Elevate Presentations with AI, Storytelling & PowerPoint Mastery

With recent tech emergences, the art of crafting compelling presentations is more essential than ever – are you fully leveraging the right tools to maximize the impact of your presentations?

Elevate your presentation game in this 2-day workshop – learn how to integrate AI tools like ChatGPT, Co-Pilot, and Pair into your design process to streamline workflows and optimize information and data visualization for different stakeholder demographics.

Acquire the know-how to leverage AI for content wireframing, uncover essential PowerPoint features, apply effective design principles and content visualization strategies to create stunning, brand-aligned presentations.

Whether you're pitching to stakeholders or presenting complex data, this course equips you with the skills to maximize engagement, drive your message home, and secure your audience buy-in.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1.     Leverage AI-powered tools such as ChatGPT, MS Co-Pilot, and Canva AI to enhance design efficiency and automate repetitive tasks, streamlining workflows for higher productivity.

2.     Explore the full ecosystem of PowerPoint and external presentation design tools to elevate slide quality while fostering innovation in presentation workflows.

3.     Develop a visually compelling presentation that applies best practices in storytelling and audience engagement while aligning with organizational goals.

4.     Apply key design principles to create memorable, persuasive, and professionally branded presentations.

5.     Recognize common presentation design mistakes and evaluate their impact on audience engagement.

6.     Determine the most effective way to visualize data, ensuring clarity, engagement, and brand consistency while synthesizing multiple data points.

7.     Create stunning and unique slides efficiently using essential PowerPoint functions and tools while simplifying design workflows.

8.     Develop a structured content wireframe using available information and resources to ensure logical sequencing and audience alignment.

9.     Select and modify corporate slide layouts based on wireframe structure and presentation themes while maintaining brand consistency.

10. Organize and integrate diverse content types neatly within slides using framing techniques to enhance clarity and engagement.

11. Design and customize SmartArt layouts to enhance content clarity, hierarchy, and storytelling, ensuring accessibility and effective communication.

12. Identify sources, key characteristics, and best practices of using media assets across different slide layouts while ensuring credibility and relevance.

13. Enhance images and videos using framing techniques and PowerPoint formatting tools while ensuring high-quality, polished visuals.

14. Utilize animations and transitions purposefully to improve engagement and maintain audience attention while balancing clarity and professionalism.

This course is structured for:

·      Business executives and managers who aspire to communicate complex data and information impactfully for stakeholders

·      Marketers and consultants who aim to structure compelling and visual narratives to make a persuasive impact in client pitches

·      Corporate trainers, educators, and facilitators who strive to impart knowledge, complex concepts, and data insights artfully in training sessions

Pre-requisites

Participants should bring a laptop with PowerPoint or Office 365 installed, along with a mouse for ease of design work. Having Microsoft Co-Pilot for Office is recommended for best results but is not mandatory. Participants using corporate laptops are encouraged to check organisational guidelines on the use of AI tools to ensure that they can use ChatGPT or Gemini for this session.

A basic understanding of PowerPoint is recommended to get the most out of this course. Prior knowledge of data visualization concepts is helpful but not mandatory.

"We are so blessed, thankful and grateful to have Ezekiel as our trainer for the course. He is very patience & understanding, and is always there for us in solving teething issue that we encountered during our hands-on practice. We have a great time learning from an awesome trainer with in-depth skills. Loved the soft version of course materials. The hands-on practice of building a deck over the two days not only reinforced our learning of layering and color usage but also emphasized the importance of aesthetic design in our final presentations." - Maggie Yoe, Assistant Manager, MOH Holdings Pte Ltd

"Wonderful training by Ezekiel, smoothly combining both theory and practice, very useful information.. His adept use of various PowerPoint tools to enhance different elements of presentations was particularly noteworthy. I highly recommend taking this course as early as possible to refine and elevate your presentation decks." - Danielle Hong, Relationship Manager, AlTi Wealth Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

“Ezekiel is exceptionally knowledgeable on PowerPoint and is able to explain the tips well! Thank you!!! The course enables one to be more sensitive to the nuances to what makes a great deck. Useful to me at work in creating PowerPoint slides.” – Mara Lim, Training Facilitator, Elections Department

“Ezekiel provided a lot of practical and relevant tips, very applicable to the actual work context. Enjoyed his course tremendously. I’d consider my Powerpoint skills to be pretty proficient, but this course still surprises me. It is among one of the best Microsoft Office courses I have ever attended, highly recommended.” – Esther Lim, Assistant Director, Health Promotion Board

“Ezekiel is very knowledgeable on tips and tricks for ppt, and very patient in guiding us along and providing guidance. He also made it a point to check in with participants frequently, which assured me of the progress of my learning.” – Gwendolyn Wong, Assistant Director, Ministry of Home Affairs

“Ezekiel is highly proficient in the art of weaving design, storytelling and brand vision into visually compelling and emotionally engaging decks. He recently conducted a workshop and consultation session for our Accelerator Program where he shared his framework for creating effective presentations with the Startups in the program and met with them individually to provide greater insights for their decks. With his guidance, the Startups were able to elevate the design, story and brand vision of their decks and are now better prepared to take on future pitching sessions with their improved decks.” – Robbert Groenen, Director, One to Watch Myanmar

Ezekiel thrives on conceptualizing and creating compelling visual content which effectively communicate complex ideas and concepts to audiences in an intuitive and captivating format. To-date, he has created decks which has helped clients in a wide array of industries (in areas such as CET, Financial Institutions, Tech companies, etc.) to raise funds, win awards, increase sales, or secure audience buy-in for international joint ventures.

Ezekiel strives to discover novel approaches to captivate and persuade audiences with design, enabling him to keep abreast of content design trends. To empower working professionals to do the same, Ezekiel readily imparts his know-how in effectively in communicating data and information persuasively to learners from SMEs, MNCs, Government agencies, and Institutes of Higher Learning to captivate their audience and convey complex concepts and ideas in a relatable and memorable manner.

To-date, Ezekiel has enabled hundreds of learners to better communicate ideas and gain audience buy-in through design workshops which he has conducted for a plethora of organizations such as the American Embassy, A*Star, CAAS, DB Schenker, EDB, HTX, Fullerton Fund Management, Intel, Maxis, MOH, MHA, NAC, NUS, NTUC, PMO, Singapore Polytechnic, UOB, YHI, and more.