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10+ Awesome Event Presentations for Eventprofs (2020 Edition)

Skift Meetings Studio Team

February 12th, 2018 at 10:00 AM EST

No one wants to recreate the wheel, yet so many templates for event presentation ppt slides look like something out of the 90s. If you’re nervous about your next event presentation or proposal, we hear you. We’re here to help.

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Want design tips to make your event slides stand out?

Or maybe you just don’t want the extra trouble of putting it all together, and you want an event presentation template so you can get to work right away.

Done and done.

We not only have professional information for you on what makes a winning presentation design, but we’ve also compiled this handy information in examples of slide deck using the best practice tips we have discussed and introducing useful content for eventprofs.

Free Event Presentation Templates and Guides

As an event planner, you often have to sell clients and stakeholders on your ideas. Sometimes, you need to get buy-in and top-down support for the things you want to implement, and other times, you just need to bring people up to speed quickly.

Ideally, this article will make you feel confident in creating your own presentation templates, but we know you’re busy. Alternatively, you can download ours for free.

We’ve bundled 3 ppt template packages into one free download to help you prepare for some of the most common event presentations you’ll need to make. These professional templates are here to take the stress and worry of template design off your plate, so you can focus on the content of your presentation.

Here’s a preview of what’s in store:

Event Proposal PPT Package

Have a big event proposal coming up? This package includes the following:

• Sequoia style pitch deck to help you communicate your vision in your presentation
• Keynote proposal template to let you pitch in Keynote instead of Powerpoint
• Event proposal template to help you formulate your ideas concisely and persuasively
• 13 Secrets for a Winning Event Proposal to give you a leg-up on your proposal

Event Marketing Plan PPT Package

Need to create and present a marketing plan to your clients or stakeholders? This package includes the following:

• Event marketing plan to help you create a winning marketing plan
• Event marketing ppt download to help you present it to your stakeholders and clients

Event Management System PPT

Need buy-in to change your event management system?

• Event management system ppt template to help you sell your boss on your favorite pick

3 Elements of Event Presentation

Creating good event management ppt slides is a lot like cooking. Ingredients matter. Technique is also important. And presentation is what makes it appealing. All of these things go into a delicious dish.

The same is true of your event slide presentation. In this case, your ingredient is your content. Your technique is the way you present: your mannerisms, your confidence, the language you use, etc. And your presentation slides are the appearance of the dish. If any of those are lacking, you’ll have a disengaged audience.

Stellar event presentations concentrate on

• Slide Design

In this article, we’ll help you with all three of the key ingredients to a winning event presentation sample, breaking them down into digestible bites that will help you create your best presentation to date. Whether it’s just an introduction to event management ppt creation you’re after, or you’re honing your already excellent presentation skills, we’ve got it covered.

Master The Components Of A Great Event Presentation PPT

When it comes to PowerPoints, most people know by this time that tons of text is an audience excitement killer. But there are several other things you should know about creating a great slide presentation. Before we get into design, let’s cover the basics:

Concentrate On Content. Slides Come Last.

With the stress on images, many event professionals worry too much about what the slides will look like. But content, technique, and design are all equally important.

You can’t create awesome slides until you have the content of your presentation completed. As important as images are, don’t look for images first and then build a presentation around them. Doing so will make your event proposal ppt disjointed and unintelligible (although it may good).

Best Practices for Creating Event Management PPT Slides:

Make an outline of what you want to say, and keep it in point-form. This will help you assess the flow and logic of your argumentation without saddling your points with segues that you’ll want to keep regardless of flow quality.

Add tweetable content highlights of the most powerful information. Giving attendees “tweetable” bits will encourage them to share the slide content.

Select images that capture the emotion of what you’re saying (but avoid ones that distract from or compete with your presentation).

Presentation Technique Is Crucial To Engagement.

Just as the content is important, your presenter (or your presentation) is more important than clever fade-ins and video accompaniments. Those things are nice, but try to limit them or you’ll train your audience to look for the shiniest object. In a fancy presentation, that won’t be you.

Ensure that your presenters:

Are more dynamic than the slides. A mediocre speaker can make an audience happy through some cool tech, but an awesome speaker can also get lost in the shuffle if they try to do too much in their slide deck. Advise your speakers you still want attendees to pay attention to them and the discussion at hand.

Add video sparingly, and don’t set them to autoplay. If the video takes moment to load and play, a panicked speaker may misinterpret that as a lack of functionality and click the slide deck again without thinking. But in Powerpoint, this will advance to the next slide. Instead, set the video to play on click, or, establish cues with the AV tech and let them handle it.

Recommend that speakers can confidently present without their slide deck, or have a back-up on their smartphone. Technology sometimes fails.

Maintain Consistency And Design Integrity.

Don’t create an inconsistent PowerPoint presentation. For some events, it may make sense to offer presenters event presentation templates, logos, or color schemes. You want consistent presentations, not one speaker who’s a PowerPoint savant and another using Clip Art and pixelated images.

Maintain slide quality:

Offer a template for your presenters to use. (More about what it should contain in the design section.) You can find some great ones in the downloadable template package in this article.

If you don’t want to inhibit creativity, insist that the event hashtag or logo/watermark be on every slide. This helps with branding.

Ask to review presenter’s slides to ensure they are all of the same quality.

Test the links and embedded videos your presenter is using.

One Main Concept Per Slide

Don’t try to do too much on one slide. It’s better to have a big slide deck than a small one with dense text on each slide. Keep it to one main idea and 2-5 supporting points or key takeaways. Plus, frequently changing images holds audience interest.

Make the message clear:

Shoot for one big concept per slide.

Showcase your concept with a Tweetable fact or quote.

Bring emotion to your story or concept using an evocative image.

20 Design Tips For More Memorable Event Presentation PPTs

A presenter may be a subject matter expert who gives a lot of talks, but don’t assume they are a good slide designer. For this reason, some event planners will offer to adjust slides by using an in-house designer to ensure all presentations are of the same ppt quality. Your own designer gives you the power to implement a number of slide improvements across the board.

If you don’t issue event presentation samples or templates, and you don’t have a dedicated slide designer, at least make sure your presenters know the basics of good slide design. If they don’t, you could end up with a lot of confusing, boring slides.

1. Add a poll or survey to a deck. Adding engagement to the beginning shows the audience they are an integral part of the presentation, and that you value their input.

2. Use bolder images in larger spaces. An eye-catching title background image is a good way to set the session energy.

3. Test any background images against your font , and use a font colour with a high contrast for whatever image it appears in front of. You don’t want black text disappearing against a dark background image.

4. Use consistent design and images . Funny images mixed with historical images, different fonts, and other mismatched things will be distracting.

5. Fonts should be easy to read from a distance . Keep your font large and clear. Sans serif fonts are often easiest to read. Cool fonts like Rock Salt can be hard to make out at some sizes. But…

6. Play with font and style associations . You can use fonts to grab attention and remind your attendees of something else. We all know what the Star Wars font looks like, for example. Sometimes fonts can help you to keep with a theme.

7. Keep slides simple , with only a few lines of text. They should supplement the discussion not contain the script. Minimalism is in. Similarly…

8. One chart per slide.  This one seems pretty intuitive, right? Your slides should contain bites of presentation information. Don’t try to accomplish too much on a single one.

9. Add questions . A question in the center of a slide is a great way to provoke thought or begin discussion, and can serve as a useful interactive break in your talk. Let people take a moment to apply what you’ve said before you move onto the next thing.

10. Use animations sparingly , and only in anticipation of a big reveal. For instance, you could ask the audience a question and then animate the answer. Don’t use animations or fly-ins for regular sentences with no build up.

11. Use quality images . Nothing says ‘new at this’ quite like ClipArt, so make sure your presenters are using good quality and interesting images. Sites like Unsplash, Pixabay, Canva, and StockSnap.io are good resources. You can also join a membership site (for a fee), which allows you to download a specified number of images based on your membership level. Learn the basics about quality images in the next section.

12. Select images that convey emotion . Use evocative images strategically to control the pace, convey tone, and set expectations for your presentation. You can find some great examples of this in architectural TED talks, where images of large spaces, intriguing shapes, and innovative design give the talks a sense of grandeur and artistry.

13. Don’t “steal” simple graphs and charts . Graphs and charts are amazing, but if they’re branded or famously belong to someone else, they can be jarring to encounter. If the data is easy to recreate, do so in your own theme, fonts, color, and branding. This also allows you to leave off any data that isn’t applicable to your audience. Just make sure you give proper attribution.

14. Use a theme to tie your slides together . That does not mean use the exact same design for every slide. Make them similar and united in design but not the exact same.

15. Same = snooze . Vary your slides using things like image quotes, bullet points, and other layouts. Again, having slides with bullet point after bullet point puts your audience to sleep. In fact, Google execs are shunning bullets in their slide decks .

16. Use charts to display figures and data . Stats are impressive but showing numbers in relation to others in a visual way will make your point quicker than merely listing numbers.

17. Choose your color scheme carefully . If you’re working in PowerPoint, Microsoft has made it easy with preselected schemes of colors that work well together. If you’re unsatisfied with their options, you can add colors to the list. Be selective in how you use these colors. Even dandelions would  admit that yellow doesn’t make a good font color on a screen.

18. Add some video or audio , but also be prepared if it doesn’t work. Especially if it’s a critical part of the presentation, have a backup option. Test it thoroughly and at the event space.

19. Pan rather than resize large images . If you have a large image you want to include, don’t resize it to the point that it is unrecognizable. This is incredibly helpful when showing some of those long website homepages that are popular right now.

20. Don’t feel like you have to show the whole image all at once . More on this tip in the next section.

The Ultimate Secret Tool For Memorable Slide Presentations

One of the most engaging tactics you can use in slide design is ‘the tease’. Sometimes, in presentations, you want a big reveal or you only want to show part of an image until you’re ready to talk about it.

Now, if you don’t want people to see it, you could just not mention it, right? But that does nothing to build suspense. Allowing your audience to see just a little builds anticipation and keeps them on the edge of their seats. You can do this a few ways:

Add a timed fade-in or fly-in on Powerpoint. With a click your content appears or flies in. But… this technique looks a little dated.

Use technology that allows you to write the missing data, stat, or info directly on the screen as your audience watches.

Mask your hidden content by layering identical images and then adjusting the transparency of the bottom image.To do this, copy your slide.

The bottom image should be set to something less than 100. This is a preference as to how masked you want to make it. Do you want your audience to be able to see everything only slightly shaded or completely blurred out? Next, ensure the top image’s transparency is at 100%. At the end you will have created something that looks like a peep hole over the content you want everyone to focus on.

Sure, you can use a giant arrow or highlight to draw attention to the area of your content you want to highlight but it’s not the same as covering some of the content only to share it in a big reveal later.

The tease will keep people interested and has great social media appeal. This process will prepare them for a big reveal and tells them to get ready for something “share worthy.”

Putting It All Together In An Amazing Event Presentation

So now we’ve addressed the three main areas you need to think about in a top-notch event presentation:

• Presentation Technique

And we’ve given you some expert event presentation design tips. Let’s put it all together and show you some of our favorite slide decks for event planners, and why each one is so effective:

Use Images that Enhance the Content

Okay, this first one isn’t a slide deck, but a single slide, because we wanted to show you something about design and a successful teaching technique: creating a pattern.

What we love:

As mentioned above, an image should enhance the message behind the slide.

