Trainings
Present Your Story ▸ Present Your Data
All training is delivered by Nolan Haims, one of the world's leading experts in presentation and one of only 15 U.S. PowerPoint MVPs as designated by Microsoft. He has taught tens of thousands of people to present their slides and data more effectively and trains the world’s largest brands in how to communicate more visually and with fewer words.
Transform your presentation and data storytelling skills in just a few hours.
The core training content is divided into Present Your Story (qualitative content including words and images) and Present Your Data (quantitative content such as charting and tables). Trainings for each start at 90-minutes and can be combined to up to a full two-day onsite immersive master class. Half- and full-day trainings include hands-on exercises, customization options for using client content, and deeper dives into topics.
Trainings can be customized to a client’s specific challenges and needs and include workbooks, exercises, and resources. Client content can also be incorporated into trainings along with makeovers. Learn why Microsoft, NBC, Accenture, Gartner, Omnicom, Publicis, Stryker, Mediabrands, and countless others have turned to Nolan to improve their employees’ presentation and data storytelling capabilities.
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Online & On-site
All trainings can be given on-site or remotely. When presented remotely, you will be provided a full Zoom webinar package including registration, reminder emails, tracking, reports, and post-training survey.
Present Your Story
Qualitative Presenting or Presentation Design focuses on techniques and strategies for creating more effective and dynamic presentations that are 1) clear and 2) memorable. Trainings cover a wide range of storytelling best practices, graphic design, and software techniques that will rescue any presenter from inflicting “Death by PowerPoint.” Longer sessions include hands-on exercises and makeovers.
Topics include:
Format & Structure
Learn the primary types of presentations, how to determine if your content is “glanceable” or “referenceable,” and construct a cohesive outlined presentation story.
Text
Managing content overload and minimize bullets using techniques such as the 3-word challenge, splitting, “chunking,” and executive summaries.
Imagery
Learn how to harness imagery and graphics for powerful visual communication in presentations including sourcing, placing, and editing.
Design
Implement core graphic design principles to instantly improve any slide and presentation.
Use Powerpoint Like a Pro
Make use of software tricks, shortcuts, add-ins, and little-known features to dramatically speed up your presentation creation process.
Content creation
Organize and write a cohesive outlined presentation story using proven techniques such as singular messaging, WIIFMA, story
structure, effective headers, and more.
Probably the best and most practical training I have ever had.
I went right back to my desk and immediately started creating more effective charts and data visualizations in a fraction of the time.”
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Present Your Data
Quantitative Presenting or Data Storytelling focuses on the creation of clear and effective charts and data visualizations. You'll learn to identify and communicate the story and meaning of your data rather than just putting numbers and tables up on a screen. Best practices for data storytelling and visualization will be covered in the context of Microsoft Office, although the general principles apply to any charting software.
Topics include:
Data Design 101
Understand and harness fundamental design principles needed for data visualization such as color, emphasis, negative space, and hierarchy.
1-Second Chart®
Learn the principles, strategies, and techniques used by data professionals to create charts that can be understood by an audience in one second or less including the McKinsey Rule, direct labeling, layering, annotation, and more.
Unique Data Solutions
Move beyond pie charts and learn to create unique and more effective visualizations using Microsoft Office including Proportional Shapes, Unit Charts, Bullet Graphs, and Slope Graphs.
Cautions
Maintain credibility by knowing how to identify and avoid common mistakes and pitfalls such as Y-axis manipulation and incorrect Excel-PowerPoint workflows.
PowerPoint & Excel Efficiency
Use little-known features such as placeholders and chart templates to speed up your design process and maintain consistency.
Makeovers
Put your new knowledge into practice through chart makeovers and practical laptop exercises.
Nolan’s webinars are consistently the best use of time spent because of his relevant, concise, and useful content.”
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Webinars
Qualitative Presenting or Presentation Design focuses on techniques and strategies for creating more effective and dynamic presentations that are 1) clear and 2) memorable. Trainings cover a wide range of storytelling best practices, graphic design, and software techniques that will rescue any presenter from inflicting “Death by PowerPoint.”
Presenting in a Remote World
A 60-Minute webinar on how to connect & present online. It’s a virtual world now for so many meetings and presentations, but showing up just as professionally as you would in-person requires additional skills that not everyone has mastered. In this 60-minute webinar, we’ll cover everything from webcams, microphones, and lighting to how to design remote-specific slides to techniques for maintaining audience focus and improving engagement.
Inclusive Presenting
A 60-Minute webinar on how to present inclusively to diverse audiences. As our audiences become more varied, it’s incumbent upon presenters to create presentations with more sensitivity to inclusion of those audiences. This 60-minute webinar discusses how we can create and deliver presentations more effectively for audiences of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities including considerations for accessibility, mindful imagery, foreign languages, and more.
Custom Template Training
Make the most out of your existing template. Whether you have an existing PowerPoint template or one created by Nolan Haims Creative, this customized training will walk employees through its ins and outs and how to use it most efficiently. We’ll cover masters, layouts, themes, assets, and how to avoid the dreaded “Franken-deck” when importing slides from outside the template.
Office Hours
Work with Nolan to transform your own project. For those who have attended a previous training, special 1-hour Office Hours sessions can be booked to work with Nolan on specific client slides, presentations, and charts. These mini consulting sessions can include up to 5 attendees.