regular Air -7.04 3.98 2.97 Don J ones Nunavut769 5506 11/7/2010 Critical 22 129.62 0.05 Regular Air 4.41 5.88 3.04 Beth Thompson Nunavut782 5569 4/29/2010 Not Specified 12 118.97 0.09 Regular Air -0.06 9.65 6.22 Frank Price Nunavut786 5607 12/31/2011 Not Specified 8 61.8715 0 Regular Air -50.33 7.99 5.03 Michelle Lonsdale Nunavut817 5894 8/12/2009 High 7 384.33 0.1 Regular Air 87.68 58.1 1.49 Ann Chong Nunavut818 5894 8/12/2009 High 3 239.03 0.01 Regular Air -68.22 80.48 4.5 Ann Chong Nunavut821 5925 11/12/2011 Low 44 3922.42 0.08 Regular Air -354.90 92.23 39.61 J oy Bell Nunavut822 5925 11/12/2011 Low 25 1733.3625 0.07 Regular Air -267.01 85.99 0.99 J oy Bell Nunavut839 6016 1/20/2012 High 19 208.28 0.07 Regular Air 3.63 11.48 5.43 Skye Norling Nunavut853 6116 3/20/2009 Medium 6 9620.82 0.04 Regular Air -1759.58 1637.53 24.49 Barry Weirich Nunavut863 6182 7/21/2012 Low 40 255.48 0.04 Regular Air -116.79 6.48 6.65 Grant Carroll Nunavut864 6182 7/21/2012 Low 18 130.32 0.04 Express Air -67.28 6.48 7.86 Grant Carroll Nunavut911 6535 6/12/2012 Critical 11 312.36 0.07 Express Air -19.33 28.15 8.99 Adrian Hane Nunavut950 6884 1/15/2009 Low 41 217 0.01 Regular Air -61.21 4.98 4.75 Skye Norling Nunavut951 6884 1/15/2009 Low 47 296.13 0.04 Regular Air 119.09 6.35 1.02 Skye Norling Nunavut956 6916 6/4/2010 Low 40 436.17 0.08 Express Air -141.27 10.9 7.46 Andrew Gjertsen Nunavut963 6980 2/18/2010 Not Specified 18 136.29 0.05 Regular Air -77.28 7.3 7.72 Ralph Knight Nunavut964 6982 11/16/2011 Not Specified 32 1311.25 0 Express Air 407.44 39.48 1.99 Dorothy Wardle Nunavut965 6982 11/16/2011 Not Specified 5 544.41 0.09 Delivery Truck -338.27 100.98 57.38 Dorothy Wardle Nunavut966 6982 11/16/2011 Not Specified 41 844.09 0.04 Regular Air 52.56 19.98 10.49 Dorothy Wardle Nunavut

Row ID Order ID Order Date Order Priority Order Quantity Sales Discount Ship Mode Profit Unit Price Shipping Cost Customer Name Province

1 3 10/13/2010 Low 6 261.54 0.04 Regular Air -213.25 38.94 35 Muhammed MacIntyreNunavut49 293 10/1/2012 High 49 10123.02 0.07 Delivery Truck 457.81 208.16 68.02 Barry French Nunavut50 293 10/1/2012 High 27 244.57 0.01 Regular Air 46.71 8.69 2.99 Barry French Nunavut80 483 7/10/2011 High 30 4965.7595 0.08 Regular Air 1198.97 195.99 3.99 Clay Rozendal Nunavut85 515 8/28/2010 Not Specified 19 394.27 0.08 Regular Air 30.94 21.78 5.94 Carlos Soltero Nunavut86 515 8/28/2010 Not Specified 21 146.69 0.05 Regular Air 4.43 6.64 4.95 Carlos Soltero Nunavut97 613 6/17/2011 High 12 93.54 0.03 Regular Air -54.04 7.3 7.72 Carl J ackson Nunavut98 613 6/17/2011 High 22 905.08 0.09 Regular Air 127.70 42.76 6.22 Carl J ackson Nunavut