In this slide content, the obvious choice for an image would be a cityscape. After all, the content is about cities becoming event playgrounds. However, we decided to emphasize the ‘play’ aspect, and went with an image that is whimsical but still ties into the idea of professionals at play – not children or spring breakers.

You want to give the same thought to the images you select. They should enhance your message yet remain slightly unexpected to hook the audience’s attention.

Inspiring Quotes for Event Planners

SpeakerHub created a fun slide deck if you love quotes. Even if you don’t, you’re bound to find some inspiration here.

This is the type of deck that you can go through again and again. The visuals are interesting, and the quotes are pertinent to the life of an event planner. It’s also a good example of simple, varied layout.

The Definitive Guide to Event Marketing

Marketo put together a solid resource on event marketing, including topics such as event technology and public relationships.

If you have a long slide deck, consider adding a table of contents (TOC). It’s not needed in the presentation but can really help when people are looking it over later. In this case, the slide collection is 122 slides. The TOC is a good call that makes navigating and using it as a reference much easier.

Successful Fundraising Events

Bloomerang shares study results of what makes the difference between a good fundraising event and a great one.

Have you ever heard the old adage about learning presentations, “Tell them what you’re going to tell them. Then tell them. Then tell them what you told them.”

The idea is that repetition is often the key to learning. This slide deck starts off with 3 key points listeners should come away with. It’s a simple reminder that activates their brains early on.

20 Signs Your Event Is From 1999

Indulge us as we share another one of our presentations, but this one is just plain fun – like driving a little red corvette, you might say.

This slide deck is all about connecting with the audience and invoking a feeling of nostalgia about the 90s. We use 90s colors and a pop culture reference to a famous Prince song. Pop culture references and time-period themes can be a great way to grab and hold audience attention.

Education Disruptors for Conferences

Jeff Hurt explains how to shake things up with your conference education sessions.

This one just sets a great tone from the very first slide.

This slide deck uses another pattern technique by reusing the same image throughout (the one of the pointed finger) whenever it asks a question that it is about to answer. Viewers know this introduces a new moment of learning and it conditions them to pay attention to the new concept.

21 Ways to Boost Your Event

Very cool presentation by Cyriel Kortleven. He is a top master of ceremony. The emphasis here is on boosting the engagement of your audience. Cyriel shares practical tips that everyone can use to improve the audience experience.

While this slide deck is best viewed offscreen (the layout is clean and easy to understand, but some of the font is too small from in the back row), his helpful tips earned him a spot here.

34 Essential Content Marketing Statistics to Guide You to Success in 2017

Maria Milenkova give us 34 excellent reasons/statistics of why content marketing is important.

Her stats are easy-to-read, tweetable, and have well-documented sources, and each slide is branded. If someone takes a picture and shares it with others, it can be traced back to Maria.

Secrets to an Award-Winning Marketing Strategy for Events

This event management ppt slideshare by Krista Hauritz matches great visuals with content for good retention.

It gives digestible bites of content so they can be absorbed easily by the audience.

20 Event Planning Fails Our Guests Hate

In this one, we created a pattern of putting a bold idea on a title slide, followed by a meatier explanation.

It conditions the audience to first hear the idea, then pay attention to receive more information about it. This “dramatic pause” between idea and deeper explanation improves retention because it allows for smaller concepts to be processed first and then elaborated on.

EXTRA EXCITING BONUS SLIDE DECKS FOR EVENT PLANNERS

If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed, here are some more awesome resources we’ve put together to help you plan and deliver presentations, proposals, and corporate events.

This bundle includes the following:

Free Downloadable Event Presentation Templates

The event management presentation sample is a great standalone design that you can use as a template for creating something personalized to your audience.

Corporate Event Planning Checklists

For corporate event planners, this slide deck covers each step in a successful corporate event. It’s a behemoth of a slide deck (probably the most complete in the industry).

We know it is because we based it on our corporate event planning checklist. This corporate event planning slideshow will keep you on track every step of the way.

This collection of slides is more than just a regular sales ppt. It’s an event management company presentation ppt, an event planning process ppt, and an event marketing ppt.

And finally…

Creating Winning Event Proposals Checklist

For those of you looking for winning event proposals, this bundle includes a template in both powerpoint and keynote.

ABIDE BY THE LAW WHEN CHOOSING IMAGES

We mention using evocative images in presentations a lot, but an evocative picture is the easy part. Let’s take a moment to talk about copyright. For your images, you can’t just surf the web, find one, and add it to your presentation.

Wait. What?

Images are covered under several different types of copyrights, and if you don’t know which one you have, you could be in trouble with the owner of that image.

Royalty-free. This means the image is free and clear to use. There are no royalties or license fees to pay. Royalty-free images are often available across multiple sites. For instance, you may find the same image on Pixabay and UnSplash. Some sites will ask you to credit them. If they do, you can add a small credit line directly under the picture or at the end of your presentation.

Creative Commons License. This photographer or designer has made the image available to the world for free. But you should still check the publishing terms behind using it. Often, they ask for a credit or require the image to be used in a particular way (i.e. no edits).

Public-domain. If an image is over 70 years old, it may be available to use under the public-domain. However, these restrictions vary by country. In the US, most photos taken prior to 1923 are part of the public domain, but don’t assume old photos can be used free and clear.

Always check the permissions. There are many ‘historical’ and ‘memory’ projects you can tap into, particularly if you’re looking for a particular time period, event, or place.

Now that we’ve gone over the types of licenses you should look for, let’s touch on a few phrases you may encounter:

Attribution. This is the credit you give to the photographer or artist. When someone gives you use of their photo, they may ask for a specific attribution. They may even ask for a link. If you want to use the image, you need to give credit in the way they ask.

Commercial Use. Some visual artists do not want their images to be used for commercial use. If they say the image is available for commercial use, you can use it to make money. If they tell you for non-commercial use only, you may only use it in ways that you would not derive money from it directly.

Some will stipulate non-commercial, non-editing, which means you can’t edit the image either. No changes may be made to it when using. This can include altering the colors to align with your theme.

DON’T KILL YOUR EVENT PRESENTATIONS WITH BULLETS

Recently, presenters at Google have made a switch: no more bullets.

Bullet points turn visual draws for the audience into speaker cue cards.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced at the 2017 developer’s conference that ”…stories are best told with pictures. Bullet points and text-heavy slides are increasingly avoided at Google.”

SUNDAR PICHAI

So what are they doing instead? If bullets are bad, what do Google execs suggest?

Lots of white space. It provides for a dramatic backdrop and makes things easier to read.

Bite-sized concepts or phrases are easier to digest and make a larger impression than long paragraphs. Don’t lose your audience in the words.

Evocative images. A photo conveys emotion in a much stronger more memorable way than words.

Animation or video. These options have all the engagement hype of images, but they entertain as well.

Less than average. The average person uses 40 words per slide. (This point is only 16.)

Bullets Require Multitasking

Bullets require multitasking (reading slides and listening to the presenter).

And guess what? Turns out, we’re not that good at that.

On the other hand, if you use slides as the emotional cues behind your presentation, your slides won’t be competing for attention with your speaker. The images will set the stage for the emotion you’re trying to evoke, and the bite-sized bits will give the general idea behind each concept.

Once the attendee grasps those, they are free to listen to what the speaker has to say. Their brains won’t need to choose between reading or listening.

Boost Retention (And More) With Images

In addition to giving our brains a break, it turns out images have a second benefit in presentations. They improve retention.

“If someone hears a piece of information, three days later they’ll remember 10% of it. However, if there was an accompanying picture, they’ll recall 65%.”

JOHN MEDINA

Brain Rules

Cognitive psychologists have tested recall after presentations that put lots of info on each slide and those that put only key takeaways.

Viewers who saw slides with fewer words recalled more than twice as many key points as those who were given more text.

Those are big retention differences.

But that’s not all…

According to research from 3M (the Post-it Note people) visuals process 60,000 times faster than text. Finally, according to the Social Science Network, 65% of people are visual learners. So giving them something to look at will improve what they get from your presentation.

Move Your Presenters Away From Bullets

We mentioned earlier what Google was pushing instead of bullets, but how can you help your speakers make the transition? Here are a few quick tips:

Give each point a slide. They deserve it. Bullets denote major points, right? Why not give them each their own slide? Yes, that means more slides but it also means more visual interest and faster slide changes, which will keep the audience involved with their eyes on your screen.

Kill your darlings. Writers will tell you the hardest part of editing is removing your favorite pieces (“killing your darlings”), but if they’re not absolutely necessary, get rid of them. They’re just taking up space and detracting from your message.

Be unique. Bullet points are so boring. Everyone does them. And let’s face it, they’re easy. Who doesn’t love their entire presentation scripted for them so they can just read it right off the screen?

The audience, that’s who! Instead, try minimal words that engage the minds of your audience.

Find a TED talk in your industry. If you watch TED talks, you’ll notice there’s no reading off of Powerpoint cue cards. It’s all about the stage presence. Share a favorite talk with presenters so they understand what you’re looking for.

Remind them bullets don’t build rapport. If someone makes you laugh or feel at ease, you respond favorably to them. This can’t be done with a fat, floating period. If your presenters want to connect with the audience, a lot of words on screen isn’t the way to do it.

Use slides as jumping off points. Encourage your speakers to use commanding visuals on their slides as jumping off points for conversation.

Help presenters be the best they can be. Offer templates. Be open to discuss design with them, or put them in touch with someone who can help. Remember, your presenters may be subject matter experts, but they may need a little help when it comes to the features of Powerpoint or the aspects of design. They may have a creative idea but are afraid to try the tech behind it.

IN CONCLUSION

There’s a lot that goes into a good event presentation and we’ve given you plenty to think about and some handy templates and examples to start you off.

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Event Planning Made Simple: A Guide on Event Planning Templates + Examples

According to Allied Market Research , the events industry is projected to reach a staggering $1,552.9 billion by 2028. As the industry continues to thrive, event planners face the challenge of delivering memorable experiences while efficiently managing various aspects of the planning process. 

Whether you organize a corporate conference, a manufacturing tradeshow, or a leadership seminar, the key to success lies in effective event planning. And one tool that has proven invaluable in achieving this success is event plan templates.

In this guide, we delve into the world of event planning while exploring the vital role that event plan templates play in supporting and streamlining the planning process. 

Regardless of the nature or scale of your event, incorporating these templates into your workflow can enhance your productivity, ensure consistency, and mitigate potential risks.

Table of Contents

Types of Business Events

Purpose, goal, and objectives, timeline and processes, the event planning team, budget + logistics planning, branding, marketing, and promotion.

• Sponsorship Opportunities

Event Program and Agenda

Evaluation and feedback, what are event planning templates, case study: business conference event plan, design and plan successful events every time, what is event planning .

Event planning is the process of conceptualizing and designing an event. The practice consists of coordinating all the details for an event of any type; meetings, conventions, trade shows, ceremonies, etc.

Event planning is part of event management and focuses on all pre-event stages, including strategy, concept development, and detailed planning. In contrast, event management itself deals primarily with the execution and operational aspect during the event itself.

The primary output of an event planning process is an event plan that will guide the event management team to prepare and coordinate a successful event. Sometimes, the first output is an event plan proposal that needs approval before becoming a complete event plan. 

The case study at the end of this article is an event plan proposal.

Business events are either internal for the company’s employees and stakeholders or external and aimed at other businesses or potential clients.

Here are some of the most common types of business events.

Business Conferences

Conferences bring together professionals to exchange knowledge and discuss a particular subject in panel discussions and workshops.

Trade Shows

Trade shows allow companies to showcase products or services to a targeted audience in specialized booths. 

Seminars are educational events focused on specific topics or industries through expert presentations and interactive discussions.

Product Launches

Product launches are events introducing new products or services to the market, creating buzz, and generating media coverage.

Team-Building Activities

Team-building events strengthen bonds and enhance employee collaboration with games and problem-solving challenges.

Networking Events

Networking events provide a platform for professionals to connect, build relationships, and expand their professional network.

Award Ceremonies

Award ceremonies recognize and celebrate the excellence of individuals or teams in various fields by acknowledging outstanding achievements.

Charity Functions

A charity function primarily aims to raise funds, create awareness, and support charitable causes by gathering donations.

What Constitutes Event Planning?

Event planning involves a comprehensive approach that starts with defining an event purpose and culminates in an event plan proposal or event plan. 

Along every step of the event planning process, event planners use PowerPoint templates to help the team stay on track and plan effectively.

An event’s purpose is the overarching reason why the event will take place. The goal fulfills the purpose, and the objectives achieve the goal.

To determine the event purpose, answer the 5W1H; Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. Define a SMART event goal using the SMART framework , and write the objectives precisely as they will fulfill the event goal. 

Here are two templates to help you:

You’ll see how all three (purpose, goal, and objectives) work together in the case study at the end of this article.

Answering the 5W1H also helps identify the target audience for the event. Use a persona analysis template to define how to conceptualize the event in a way that will positively impact them.

The event planning process needs transparent processes to keep everything on track. These processes all have templates you can use:

• A roadmap to define key milestones and deadlines. 
• A work breakdown structure to outline all the tasks and action items.
• A communication plan for transparent communication processes between team members or the team and the client.
• Schedules and agendas to organize all event planning meetings.

Here are two Event Planning PPT templates to help you:

All events need a team to cover all planning tasks effectively. Depending on the event’s magnitude, some roles listed below will require a subteam.

• An Event Director with ultimate decision power.
• An Event Coordinator is responsible for day-to-day admin work.
• A Financial Coordinator in charge of the budget and allocation of monetary resources.
• A Marketing/Communications Director in charge of marketing campaigns.
• A Technical Director to oversee all audio, video, and media tasks.
• A Creative Director oversees all visual aspects like a website, invitations, signage, and more.

Budget and logistics in event planning consist of minute details that must be tracked, confirmed, and completed. Typically, budget and logistics are managed with spreadsheet and checklist templates.

Budget planning includes the following analyses:

• A budget forecast with a projection of fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs are the ones that won’t change, and variable costs will go up or down depending on the circumstances. 
• The expenses sheet includes food & beverage, team, staff, decor, travel, marketing, venue rental, streaming flatforms, tech, etc.
• Revenue sources sheet including advertising revenues, concession, booth rental fees, registration, and sponsorship.
• A contingency fund in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Logistics planning includes:

• Finding a venue.
• Hiring vendors.
• Negotiatinsterms and signing contracts.
• Defining speaker availability.
• Organizing flights, transport, and accommodation.
• Receiving booth applications.
• Minding health & safety protocols

Internal and external events have different branding, marketing, and promotion requirements. It all depends on the event’s purpose and magnitude.

Event branding uses company brand guidelines to direct all visual communication and assets for the event. These include simple elements like the logo, colors, and fonts to what style of imagery to use or what type of messaging is incorporated. Typically, event branding is used for both internal and external business events.

Event marketing and promotion are generally used for external events that sell tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and other marketable event aspects. But occasionally, an internal event will use promotion techniques to remind employees about the event weeks or days beforehand.

Some events offer sponsorship opportunities for businesses to provide funds in exchange for something valuable that will benefit both the sponsor and the event attendees. 

These are the most common types of event sponsorship:

• Financial: Purely monetary help offered as a deposit to the event planning committee or payment of one of the event logistic necessities; food, wifi, venue.
• In-Kind: The sponsor offers their services or products for free.
• Media: Promotional help about the event on different media outlets; social media, television, radio, etc.
• Promotional: Influencers, bloggers, writers, and others promoting the event on communication channels.
• Packages: Businesses pay a set amount for several brand highlight opportunities in the event; a logo in the poster, a banner in the venue, a speaking slot, etc.

The event program and agenda detail all the activities during the event. Your event program can be designed as a schedule with detailed times, presenter or facilitator details, or more creative compositions that inspire attendees throughout the day.

The evaluation and feedback process after an event is critical to give you insights into what worked and what didn’t. You can send attendees forms or surveys after the event or ask attendees to leave feedback while at the event.

Regarding event performance indicators, more than 80% of event planners consider attendee satisfaction and engagement an important KPI.

Event planning templates are predesigned resources that serve as frameworks for organizing an event. There isn’t just one event planning event template but a collection of them, each with its own purpose. 

Industry-standard templates will save you and your team tons of time and significantly reduce the possibility of forgetting or skipping essential details.

In the section above, we suggested some templates that aren’t precisely event related but can help in the process nonetheless.

Event Planning Checklist Template

The event planning checklist template is where the event planner tracks all the necessary actions toward planning a successful event. These templates consist of a list that applies to all event types, plus other detailed activities that different events might need. You can add or remove what you need concerning your circumstance.

Event Planning Timeline Templates

Planning an event takes time; you need an event planning timeline template to use that time effectively. Show the team what’s expected at every milestone and when tasks and actions must be done.

Event planning timeline templates can be roadmaps, schedules, or Gantt charts . It all depends on your planning style.

Event Plan Presentation Template

An event plan presentation template is a slide deck on which the event planner shares critical information about an event concept, event plan, budget, logistics, and more with an audience of investors, decision-makers, or sponsors.

Event Plan Proposal Presentation Template

Much like an event plan presentation, an event plan proposal highlights all the same concepts but as a proposal. This slide deck template pitches the event to the decision-makers who will say yes or no to the event going ahead.

This template will help with both an event plan and the event plan proposal:

Event Budget Templates

With an event budget template, you can forecast costs efficiently, always keeping track of fixed and variable costs and managing a contingency fund. These templates look like spreadsheets or tables that make it easy to see costs per item and the difference between the projected amount and the final cost.

Event Venue and Vendor Templates

Event venue and vendor templates cover all key elements, actions, and information about the event venue (the location) and the vendors hired to supply their services.

Event Registration Template

Some events, especially public ones, must be registered with local officials. Sometimes, the authorities will supply an event registration template for you to fill in, but occasionally you’ll have to create your own. An event registration template includes all key data about your event, like who is organizing it, how many people will attend, and who will clean up.

Attendee Registration Templates

Attendee registration differs per event type. Paid in-person events involve attendance fees and costs, free events might only need a signup list, and online events use digital forms for attendees to reserve a spot in the virtual meeting room.

Event Speaker Checklist

An event speaker checklist can be internal for the event planning team or created specially for the speaker.

Internal event speaker checklists track all critical information like travel details and unique requirements. Use a list per speaker to ensure everything runs smoothly for them.

Checklists for the speaker ensure that they know what to expect and come prepared for their presentation.

Event Tech Checklist

All events involve tech of some sort, and to ensure everything is ready and working, you need an event tech checklist. Your specifics will differ according to what type of event you’re planning, but the idea is to keep track of all tech necessities on time for your event to succeed.

Event Agenda Template

Event agendas in your event plan match the overall presentation design, but the event agendas you give attendees are another story altogether. The agenda slide template for your plan or plan proposal covers what will happen during the event. The audience for that template is your team, decision-makers, sponsors, or partners. 

The agenda template for your attendees is different. These agenda templates are eye-catching, inspiring, and worth taking home. Add your event brand assets along with your content to finish the design.

Event Sponsorship Templates

Event sponsorship templates will help your event planning team create a proposal that matches your event needs and style. You can use a simple proposal template that includes sections where you can specify the type of sponsorship per sponsor.

Another type of sponsorship template includes sponsorship packages with different price tags that contain lists of detailed items or opportunities included in each package.

Event Feedback and Evaluation Templates

Event feedback and evaluation templates can be both internal and external. You can poll your event planning team and ask attendees for their feedback. Likewise, you can ask speakers, vendors, sponsors, and partners how they felt about the event.

StellarCorp, a multinational manufacturing company with offices in three major cities, wishes to organize a leadership summit. Their in-house event management team has prepared an event plan proposal for StellarCorp CEOs to approve.

Discover the event plan proposal presentation that sealed the deal. 

Cover: Key Event Details

The cover is a welcome mat to the presentation and highlights the event name and key details. 

StellarCorp Leadership Summit

Potential dates: June 12-15 or October 10-14, 2024

Location: New York 

Attendees: Senior managers from New York, Los Angeles, and Miami offices. From HR, marketing, sales, and innovation departments.

Interested presenters and key speakers: Corporate leadership guru Kristine M. and Communication specialist Jack S.

Introduction: Purpose, Goal, and Objectives

The presentation’s first slide highlights the event concept, purpose, goal, and objectives.

By sharing a clear hierarchy of purpose>goal>objectives in a pyramid design, the event planning team sets the stage for the rest of the presentation.

This leadership retreat aims to empower senior managers with the professional skills, insights, and necessary relationship-building techniques to lead effectively and positively in a dynamic business environment.

The goal of the leadership retreat is to strengthen and inspire efficient and positive leadership in senior management through interpersonal communication, strategic thinking, and the right skills to drive organizational success.

3 Objectives:

• To enhance leadership skills through interactive workshops and coaching sessions focusing on refining leadership capabilities, decision-making, and innovation.
• To foster strategic thinking through facilitated discussions where attendees will develop a shared strategic vision and craft actionable goals to learn how to navigate challenges and leverage opportunities.
• To strengthen interpersonal communication by conducting networking activities and team-building exercises to cultivate trust, communication, and collaboration.

Event Plan Schedule with Milestones

The following section in the event plan proposal is the event plan schedule highlighting key milestones. Showing this information to CEOs will give them an idea of how long the planning stage will take and if it’s feasible and aligned with their organizational goals.

Since the team has already done much of the work to create a plan proposal, the timeline starts with the CEOs signing off and covers the next two months of the planning activities.org chart.

• Conduct a kickoff meeting with the event planning team to review the Leadership Summit’s purpose, objectives, and goals.
• Review the budget projection and financial plan.
• Confirm the target audience and expected number of attendees.
• Research and select suitable venues in each of the three major cities.
• Delegate venue negotiations and contract signing tasks to team members.
• Review and approve the selected venues.
• Develop a comprehensive agenda and program for the Leadership Summit.
• Identify and invite keynote speakers and workshop facilitators.
• Create a registration system and launch the website or registration platform.
• Initiate promotional activities to generate awareness about the event with senior management.
• Review and approve the design and distribution of formal invitations.
• Confirm speaker availability and finalize their session topics.
• Arrange audiovisual equipment, staging, and decor based on the venue requirements.
• Coordinate with catering services to plan meals and refreshments during the event.
• Design and produce event materials, badges, signage, and handouts.
• Develop a communication plan.
• Organize transportation arrangements for attendees, if needed.
• Finalize logistics, including room setups, seating arrangements, and technical requirements.
• Coordinate with vendors for additional services, such as event security or photography.
• Conduct a comprehensive team run-through of the event schedule and logistics.
• Conduct a final review of all event materials and attendee lists.
• Prepare an event-day checklist and distribute it among the planning team.
• Handoff to the event management team for on-event activities.