103 643 3/24/2011 High 21 2781.82 0.07 Express Air -695.26 138.14 35 Monica Federle Nunavut107 678 2/26/2010 Low 44 228.41 0.07 Regular Air -226.36 4.98 8.33 Dorothy Badders Nunavut127 807 11/23/2010 Medium 45 196.85 0.01 Regular Air -166.85 4.28 6.18 Neola Schneider Nunavut128 807 11/23/2010 Medium 32 124.56 0.04 Regular Air -14.33 3.95 2 Neola Schneider Nunavut134 868 6/8/2012 Not Specified 32 716.84 0 Regular Air 134.72 21.78 5.94 Carlos Daly Nunavut135 868 6/8/2012 Not Specified 31 1474.33 0.04 Regular Air 114.46 47.98 3.61 Carlos Daly Nunavut149 933 8/4/2012 Not Specified 15 80.61 0.02 Regular Air -4.72 5.28 2.99 Claudia Miner Nunavut160 995 5/30/2011 Medium 46 1815.49 0.03 Regular Air 782.91 39.89 3.04 Neola Schneider Nunavut161 998 11/25/2009 Not Specified 16 248.26 0.07 Regular Air 93.80 15.74 1.39 Allen Rosenblatt Nunavut175 1154 2/14/2012 Critical 44 4462.23 0.04 Delivery Truck 440.72 100.98 26.22 Sylvia Foulston Nunavut176 1154 2/14/2012 Critical 11 663.784 0.25 Regular Air -481.04 71.37 69 Sylvia Foulston Nunavut203 1344 4/15/2012 Low 15 834.904 0.06 Regular Air -11.68 65.99 5.26 J im Radford Nunavut204 1344 4/15/2012 Low 18 2480.9205 0.01 Regular Air 313.58 155.99 8.99 J im Radford Nunavut213 1412 3/12/2010 Not Specified 13 59.03 0.1 Express Air 26.92 3.69 0.5 Carlos Soltero Nunavut214 1412 3/12/2010 Not Specified 21 97.48 0.05 Regular Air -5.77 4.71 0.7 Carlos Soltero Nunavut229 1539 3/9/2011 Low 33 511.83 0.1 Regular Air -172.88 15.99 13.18 Carl Ludwig Nunavut230 1539 3/9/2011 Low 38 184.99 0.05 Regular Air -144.55 4.89 4.93 Carl Ludwig Nunavut231 1540 8/4/2012 High 30 80.9 0.09 Regular Air 5.76 2.88 0.7 Don Miller Nunavut249 1702 5/6/2011 High 23 67.24 0.06 Regular Air 4.90 2.84 0.93 Annie Cyprus Nunavut250 1761 12/23/2010 High 25 12028.23 0.01 Delivery Truck -547.61 449.99 49 Carl Ludwig Nunavut256 1792 11/8/2010 Low 28 370.48 0.04 Regular Air -5.45 13.48 4.51 Carlos Soltero Nunavut330 2275 10/21/2012 Not Specified 49 278 0.08 Regular Air 41.67 6.08 1.17 Grant Carroll Nunavut331 2277 1/1/2011 Not Specified 10 66.54 0.01 Regular Air -46.03 5.98 4.38 Don Miller Nunavut332 2277 1/1/2011 Not Specified 21 845.32 0.06 Regular Air 33.67 40.99 19.99 Don Miller Nunavut362 2532 10/10/2011 High 39 282.07 0.03 Regular Air 140.01 7.31 0.49 Alan Barnes Nunavut363 2532 10/10/2011 High 24 426.037 0.01 Regular Air -78.96 20.99 2.5 Alan Barnes Nunavut381 2631 9/23/2010 Low 27 1078.49 0.08 Regular Air 252.66 40.96 1.99 J ack Garza Nunavut406 2757 7/19/2011 Critical 39 3554.46 0.07 Delivery Truck -1766.01 95.95 74.35 J ulia West Nunavut413 2791 10/9/2009 High 47 191.67 0 Regular Air -236.27 3.89 7.01 Eugene Barchas Nunavut414 2791 10/9/2009 High 49 5586.33 0.09 Delivery Truck 80.44 120.98 30 Eugene Barchas Nunavut415 2791 10/9/2009 High 18 507.64 0.1 Regular Air 118.94 30.98 5.76 Eugene Barchas Nunavut440 2976 12/9/2010 Not Specified 30 14223.82 0.09 Delivery Truck 3424.22 500.98 26 Edward Hooks Nunavut471 3232 10/8/2012 Critical 5 42.66 0.06 