The next slide is all about presenting the event planning team. Team members and their roles are displayed using a hierarchical organizational chart, with the event director at the top and the other directors and coordinators on the second level. Team members for each section go below their leader’s column.

• Event Director (top of the org chart)
• Event Coordinator (second level)
• Financial Coordinator (second level)
• Marketing/Communications Director (second level)
• Technical Director (second level)
• Creative Director (second level)

Logistics Overview

Across one or two slides, the team shares a logistics overview, including all the event’s top-level details. All items are listed in a table separated into horizontal sections that cover details for the venue, f&b (food and beverages), and tech requirements.

Venue: NY Hotel Chain Conference Room

Attendee Registration: Online

Seating arrangements for seminars: audience

Seating arrangements for workshops: table groups

Parking facilities: Superpark

Accessibility: AccesNY

Accommodation: NY Hotel

Transportation: Uber

Tech: eventtech NY

Catering and Refreshments: Cater NY

• Allergies and dietary restrictions forms

Event materials and signage: NY design

Health and Safety measures: EventSafe

Budget Projection and Forecast

Next is the budget breakdown, with which the team shares a budget forecast and projection for all event costs. The budget table or sheets show prices for all the details, referencing whether the cost is fixed or variable. It also includes a contingency plan and a final estimated budget.

• Rental fees for event spaces: $10,000
• Additional charges for breakout rooms or meeting rooms: $3,000
• AV equipment rental and setup costs: $5,000
• Hotel accommodations for attendees and speakers: $15,000
• Group rates or negotiated prices: $2,000
• Transportation services, including airport transfers and shuttles: $4,000
• AV equipment rental, such as projectors, screens, and sound systems: $8,000
• Technical support and on-site technicians: $3,000
• Internet and wifi services: $2,000
• Food and beverage catering for meals, snacks, and refreshments: $20,000
• Special dietary requirements or customized menu options: $3,000
• Coffee breaks and beverage stations: $2,000
• Online registration platform or software: $2,000
• Ticketing services and payment processing fees: $1,000
• Badge printing and lanyards: $1,500
• Printing and production of event materials (badges, programs, handouts): $3,000
• Signage and banners for venue branding and directional guidance: $2,000
• Promotional items or giveaways: $2,500
• Promotional campaigns: $5,000
• Design and production of promotional materials: $3,000
• Sanitization stations and supplies: $1,500
• Health and safety signage and communication materials: $1,000
• Insurance coverage for the event: $1,500
• Permits and licenses: $1,000
• Staff and volunteer expenses: $2,500
• Allocate a portion (10%) of the total budget for unexpected expenses or changes: $10,000
• Total Estimated Budget: $115,500

The Event Program

The final slide in the event plan proposal is a draft of the event program. As of the day of the proposal, the team brings a short list of topics chosen with the HR team:

• “Leadership in the Digital Age”
• “Building High-Performing Teams”
• “Effective Communication Strategies for Leaders”
• “Innovation and Disruptive Leadership”
• “Leadership in Crisis Management”
• “Developing Emotional Intelligence for Leaders”
• “Leading with Purpose and Authenticity”
• “The Future of Leadership: Trends and Insights”
• “Driving Innovation and Change in Organizations”
• “Strategic Leadership for Business Growth”

Event Program for Stellar Corp Leadership Summit:

Morning Session:

– 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration and Welcome Refreshments

– 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Opening Ceremony and Welcome Address by CEO

– 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Keynote Speaker 1

– 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Networking Break

Mid-Morning Session:

– 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Panel Discussion

– 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch Break

Afternoon Session:

– 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Interactive Workshop

– 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: Keynote Speaker 2

– 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Networking Break

Late Afternoon Session:

– 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM: Breakout Sessions:

– 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Networking Reception and Dinner

– 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration and Networking Breakfast

– 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Keynote Speaker 3

– 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Panel Discussion

– 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Networking Break

– 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Interactive Workshop

– 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch Break

– 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Keynote Speaker 4

– 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Panel Discussion

– 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Networking Break

– 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Breakout Sessions:

-6:30 PM – 8:30 PM: Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony

– 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM: Networking Breakfast

– 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Keynote Speaker 5

– 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Panel Discussion

– 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Networking Break

– 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Interactive Workshop

– 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Lunch Break

– 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: Keynote Speaker 6

– 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Closing Keynote Speaker

– 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Closing Ceremony and Recap

– 5:00 PM onwards: Optional Networking Sessions and Farewell

Creative and Design 

The event plan proposal ends with a draft of the creative and design material for the event itself and the promotional material to be sent out beforehand. 

The mood board that served as inspiration for the event’s graphics is also listed in the presentation since it captures the ideas that CEOs must be in touch with to check if they represent the core values behind this event.

The event planner reminds the CEOs that the Leadership Summit is vital for the company because when you take care of your people, your people take care of you.

The presentation ends on a high note with a thank you slide and a quote by Judy Allen, author of The Executive’s Guide to Corporate Events & Business Entertaining, “What sets your business function apart is not the amount of money you have to spend but how creatively you tap into your customers’ senses.” 

In this guide, you learned just how essential event plan templates are when planning an event. There’s no reason to reinvent the wheel when all the resources are at your fingertips. 

There’s one for every aspect of the planning process, from event plan checklist templates to registration form templates. Use SlideModel templates to plan, organize, present, and pitch amazing events every time.

1. Event Planning PowerPoint Template

A slide deck tailored to present an event action plan. This selection of slides is not designed to fit any particular industry, making them ideal for different sectors like corporate events, private events, academic events, and charity events.

Inside this slide deck you can find:

• Agenda Slide
• Event Goals
• Event Main Details
• About the Event
• Event Funnel
• Marketing Plan
• Timeline Template
• Project Status & Completion Rate

A versatile slide with bold graphics in a delicate color palette. Fully customizable to meet the branding requirements of your project or your styling preferences. Check it out!

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2. Onboarding Checklist PowerPoint Template

Although onboarding templates are commonly associated with hiring and coaching new employees into organizations, in this case, the Onboarding Checklist PowerPoint template is relevant to track the activities assigned per specific time slot. We can arrange tasks by day, week, month, quarter, or even year. The checkmark icons help us signal which tasks are completed and which are in process, which in turn can give us an estimation of the event’s task completion rate.

3. 8-Week Event Planning Timeline Template for PowerPoint

If your event requires a carefully planned agenda, but you don’t want to fall into a traditional Gantt Chart template, be sure to check this 8-Week Event Planning Timeline Template for PowerPoint. In two different color schemes, we find two slides showing a calendar format similar to Google Calendar, arranged in weekly blocks by column. Sort out your tasks by creating blocks spanning multiple columns or staying bounded in the same week.

4. Event Management PowerPoint Template

We don’t want you to stick to simple diagrams for your event presentation slides: get ready to incorporate professionally designed vector images themed for event planning presentations.

A slide deck containing a broad range of vector art illustrations, including human figures, graphs, checklists, calendars, and other relevant figures that help you create an engaging event planning presentation. Check it out now!

5. Virtual Festival Event PowerPoint Template

If you are planning a virtual event, this is the slide deck you should check. With colorful slides and custom-made festive graphics, these placeholder images help to introduce speakers in a fashionable way, as well as promote your event with an event hashtag slide (ideal for social media engagement).

Be sure to implement these slides in your next virtual event advertisement for maximum engagement. Check them out!

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15 tips on how to make a really good presentation at your event

When you hold a business event, you usually make some kind of presentation. We have put together a few tricks for how you can succeed and perhaps relieve a little of the stress that can arise. Planning and preparation are key.

Regardless of whether you are going to do it in front of hundreds of people, or just a few colleagues, or at work, you must prepare yourself for the presentation you will be giving. If you want to achieve the best results possible and really impress, you need to plan and prepare yourself, no matter if it is the first time you are giving a presentation or if you do it every day.

Then there are the nerves….there is apparently a survey that shows American CEOs are more afraid of speaking in front of people than they are of death. The brain and our imagination say that it is a matter of life and death. But even if you hesitate, show the wrong picture, sweat, lose yourself or your voice trembles, you can be quite sure that there will be a new day tomorrow. And what is HUGE in your mind is of no consequence at all to those who are listening.

1. Preparation is key

When you start planning your presentation you need to know who you are going to be speaking to – how many will be there? What do they know about the subject? Is attendance at the presentation voluntary or have they been ordered to listen to you? In that case you may need to make the presentation more casual and not too heavy. Also, think about what questions the audience may ask so you can incorporate that information in the presentation. Bounce ideas around with a colleague or friend – ”what would you ask about this?”

2. Set a goal for the presentation

When you speak at your event, dealer meeting or seminar, for example, you hopefully have a goal for it. How can your speech or lecture serve this goal? What added value can you give your audience?

Do you have five minutes or five hours? The difference can be enormous and therefore you must plan your entire presentation in line with that. What do you want to convey during your time “on stage”? Short and concise is better than too long. A long-winded presentation will kill the whole purpose of why you are speaking.

4. The content should be interesting and relevant

Does anything seem unnecessary? Get rid of it immediately! Unnecessary information takes away the focus from that which is important and the audience can miss what you really want to convey. The purpose of the presentation must be clear.

Speak slowly and clearly. Make sure that the audience is alert and take in what you say. Take breaks – both for your own sake and for those who are listening. Speak for a maximum of 45 minutes, then take a break if you need to speak any longer.

6. Practice makes perfect

Practice as much as possible so you do not have to rely on your notes. The presentation will be better if you can speak more freely. Run through your presentation several times to see that everything works. Both your material and the technology.

7. Be proud of your presentation.

If you show commitment and enthusiasm, this will usually spread to the audience. Smile and be happy when you present your material. But see point 15, as well.

8. Feedback

After completing the presentation, it can be good to make use of feedback of some kind. Ask a colleague who is attending the presentation to come up with constructive criticism afterwards – was everything good or is there anything you can improve for the next time? Or just enjoy the fact that you did it and move on.

9. PowerPoint as an aid

PowerPoint is a good aid to make use of when giving a presentation. “Damn PowerPoint”, say some, but don’t get caught up in detailed flow charts or 50 points on a page. Don’t. It’s better to have a picture that you talk around. There is other support, such as Prezi, a little cooler, a little more advanced.

10. Focus on what’s most important

The most common error many people make is to fill their PowerPoint presentations with far too much information on every slide. Such a presentation should not show everything. It should be an aid to enable you to talk freely while still having a few main points to look at for help. It also helps the audience find the most important things in your presentation.

11. Everything in moderation

Try to keep to as many points/text as each slide allows. There are pre-installed fonts and sizes for headings and the body of the text. If you stick to these, that is to say that the text does not start to shrink in size, this is a good guideline on how much information each slide should contain. Usually just a few points are enough.

12. Use images

To activate the two halves of the brain, it is important to have a good balance between the flow of text and images in the presentation. This is the best way to get your audience to understand everything. Make sure not to have more than three slides in a row with just text and facts. If possible, mix images and text on the same slides.

13. …But not just any images

Just because there should be images, it doesn’t mean they can be any image whatsoever. You can remove any Clipart image straight away. Only relevant images should be included, otherwise you may as well do without them. Decorative images serve no function.

14. Templates

Many companies have created their own templates for PowerPoint. If these exist – use them.  Otherwise you should select as simple a template as possible. What you want to get across is your message, not how cool a presentation you can show off.

Those are a few tricks that hopefully can help you get started on your preparations and in the end will result in a great presentation that you can be proud of for a long time to come. Good luck!

15. Don’t take yourself too seriously

See the introduction. Are you sick with nerves? It is quite normal. Start by saying that, then the pressure will be relieved. Don’t fall into the “Now I’m going to give everyone an energy boost and not show that I’m in the least nervous” trap .

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1. Animated characters

Our first presentation example is a business explainer from Biteable that uses animated characters. The friendly and modern style makes this the perfect presentation for engaging your audience.

Bonus template:  Need a business video presentation that reflects the beautiful diversity of your customers or team? Use  Biteable’s workplace scenes . You can change the skin tone and hair color for any of the animated characters.

2. Conference video

Videos are also ideal solutions for events (e.g. trade shows) where they can be looped to play constantly while you attend to more important things like talking to people and handing out free cheese samples.

For this event presentation sample below, we used bright colours, stock footage, and messaging that reflects the brand and values of the company. All these elements work together to draw the attention of passers-by.

For a huge selection of video presentation templates, take a look at our  template gallery .

Business PowerPoint presentation examples

Striking fear into the hearts of the workplace since 1987, PowerPoint is synonymous with bland, boring presentations that feel more like an endurance test than a learning opportunity. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Check out these anything-but-boring business PowerPoint presentation examples.

3. Design pointers

This PowerPoint presentation takes a tongue-in-cheek look at how the speakers and users of PowerPoint are the problem, not the software itself.

Even at a hefty 61 slides, the vintage theme, appealing colors, and engaging content keep the viewer interested. It delivers useful and actionable tips on creating a better experience for your audience.

Pixar, as you’d expect, redefines the meaning of PowerPoint in their “22 Rules for Phenomenal Storytelling”. The character silhouettes are instantly recognizable and tie firmly to the Pixar brand. The bright colour palettes are carefully chosen to highlight the content of each slide.

This presentation is a good length, delivering one message per slide, making it easy for an audience to take notes and retain the information.

Google slides examples

If you’re in business, chances are you’ll have come across  slide decks . Much like a deck of cards, each slide plays a key part in the overall ‘deck’, creating a well-rounded presentation.

If you need to inform your team, present findings, or outline a new strategy, slides are one of the most effective ways to do this.

Google Slides is one of the best ways to create a slide deck right now. It’s easy to use and has built-in design tools that integrate with Adobe, Lucidchart, and more. The best part — it’s free!

5. Teacher education

Here’s a slide deck that was created to educate teachers on how to use Google Slides effectively in a classroom. At first glance it seems stuffy and businessy, but if you look closer it’s apparent the creator knows his audience well, throwing in some teacher-friendly content that’s bound to get a smile.

The slides give walkthrough screenshots and practical advice on the different ways teachers can use the software to make their lives that little bit easier and educate their students at the same time.

6. Charity awareness raiser

This next Google slide deck is designed to raise awareness for an animal shelter. It has simple, clear messaging, and makes use of the furry friends it rescues to tug on heartstrings and encourage donations and adoptions from its audience.

Pro tip: Creating a presentation is exciting but also a little daunting. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed — especially if the success of your business or nonprofit depends on it.

Prezi presentation examples

If you haven’t come across  Prezi , it’s a great alternative to using static slides. Sitting somewhere between slides and a video presentation, it allows you to import other content and add motion to create a more engaging viewer experience.

7. Red Bull event recap

This Prezi was created to document the Red Bull stratosphere freefall stunt a few years ago. It neatly captures all the things that Prezi is capable of, including video inserts and the zoom effect, which gives an animated, almost 3D effect to what would otherwise be still images.  

Prezi has annual awards for the best examples of presentations over the year. This next example is one of the 2018 winners. It was made to highlight a new Logitech tool.

8. Logitech Spotlight launch

What stands out here are the juicy colors, bold imagery, and the way the designer has used Prezi to its full extent, including rotations, panning, fades, and a full zoom out to finish the presentation.

Sales presentation examples

If you’re stuck for ideas for your sales presentation, step right this way and check out this video template we made for you.

9. Sales enablement video presentation

In today’s fast-paced sales environment, you need a way to make your sales enablement presentations memorable and engaging for busy reps.  Sales enablement videos  are just the ticket. Use this video presentation template the next time you need to present on your metrics.

10. Zuroa sales deck

If you’re after a sales deck, you can’t go past this example from Zuora. What makes it great? It begins by introducing the worldwide shift in the way consumers are shopping. It’s a global phenomenon, and something we can all relate to.

It then weaves a compelling story about how the subscription model is changing the face of daily life for everyone. Metrics and testimonials from well-known CEOs and executives are included for some slamming social proof to boost the sales message.

Pitch presentation examples

Pitch decks are used to give an overview of business plans, and are usually presented during meetings with customers, investors, or potential partners.

11. Uber pitch deck

This is Uber’s original pitch deck, which (apart from looking a teensy bit dated) gives an excellent overview of their business model and clearly shows how they intended to disrupt a traditional industry and provide a better service to people. Right now, you’re probably very grateful that this pitch presentation was a winner.

You can make your own pitch deck with Biteable, or start with one of our  video templates  to make something a little more memorable.

12. Video pitch template

This video pitch presentation clearly speaks to the pains of everyone who needs to commute and find parking. It then provides the solution with its app that makes parking a breeze.

The video also introduces the key team members, their business strategy, and what they’re hoping to raise in funding. It’s a simple, clear pitch that positions the company as a key solution to a growing, worldwide problem. It’s compelling and convincing, as a good presentation should be.

13. Fyre Festival pitch deck

The most epic example of a recent pitch deck is this one for Fyre Festival – the greatest event that never happened. Marvel at its persuasion, gasp at the opportunity of being part of the cultural experience of the decade, cringe as everything goes from bad to worse.

Despite the very public outcome, this is a masterclass in how to create hype and get funding with your pitch deck using beautiful imagery, beautiful people, and beautiful promises of riches and fame.

Business presentation examples

Need to get the right message out to the right people? Business presentations can do a lot of the heavy lifting for you.

Simply press play and let your video do the talking. No fumbling your words and sweating buckets in front of those potential clients, just you being cool as a cucumber while your presentation does the talking.

Check out two of our popular templates that you can use as a starting point for your own presentations. While they’re business-minded, they’re definitely not boring.

14. Business intro template

Modern graphics, animations, and upbeat soundtracks keep your prospects engaged as they learn about your business, your team, your values, and how you can help them.

15. Business explainer template

Research presentation examples.

When you’re giving a more technical presentation such as research findings, you need to strike the perfect balance between informing your audience and making sure they stay awake.

As a rule, slides are more effective for research presentations, as they are used to support the speaker’s knowledge rather can capture every small detail on screen.

With often dry, complex, and technical subject matter, there can be a temptation for presentations to follow suit. Use images instead of walls of text, and keep things as easy to follow as possible.

16. TrackMaven research deck

TrackMaven uses their endearing mascot to lighten up this data-heavy slide deck. The graphs help to bring life to their findings, and they ensure to only have one bite-size takeaway per slide so that viewers can easily take notes.

17. Wearable tech research report

Obviously, research can get very researchy and there’s not a lot to be done about it. This slide deck below lays out a ton of in-depth information but breaks it up well with quotes, diagrams, and interesting facts to keep viewers engaged while it delivers its findings on wearable technology.

Team presentation examples

Motivating your team can be a challenge at the best of times, especially when you need to gather them together for….another presentation!

18. Team update template

We created this presentation template as an example of how to engage your team. In this case, it’s for an internal product launch. Using colorful animation and engaging pacing, this video presentation is much better than a static PowerPoint, right?

19. Officevibe collaboration explainer

This short slide deck is a presentation designed to increase awareness of the problems of a disengaged team. Bright colors and relevant images combine with facts and figures that compel viewers to click through to a download to learn more about helping their teams succeed.

Recruitment presentation examples

Recruiting the right people can be a challenge. Presentations can help display your team and your business by painting a dynamic picture of what it’s like to work with you.

Videos and animated slides let you capture the essence of your brand and workplace so the right employees can find you.

20. Company culture explainer

If you’re a recruitment agency, your challenge is to stand out from the hundreds of other agencies in the marketplace.

21. Kaizen culture

Showcasing your agency using a slide deck can give employers and employees a feel for doing business with you. Kaizen clearly displays its credentials and highlights its brand values and personality here (and also its appreciation of the coffee bean).

Explainer presentation examples

Got some explaining to do? Using an explainer video is the ideal way to showcase products that are technical, digital, or otherwise too difficult to explain with still images and text.

Explainer videos help you present the features and values of your product in an engaging way that speaks to your ideal audience and promotes your brand at the same time.

22. Product explainer template

23. lucidchart explainer.

Lucidchart does a stellar job of using explainer videos for their software. Their series of explainers-within-explainers entertains the viewer with cute imagery and an endearing brand voice. At the same time, the video is educating its audience on how to use the actual product. We (almost) guarantee you’ll have more love for spiders after watching this one.

Make a winning video presentation with Biteable

Creating a winning presentation doesn’t need to be difficult or expensive. Modern slide decks and video software make it easy for you to give compelling presentations that sell, explain, and educate without sending your audience to snooze town.

For the best online video presentation software around, check out Biteable. The intuitive platform does all the heavy lifting for you, so making a video presentation is as easy as making a PowerPoint.

Use Biteable’s brand builder to automatically fetch your company colors and logo from your website and apply them to your entire video with the click of a button. Even add a  clickable call-to-action  button to your video.

Share your business presentation anywhere with a single, trackable URL and watch your message turn into gold.

Make stunning videos with ease.

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Blog Beginner Guides How To Make a Good Presentation [A Complete Guide]

How To Make a Good Presentation [A Complete Guide]

Written by: Krystle Wong Jul 20, 2023

A top-notch presentation possesses the power to drive action. From winning stakeholders over and conveying a powerful message to securing funding — your secret weapon lies within the realm of creating an effective presentation .  

Being an excellent presenter isn’t confined to the boardroom. Whether you’re delivering a presentation at work, pursuing an academic career, involved in a non-profit organization or even a student, nailing the presentation game is a game-changer.

In this article, I’ll cover the top qualities of compelling presentations and walk you through a step-by-step guide on how to give a good presentation. Here’s a little tip to kick things off: for a headstart, check out Venngage’s collection of free presentation templates . They are fully customizable, and the best part is you don’t need professional design skills to make them shine!

These valuable presentation tips cater to individuals from diverse professional backgrounds, encompassing business professionals, sales and marketing teams, educators, trainers, students, researchers, non-profit organizations, public speakers and presenters. 

No matter your field or role, these tips for presenting will equip you with the skills to deliver effective presentations that leave a lasting impression on any audience.

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What are the 10 qualities of a good presentation?

Step-by-step guide on how to prepare an effective presentation, 9 effective techniques to deliver a memorable presentation, faqs on making a good presentation, how to create a presentation with venngage in 5 steps.

When it comes to giving an engaging presentation that leaves a lasting impression, it’s not just about the content — it’s also about how you deliver it. Wondering what makes a good presentation? Well, the best presentations I’ve seen consistently exhibit these 10 qualities:

1. Clear structure

No one likes to get lost in a maze of information. Organize your thoughts into a logical flow, complete with an introduction, main points and a solid conclusion. A structured presentation helps your audience follow along effortlessly, leaving them with a sense of satisfaction at the end.