Regular Air -11.83 7.84 4.71 Brad Eason Nunavut513 3524 5/2/2012 High 21 427.32 0 Regular Air 52.35 18.97 9.03 Nicole Hansen Nunavut577 3908 3/8/2010 Medium 8 820.284 0 Regular Air -180.20 115.99 2.5 Dorothy Wardle Nunavut606 4132 5/28/2011 Not Specified 5 14.76 0.01 Regular Air 1.32 2.88 0.5 Aaron Bergman Nunavut656 4612 9/19/2010 Medium 9 89.55 0.06 Regular Air -375.64 4.48 49 J im Radford Nunavut669 4676 8/31/2011 High 11 1210.0515 0.04 Regular Air -104.25 125.99 7.69 Annie Cyprus Nunavut670 4676 8/31/2011 High 50 187.83 0.03 Regular Air 85.96 3.75 0.5 Annie Cyprus Nunavut671 4676 8/31/2011 High 3 49.59 0.07 Express Air -8.38 12.28 6.47 Annie Cyprus Nunavut672 4676 8/31/2011 High 30 4253.009 0.01 Regular Air 1115.69 155.99 8.99 Annie Cyprus Nunavut734 5284 7/8/2011 Not Specified 7 59.38 0.1 Regular Air -3.05 8.69 2.99 Annie Cyprus Nunavut735 5316 1/30/2009 Critical 42 1285.37 0.1 Regular Air 514.07 31.78 1.99 Clay Rozendal Nunavut755 5409 1/8/2012 Low 11 48.91 0.01 Regular Air -7.04 3.98 2.97 Don J ones Nunavut769 5506 11/7/2010 Critical 22 129.62 0.05 Regular Air 4.41 5.88 3.04 Beth Thompson Nunavut782 5569 4/29/2010 Not Specified 12 118.97 0.09 Regular Air -0.06 9.65 6.22 Frank Price Nunavut786 5607 12/31/2011 Not Specified 8 61.8715 0 Regular Air -50.33 7.99 5.03 Michelle Lonsdale Nunavut817 5894 8/12/2009 High 7 384.33 0.1 Regular Air 87.68 58.1 1.49 Ann Chong Nunavut818 5894 8/12/2009 High 3 239.03 0.01 Regular Air -68.22 80.48 4.5 Ann Chong Nunavut821 5925 11/12/2011 Low 44 3922.42 0.08 Regular Air -354.90 92.23 39.61 J oy Bell Nunavut822 5925 11/12/2011 Low 25 1733.3625 0.07 Regular Air -267.01 85.99 0.99 J oy Bell Nunavut839 6016 1/20/2012 High 19 208.28 0.07 Regular Air 3.63 11.48 5.43 Skye Norling Nunavut853 6116 3/20/2009 Medium 6 9620.82 0.04 Regular Air -1759.58 1637.53 24.49 Barry Weirich Nunavut863 6182 7/21/2012 Low 40 255.48 0.04 Regular Air -116.79 6.48 6.65 Grant Carroll Nunavut864 6182 7/21/2012 Low 18 130.32 0.04 Express Air -67.28 6.48 7.86 Grant Carroll Nunavut911 6535 6/12/2012 Critical 11 312.36 0.07 Express Air -19.33 28.15 8.99 Adrian Hane Nunavut950 6884 1/15/2009 Low 41 217 0.01 Regular Air -61.21 4.98 4.75 Skye Norling Nunavut951 6884 1/15/2009 Low 47 296.13 0.04 Regular Air 119.09 6.35 1.02 Skye Norling Nunavut956 6916 6/4/2010 Low 40 436.17 0.08 Express Air -141.27 10.9 7.46 Andrew Gjertsen Nunavut963 6980 2/18/2010 Not Specified 18 136.29 0.05 Regular Air -77.28 7.3 7.72 Ralph Knight Nunavut964 6982 11/16/2011 Not Specified 32 1311.25 0 Express Air 407.44 39.48 1.99 Dorothy Wardle Nunavut965 6982 11/16/2011 Not Specified 5 544.41 0.09 Delivery Truck -338.27 100.98 57.38 Dorothy Wardle Nunavut966 6982 11/16/2011 Not Specified 41 844.09 0.04 Regular Air 52.56 19.98 10.49 Dorothy Wardle Nunavut

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