Regardless of your presentation style , a quality presentation starts with a clear roadmap. Browse through Venngage’s template library and select a presentation template that aligns with your content and presentation goals. Here’s a good presentation example template with a logical layout that includes sections for the introduction, main points, supporting information and a conclusion: 

2. Engaging opening

Hook your audience right from the start with an attention-grabbing statement, a fascinating question or maybe even a captivating anecdote. Set the stage for a killer presentation!

The opening moments of your presentation hold immense power – check out these 15 ways to start a presentation to set the stage and captivate your audience.

3. Relevant content

Make sure your content aligns with their interests and needs. Your audience is there for a reason, and that’s to get valuable insights. Avoid fluff and get straight to the point, your audience will be genuinely excited.

4. Effective visual aids

Picture this: a slide with walls of text and tiny charts, yawn! Visual aids should be just that—aiding your presentation. Opt for clear and visually appealing slides, engaging images and informative charts that add value and help reinforce your message.

With Venngage, visualizing data takes no effort at all. You can import data from CSV or Google Sheets seamlessly and create stunning charts, graphs and icon stories effortlessly to showcase your data in a captivating and impactful way.

5. Clear and concise communication

Keep your language simple, and avoid jargon or complicated terms. Communicate your ideas clearly, so your audience can easily grasp and retain the information being conveyed. This can prevent confusion and enhance the overall effectiveness of the message. 

6. Engaging delivery

Spice up your presentation with a sprinkle of enthusiasm! Maintain eye contact, use expressive gestures and vary your tone of voice to keep your audience glued to the edge of their seats. A touch of charisma goes a long way!

7. Interaction and audience engagement

Turn your presentation into an interactive experience — encourage questions, foster discussions and maybe even throw in a fun activity. Engaged audiences are more likely to remember and embrace your message.

Transform your slides into an interactive presentation with Venngage’s dynamic features like pop-ups, clickable icons and animated elements. Engage your audience with interactive content that lets them explore and interact with your presentation for a truly immersive experience.

8. Effective storytelling

Who doesn’t love a good story? Weaving relevant anecdotes, case studies or even a personal story into your presentation can captivate your audience and create a lasting impact. Stories build connections and make your message memorable.

A great presentation background is also essential as it sets the tone, creates visual interest and reinforces your message. Enhance the overall aesthetics of your presentation with these 15 presentation background examples and captivate your audience’s attention.

9. Well-timed pacing

Pace your presentation thoughtfully with well-designed presentation slides, neither rushing through nor dragging it out. Respect your audience’s time and ensure you cover all the essential points without losing their interest.

10. Strong conclusion

Last impressions linger! Summarize your main points and leave your audience with a clear takeaway. End your presentation with a bang , a call to action or an inspiring thought that resonates long after the conclusion.

In-person presentations aside, acing a virtual presentation is of paramount importance in today’s digital world. Check out this guide to learn how you can adapt your in-person presentations into virtual presentations . 

Preparing an effective presentation starts with laying a strong foundation that goes beyond just creating slides and notes. One of the quickest and best ways to make a presentation would be with the help of a good presentation software . 

Otherwise, let me walk you to how to prepare for a presentation step by step and unlock the secrets of crafting a professional presentation that sets you apart.

1. Understand the audience and their needs

Before you dive into preparing your masterpiece, take a moment to get to know your target audience. Tailor your presentation to meet their needs and expectations , and you’ll have them hooked from the start!

2. Conduct thorough research on the topic

Time to hit the books (or the internet)! Don’t skimp on the research with your presentation materials — dive deep into the subject matter and gather valuable insights . The more you know, the more confident you’ll feel in delivering your presentation.

3. Organize the content with a clear structure

No one wants to stumble through a chaotic mess of information. Outline your presentation with a clear and logical flow. Start with a captivating introduction, follow up with main points that build on each other and wrap it up with a powerful conclusion that leaves a lasting impression.

Delivering an effective business presentation hinges on captivating your audience, and Venngage’s professionally designed business presentation templates are tailor-made for this purpose. With thoughtfully structured layouts, these templates enhance your message’s clarity and coherence, ensuring a memorable and engaging experience for your audience members.

Don’t want to build your presentation layout from scratch? pick from these 5 foolproof presentation layout ideas that won’t go wrong. 

4. Develop visually appealing and supportive visual aids

Spice up your presentation with eye-catching visuals! Create slides that complement your message, not overshadow it. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words, but that doesn’t mean you need to overload your slides with text.

Well-chosen designs create a cohesive and professional look, capturing your audience’s attention and enhancing the overall effectiveness of your message. Here’s a list of carefully curated PowerPoint presentation templates and great background graphics that will significantly influence the visual appeal and engagement of your presentation.

5. Practice, practice and practice

Practice makes perfect — rehearse your presentation and arrive early to your presentation to help overcome stage fright. Familiarity with your material will boost your presentation skills and help you handle curveballs with ease.

6. Seek feedback and make necessary adjustments

Don’t be afraid to ask for help and seek feedback from friends and colleagues. Constructive criticism can help you identify blind spots and fine-tune your presentation to perfection.

With Venngage’s real-time collaboration feature , receiving feedback and editing your presentation is a seamless process. Group members can access and work on the presentation simultaneously and edit content side by side in real-time. Changes will be reflected immediately to the entire team, promoting seamless teamwork.

7. Prepare for potential technical or logistical issues

Prepare for the unexpected by checking your equipment, internet connection and any other potential hiccups. If you’re worried that you’ll miss out on any important points, you could always have note cards prepared. Remember to remain focused and rehearse potential answers to anticipated questions.

8. Fine-tune and polish your presentation

As the big day approaches, give your presentation one last shine. Review your talking points, practice how to present a presentation and make any final tweaks. Deep breaths — you’re on the brink of delivering a successful presentation!

In competitive environments, persuasive presentations set individuals and organizations apart. To brush up on your presentation skills, read these guides on how to make a persuasive presentation and tips to presenting effectively . 

Whether you’re an experienced presenter or a novice, the right techniques will let your presentation skills soar to new heights!

From public speaking hacks to interactive elements and storytelling prowess, these 9 effective presentation techniques will empower you to leave a lasting impression on your audience and make your presentations unforgettable.

1. Confidence and positive body language

Positive body language instantly captivates your audience, making them believe in your message as much as you do. Strengthen your stage presence and own that stage like it’s your second home! Stand tall, shoulders back and exude confidence. 

2. Eye contact with the audience

Break down that invisible barrier and connect with your audience through their eyes. Maintaining eye contact when giving a presentation builds trust and shows that you’re present and engaged with them.

3. Effective use of hand gestures and movement

A little movement goes a long way! Emphasize key points with purposeful gestures and don’t be afraid to walk around the stage. Your energy will be contagious!

4. Utilize storytelling techniques

Weave the magic of storytelling into your presentation. Share relatable anecdotes, inspiring success stories or even personal experiences that tug at the heartstrings of your audience. Adjust your pitch, pace and volume to match the emotions and intensity of the story. Varying your speaking voice adds depth and enhances your stage presence.

5. Incorporate multimedia elements

Spice up your presentation with a dash of visual pizzazz! Use slides, images and video clips to add depth and clarity to your message. Just remember, less is more—don’t overwhelm them with information overload. 

Turn your presentations into an interactive party! Involve your audience with questions, polls or group activities. When they actively participate, they become invested in your presentation’s success. Bring your design to life with animated elements. Venngage allows you to apply animations to icons, images and text to create dynamic and engaging visual content.

6. Utilize humor strategically

Laughter is the best medicine—and a fantastic presentation enhancer! A well-placed joke or lighthearted moment can break the ice and create a warm atmosphere , making your audience more receptive to your message.

7. Practice active listening and respond to feedback

Be attentive to your audience’s reactions and feedback. If they have questions or concerns, address them with genuine interest and respect. Your responsiveness builds rapport and shows that you genuinely care about their experience.

8. Apply the 10-20-30 rule

Apply the 10-20-30 presentation rule and keep it short, sweet and impactful! Stick to ten slides, deliver your presentation within 20 minutes and use a 30-point font to ensure clarity and focus. Less is more, and your audience will thank you for it!

9. Implement the 5-5-5 rule

Simplicity is key. Limit each slide to five bullet points, with only five words per bullet point and allow each slide to remain visible for about five seconds. This rule keeps your presentation concise and prevents information overload.

Simple presentations are more engaging because they are easier to follow. Summarize your presentations and keep them simple with Venngage’s gallery of simple presentation templates and ensure that your message is delivered effectively across your audience.

1. How to start a presentation?

To kick off your presentation effectively, begin with an attention-grabbing statement or a powerful quote. Introduce yourself, establish credibility and clearly state the purpose and relevance of your presentation.

2. How to end a presentation?

For a strong conclusion, summarize your talking points and key takeaways. End with a compelling call to action or a thought-provoking question and remember to thank your audience and invite any final questions or interactions.

3. How to make a presentation interactive?

To make your presentation interactive, encourage questions and discussion throughout your talk. Utilize multimedia elements like videos or images and consider including polls, quizzes or group activities to actively involve your audience.

In need of inspiration for your next presentation? I’ve got your back! Pick from these 120+ presentation ideas, topics and examples to get started. 

Creating a stunning presentation with Venngage is a breeze with our user-friendly drag-and-drop editor and professionally designed templates for all your communication needs. 

Here’s how to make a presentation in just 5 simple steps with the help of Venngage:

Step 1: Sign up for Venngage for free using your email, Gmail or Facebook account or simply log in to access your account. 

Step 2: Pick a design from our selection of free presentation templates (they’re all created by our expert in-house designers).

Step 3: Make the template your own by customizing it to fit your content and branding. With Venngage’s intuitive drag-and-drop editor, you can easily modify text, change colors and adjust the layout to create a unique and eye-catching design.

Step 4: Elevate your presentation by incorporating captivating visuals. You can upload your images or choose from Venngage’s vast library of high-quality photos, icons and illustrations. 

Step 5: Upgrade to a premium or business account to export your presentation in PDF and print it for in-person presentations or share it digitally for free!

By following these five simple steps, you’ll have a professionally designed and visually engaging presentation ready in no time. With Venngage’s user-friendly platform, your presentation is sure to make a lasting impression. So, let your creativity flow and get ready to shine in your next presentation!

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1. 19 event trends for 2019.

An annual Social Tables tradition, our event trends report predicts the biggest changes to hit both planners and venues in the year ahead. This year, Social Tables General Manager Dan  Berger teamed up with EventMB’s Julius Solaris to take a look into the crystal ball, delivering these very slides in a much-anticipated webinar . (Don’t want to watch? We used the content to create an event trends blog post too!)

3 Big Takeaways

• Unique venues will be all the rage – A whopping majority (92.3%) of event professionals believe that meetings are more  likely to be booked outside of a hotel than ever.
• Bleisure will be bigger than ever – Citing statistics from Destination International, Berger reports that more and more attendees are looking at conferences and tradeshows as an excuse for leisure travel.
• Mid-size cities will gain appeal as meeting destinations – Continued investment in infrastructure and shifting attendee desires will allow midsize cities to slice off a bigger piece of the meetings pie.

2. Cvent Global Planner Sourcing Infographic

While it’s not an event management ppt in the traditional sense, this infographic from Cvent’s Global Planner Sourcing Report packs as much important information into an infographic as you’ll find in any slideshare. Based on an analysis of survey responses from 2,100+ planners, the infographic dives into the ins and outs of venue sourcing and the forces that drive sourcing behavior.

• Most planners are sourcing for their companies – 68% of respondents were internal meeting planners sourcing venues for their companies ” as opposed to event planning companies, association planners, or SMERF planners.
• The majority of planners are millennials – A whopping 49% of respondents were between 18-34 years old, highlighting the generational shift that has occurred in our industry.
• Planners are tasked with planning more meetings – 60% of respondents reported planning more meetings in the year ahead.

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3. 21 Ways to Boost Your Event

Author and TEDx speaker Cyriel Kortleven breaks down a number of ways that planners and presenters can create event concepts that provide engaging and inspiring experiences. Use these 21 ideas to rethink the way you’re presenting content and communicating with attendees.

• Create personalized experiences through interactive formats – Formats like an unconference can put the reins in attendees’ hands, allowing them to steer the agenda in directions that interest them most.
• Border topics can break up the monotony – While most industries have their usual speakers, speakers on topics that border the industry allow attendees to forge enlightening connections between topics.
• Keep your audience on their toes – Build in plenty of surprises that will disrupt audience expectations and capture attention.

4. Meetings in 2028: Predictions for the Future

Our very own Dan Berger loves looking to the future of the events. In this presentation created for WEC MPI, Dan makes some bold predictions for what events will look like a decade from now. Along the way, he covers some of the many global trends trends that will ultimately materialize corresponding shifts in meetings industry trends as well.

• New ways to travel will change behavior – As homesharing adds inventory at every corner of the globe and autonomous vehicle enhance transportation, remote destinations will start to compete with traditional favorites.
• AI will make planning & attending events even better – AI promises benefits for the industry such as higher ROI via less serendipity and sophisticated algorithms that match event objectives with ideal venues.
• The DNA of events will change as face time becomes more precious – Influencer marketing will play a huge role in driving attendance as a result, while festivilized experiences become the new standard for large events.

5. Increasing Conference Collaboration

A self-titled Chief Epiphany Officer, Jeff Hurt has created some incredible presentations over the years when it comes to attendee education and engagement. In this event planning presentation, Jeff lays out how conferences can shift from a market-share environment to a mind-share experience, spurring increased collaboration among participants.

• The language we use is important – Language shapes the way we think about working as one ” whether it’s adding words like co-create to our lexicon or making the slight shift from collaboration to collaborative intelligence.
• The market-share mentality places value on shortage – In this mindset, we place value on objects according to their scarcity and create a have/have-not binary. This binarical view leads to a system where one person is always definitely right and the other definitely wrong.
• The mind-share mentality places value on relationships – Jeff argues that in a system of thinking where ideas hold more value than things, we move away from the transactional nature of how usually work together.

6. How to Choose a Purposeful Meeting Destination

At the heart of experience creation is a meeting destination that maps beautifully back to the purpose of the event at hand. But just how does one pick the perfect destination? Dan argues that in the modern world of event management, the age-old formula of  rates, dates, and space leaves out an all-too-important fourth element.

3 Big Takeaways:

• A destination operates on three levels – When we talk about a destination, we’re referring to the city that hosts the events, the venue the event takes place in, and the setup of the space within the venue.
• We also need to add the idea of place – Place is everything that makes a destination unique: culture, history, expertise, knowledge economies, people, perception, and more.
• Place needs to map to purpose – The overall event purpose and objective should have a cohesive relationship with all of the elements that make up the idea of place. (i.e. the meeting destination should be instrumental in bringing the purpose to fruition on a deeper level.)

Looking for an event marketing ppt?

1. the definitive guide to event marketing.

As event marketing continues to grow its foothold in the playbook of countless brands, this guide is more relevant than ever. It does a great job serving as a sort-of Event Marketing 101 by making the case for event marketing and laying out the keys to success across channels and down the funnel ” from leveraging social networks to smart strategies for lead nurture and scoring.

• Segmentation is the key – No matter what your promotion mix, your event marketing strategy won’t have success without smart segmentation that buckets users into actionable personas.
• People attend a company’s event for face time with the brand – In the same way that the importance of face-to-face interactions is growing, users and consumers are looking to have meaningful interactions with brands. (Leverage your brand personality!)
• Events don’t have to be physical events – Webinars and other virtual events can be extremely effective amongst attendees while requiring far less resources to pull off.

2. 5 Must Do’s to Increase Attendance at Your Next Meeting

These slides from a DMAI (Destination Marketing Association International) webinar capture much of the key information from their presentation. While the content is crafted for CVBs to promote their destinations, event marketers can use nearly all of these insights and apply them to a successful event promotion strategy. There are also some great ideas for how event teams and CVBs can work together more closely and impactfully.

• Success means a strong understanding of attendee interests – Event marketers should leverage user insights to create attendee personas, thus allowing them to identify specific tactics that work at a more targeted level.
• Targeted tactics should focus on three elements – The relevancy of the messaging to the persona, the timing of the message, and the overall channel mix should form the foundation for any targeted promotion.
• Focus on reducing friction – From the event website all the way on down, marketers need to reduce friction by making information easy to find and engage with.  

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3. 8 social media trends to watch in 2019.

From targeted ads to user-generated content and influencer campaigns, social media is more than likely a huge part of your marketing mix. In this event marketing presentation, Arik Hanson ” a well-known social media consultant to Fortune 500 companies ” predicts the eight most important trends to keep an eye on across platforms.

• Instagram will become the preferred social home base for brands – The headline says it all, but Arik also goes on to point out the growing importance of Instagram stories ” something more event marketers should throw in the mix.
• Engagement will begin to fade as a key metric – Engagement rates on Facebook are plummeting, but Arik believes that marketers shouldn’t fret. It’s not just your event ” it’s happening across the board and across industries!
• Influencer marketing will refine itself – Influencer marketing will shift to a focus on influencers who are more credible, while becoming less episodic through more long-term influencer strategies and engagement.

4. Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report

An annual tradition praised and relied upon in countless industries, Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report holds invaluable insight into shifting internet behaviors. It’s a must-scroll for any marketer, but it’s PACKED with information that will take a little extra elbow grease to delve through. It also requires a little imagination to take high-level trends and map them back to granular marketing tactics  ” easier said than done sometimes.

• Personalization is becoming the new norm – Whereas personalization has until now been a true marketing differentiator, the sophisticated ways in which companies are using increased data is turning it into an expectation.
• Uber & Airbnb are making cities accessible for less – Rideshare and homeshare apps are driving down the costs of transportation and accommodation, thus making travel less of a barrier to entry.
• Consumers are willing to trade information for clear personal benefit – With consumers willing to trade data for deals, how can you get creative with your event marketing to capitalize? Also, how can you use that data to create a more personalized, more satisfying experience for prospects and attendees?

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How to Structure your Presentation, with Examples

August 3, 2018 - Dom Barnard

For many people the thought of delivering a presentation is a daunting task and brings about a  great deal of nerves . However, if you take some time to understand how effective presentations are structured and then apply this structure to your own presentation, you’ll appear much more confident and relaxed.

Here is our complete guide for structuring your presentation, with examples at the end of the article to demonstrate these points.

Why is structuring a presentation so important?

If you’ve ever sat through a great presentation, you’ll have left feeling either inspired or informed on a given topic. This isn’t because the speaker was the most knowledgeable or motivating person in the world. Instead, it’s because they know how to structure presentations – they have crafted their message in a logical and simple way that has allowed the audience can keep up with them and take away key messages.

Research has supported this, with studies showing that audiences retain structured information  40% more accurately  than unstructured information.

In fact, not only is structuring a presentation important for the benefit of the audience’s understanding, it’s also important for you as the speaker. A good structure helps you remain calm, stay on topic, and avoid any awkward silences.

What will affect your presentation structure?

Generally speaking, there is a natural flow that any decent presentation will follow which we will go into shortly. However, you should be aware that all presentation structures will be different in their own unique way and this will be due to a number of factors, including:

• Whether you need to deliver any demonstrations
• How  knowledgeable the audience  already is on the given subject
• How much interaction you want from the audience
• Any time constraints there are for your talk
• What setting you are in
• Your ability to use any kinds of visual assistance

Before choosing the presentation’s structure answer these questions first:

• What is your presentation’s aim?
• Who are the audience?
• What are the main points your audience should remember afterwards?

When reading the points below, think critically about what things may cause your presentation structure to be slightly different. You can add in certain elements and add more focus to certain moments if that works better for your speech.

What is the typical presentation structure?

This is the usual flow of a presentation, which covers all the vital sections and is a good starting point for yours. It allows your audience to easily follow along and sets out a solid structure you can add your content to.

1. Greet the audience and introduce yourself

Before you start delivering your talk, introduce yourself to the audience and clarify who you are and your relevant expertise. This does not need to be long or incredibly detailed, but will help build an immediate relationship between you and the audience. It gives you the chance to briefly clarify your expertise and why you are worth listening to. This will help establish your ethos so the audience will trust you more and think you’re credible.

Read our tips on  How to Start a Presentation Effectively

2. Introduction

In the introduction you need to explain the subject and purpose of your presentation whilst gaining the audience’s interest and confidence. It’s sometimes helpful to think of your introduction as funnel-shaped to help filter down your topic:

• Introduce your general topic
• Explain your topic area
• State the issues/challenges in this area you will be exploring
• State your presentation’s purpose – this is the basis of your presentation so ensure that you provide a statement explaining how the topic will be treated, for example, “I will argue that…” or maybe you will “compare”, “analyse”, “evaluate”, “describe” etc.
• Provide a statement of what you’re hoping the outcome of the presentation will be, for example, “I’m hoping this will be provide you with…”
• Show a preview of the organisation of your presentation

In this section also explain:

• The length of the talk.
• Signal whether you want audience interaction – some presenters prefer the audience to ask questions throughout whereas others allocate a specific section for this.
• If it applies, inform the audience whether to take notes or whether you will be providing handouts.

The way you structure your introduction can depend on the amount of time you have been given to present: a  sales pitch  may consist of a quick presentation so you may begin with your conclusion and then provide the evidence. Conversely, a speaker presenting their idea for change in the world would be better suited to start with the evidence and then conclude what this means for the audience.

Keep in mind that the main aim of the introduction is to grab the audience’s attention and connect with them.

3. The main body of your talk

The main body of your talk needs to meet the promises you made in the introduction. Depending on the nature of your presentation, clearly segment the different topics you will be discussing, and then work your way through them one at a time – it’s important for everything to be organised logically for the audience to fully understand. There are many different ways to organise your main points, such as, by priority, theme, chronologically etc.

• Main points should be addressed one by one with supporting evidence and examples.
• Before moving on to the next point you should provide a mini-summary.
• Links should be clearly stated between ideas and you must make it clear when you’re moving onto the next point.
• Allow time for people to take relevant notes and stick to the topics you have prepared beforehand rather than straying too far off topic.

When planning your presentation write a list of main points you want to make and ask yourself “What I am telling the audience? What should they understand from this?” refining your answers this way will help you produce clear messages.

4. Conclusion

In presentations the conclusion is frequently underdeveloped and lacks purpose which is a shame as it’s the best place to reinforce your messages. Typically, your presentation has a specific goal – that could be to convert a number of the audience members into customers, lead to a certain number of enquiries to make people knowledgeable on specific key points, or to motivate them towards a shared goal.

Regardless of what that goal is, be sure to summarise your main points and their implications. This clarifies the overall purpose of your talk and reinforces your reason for being there.

Follow these steps:

• Signal that it’s nearly the end of your presentation, for example, “As we wrap up/as we wind down the talk…”
• Restate the topic and purpose of your presentation – “In this speech I wanted to compare…”
• Summarise the main points, including their implications and conclusions
• Indicate what is next/a call to action/a thought-provoking takeaway
• Move on to the last section

5. Thank the audience and invite questions

Conclude your talk by thanking the audience for their time and invite them to  ask any questions  they may have. As mentioned earlier, personal circumstances will affect the structure of your presentation.

Many presenters prefer to make the Q&A session the key part of their talk and try to speed through the main body of the presentation. This is totally fine, but it is still best to focus on delivering some sort of initial presentation to set the tone and topics for discussion in the Q&A.

Other common presentation structures

The above was a description of a basic presentation, here are some more specific presentation layouts:

Demonstration

Use the demonstration structure when you have something useful to show. This is usually used when you want to show how a product works. Steve Jobs frequently used this technique in his presentations.

• Explain why the product is valuable.
• Describe why the product is necessary.
• Explain what problems it can solve for the audience.
• Demonstrate the product  to support what you’ve been saying.
• Make suggestions of other things it can do to make the audience curious.

Problem-solution

This structure is particularly useful in persuading the audience.

• Briefly frame the issue.
• Go into the issue in detail showing why it ‘s such a problem. Use logos and pathos for this – the logical and emotional appeals.
• Provide the solution and explain why this would also help the audience.
• Call to action – something you want the audience to do which is straightforward and pertinent to the solution.

Storytelling

As well as incorporating  stories in your presentation , you can organise your whole presentation as a story. There are lots of different type of story structures you can use – a popular choice is the monomyth – the hero’s journey. In a monomyth, a hero goes on a difficult journey or takes on a challenge – they move from the familiar into the unknown. After facing obstacles and ultimately succeeding the hero returns home, transformed and with newfound wisdom.

Storytelling for Business Success  webinar , where well-know storyteller Javier Bernad shares strategies for crafting compelling narratives.

Another popular choice for using a story to structure your presentation is in media ras (in the middle of thing). In this type of story you launch right into the action by providing a snippet/teaser of what’s happening and then you start explaining the events that led to that event. This is engaging because you’re starting your story at the most exciting part which will make the audience curious – they’ll want to know how you got there.

• Great storytelling: Examples from Alibaba Founder, Jack Ma

Remaining method

The remaining method structure is good for situations where you’re presenting your perspective on a controversial topic which has split people’s opinions.

• Go into the issue in detail showing why it’s such a problem – use logos and pathos.
• Rebut your opponents’ solutions  – explain why their solutions could be useful because the audience will see this as fair and will therefore think you’re trustworthy, and then explain why you think these solutions are not valid.
• After you’ve presented all the alternatives provide your solution, the remaining solution. This is very persuasive because it looks like the winning idea, especially with the audience believing that you’re fair and trustworthy.

Transitions

When delivering presentations it’s important for your words and ideas to flow so your audience can understand how everything links together and why it’s all relevant. This can be done  using speech transitions  which are words and phrases that allow you to smoothly move from one point to another so that your speech flows and your presentation is unified.

Transitions can be one word, a phrase or a full sentence – there are many different forms, here are some examples:

Moving from the introduction to the first point

Signify to the audience that you will now begin discussing the first main point:

• Now that you’re aware of the overview, let’s begin with…
• First, let’s begin with…
• I will first cover…
• My first point covers…
• To get started, let’s look at…

Shifting between similar points

Move from one point to a similar one:

• In the same way…
• Likewise…
• Equally…
• This is similar to…
• Similarly…

Internal summaries

Internal summarising consists of summarising before moving on to the next point. You must inform the audience:

• What part of the presentation you covered – “In the first part of this speech we’ve covered…”
• What the key points were – “Precisely how…”
• How this links in with the overall presentation – “So that’s the context…”
• What you’re moving on to – “Now I’d like to move on to the second part of presentation which looks at…”

Physical movement

You can move your body and your standing location when you transition to another point. The audience find it easier to follow your presentation and movement will increase their interest.

A common technique for incorporating movement into your presentation is to:

• Start your introduction by standing in the centre of the stage.
• For your first point you stand on the left side of the stage.
• You discuss your second point from the centre again.
• You stand on the right side of the stage for your third point.
• The conclusion occurs in the centre.

Key slides for your presentation

Slides are a useful tool for most presentations: they can greatly assist in the delivery of your message and help the audience follow along with what you are saying. Key slides include:

• An intro slide outlining your ideas
• A  summary slide  with core points to remember
• High quality image slides to supplement what you are saying

There are some presenters who choose not to use slides at all, though this is more of a rarity. Slides can be a powerful tool if used properly, but the problem is that many fail to do just that. Here are some golden rules to follow when using slides in a presentation:

• Don’t over fill them  – your slides are there to assist your speech, rather than be the focal point. They should have as little information as possible, to avoid distracting people from your talk.
• A picture says a thousand words  – instead of filling a slide with text, instead, focus on one or two images or diagrams to help support and explain the point you are discussing at that time.
• Make them readable  – depending on the size of your audience, some may not be able to see small text or images, so make everything large enough to fill the space.
• Don’t rush through slides  – give the audience enough time to digest each slide.

Guy Kawasaki, an entrepreneur and author, suggests that slideshows should follow a  10-20-30 rule :

• There should be a maximum of 10 slides – people rarely remember more than one concept afterwards so there’s no point overwhelming them with unnecessary information.
• The presentation should last no longer than 20 minutes as this will leave time for questions and discussion.
• The font size should be a minimum of 30pt because the audience reads faster than you talk so less information on the slides means that there is less chance of the audience being distracted.

Here are some additional resources for slide design:

• 7 design tips for effective, beautiful PowerPoint presentations
• 11 design tips for beautiful presentations
• 10 tips on how to make slides that communicate your idea

Group Presentations

Group presentations are structured in the same way as presentations with one speaker but usually require more rehearsal and practices.  Clean transitioning between speakers  is very important in producing a presentation that flows well. One way of doing this consists of:

• Briefly recap on what you covered in your section: “So that was a brief introduction on what health anxiety is and how it can affect somebody”
• Introduce the next speaker in the team and explain what they will discuss: “Now Elnaz will talk about the prevalence of health anxiety.”
• Then end by looking at the next speaker, gesturing towards them and saying their name: “Elnaz”.
• The next speaker should acknowledge this with a quick: “Thank you Joe.”

From this example you can see how the different sections of the presentations link which makes it easier for the audience to follow and remain engaged.

Example of great presentation structure and delivery

Having examples of great presentations will help inspire your own structures, here are a few such examples, each unique and inspiring in their own way.

How Google Works – by Eric Schmidt

This presentation by ex-Google CEO  Eric Schmidt  demonstrates some of the most important lessons he and his team have learnt with regards to working with some of the most talented individuals they hired. The simplistic yet cohesive style of all of the slides is something to be appreciated. They are relatively straightforward, yet add power and clarity to the narrative of the presentation.

Start with why – by Simon Sinek

Since being released in 2009, this presentation has been viewed almost four million times all around the world. The message itself is very powerful, however, it’s not an idea that hasn’t been heard before. What makes this presentation so powerful is the simple message he is getting across, and the straightforward and understandable manner in which he delivers it. Also note that he doesn’t use any slides, just a whiteboard where he creates a simple diagram of his opinion.

The Wisdom of a Third Grade Dropout – by Rick Rigsby

Here’s an example of a presentation given by a relatively unknown individual looking to inspire the next generation of graduates. Rick’s presentation is unique in many ways compared to the two above. Notably, he uses no visual prompts and includes a great deal of humour.

However, what is similar is the structure he uses. He first introduces his message that the wisest man he knew was a third-grade dropout. He then proceeds to deliver his main body of argument, and in the end, concludes with his message. This powerful speech keeps the viewer engaged throughout, through a mixture of heart-warming sentiment, powerful life advice and engaging humour.

As you can see from the examples above, and as it has been expressed throughout, a great presentation structure means analysing the core message of your presentation. Decide on a key message you want to impart the audience with, and then craft an engaging way of delivering it.

By preparing a solid structure, and  practising your talk  beforehand, you can walk into the presentation with confidence and deliver a meaningful message to an interested audience.

It’s important for a presentation to be well-structured so it can have the most impact on your audience. An unstructured presentation can be difficult to follow and even frustrating to listen to. The heart of your speech are your main points supported by evidence and your transitions should assist the movement between points and clarify how everything is linked.

Research suggests that the audience remember the first and last things you say so your introduction and conclusion are vital for reinforcing your points. Essentially, ensure you spend the time structuring your presentation and addressing all of the sections.

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OpenAI's big event: CTO Mira Murati announces GPT-4o, which gives ChatGPT a better voice and eyes

• OpenAI's "Spring Update" revealed new updates to ChatGPT.
• OpenAI CTO Mira Murati kicked off the event.
• She announced GPT-4o, its next flagship AI model, with improved voice and vision capabilities.

OpenAI just took the wraps off a big new update to ChatGPT.

Cofounder and CEO Sam Altman had teased "new stuff" coming to ChatGPT and GPT-4 , the AI model that powers its chatbot, and told his followers to tune in Monday at 1 p.m. ET for its "Spring Update" to learn more.

Also ahead of time, Altman ruled that the event would reveal GPT-5 or a new OpenAI search engine, which is reportedly in the works. OpenAI is reportedly planning to eventually take on internet search giant Google with its own AI-powered search product.

But the big news on Monday was OpenAI's new flagship AI model, GPT-4o, which will be free to all users and "can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time." It was CTO Mira Murati who delivered the updates with no appearance on the livestream from Altman.

There were a ton of demos intended to demonstrate the real-time smarts of GPT-4o.

OpenAI researchers showed how the new ChatGPT can quickly translate speech and help with basic linear algebra using its visual capabilities. The use of the tech on school assignments has been a polarizing topic in education since it first launched.

Say hello to GPT-4o, our new flagship model which can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time: https://t.co/MYHZB79UqN Text and image input rolling out today in API and ChatGPT with voice and video in the coming weeks. pic.twitter.com/uuthKZyzYx — OpenAI (@OpenAI) May 13, 2024

OpenAI posted another example to X of how one can interact with the new ChatGPT bot. It resembled a video call, and it got pretty meta.

In the video, ChatGPT takes in the room around it, discerns it's a recording setup, figures it might have something to do with OpenAI since the user is wearing a hoodie, and then gets told that the announcement has to do with the AI — it is the AI. It reacts with a voice that sounds more emotive.

OpenAI also announced the desktop version of ChatGPT, and a new and improved user interface.

In addition to GPT-4o and ChatGPT, OpenAI's other products include its AI-powered image generator DALL-E , its unreleased text-to-video generator Sora , and its GPT app store.

You can catch up on our liveblog of the event below.

That’s a wrap! OpenAI concludes the event without an appearance from Altman.

OpenAI says text and image input for GPT-4o-powered ChatGPT is launching today. Meanwhile, voice and video options will drop in the coming weeks, the company said.

Although Altman didn't step in front of the camera, the CEO posted videos from the audience on X.

He also teases "more stuff to share soon."

GPT-4o can also break down charts

The new AI model can interact with code bases, the OpenAI execs say. The next demo shows it analyzing a chart from some data.

It's a plot of global temperatures. GPT-4o gives some takeaways from what it sees, and CTO Mira Murati asks about the Y axis, which the AI explains.

ChatGPT reads human emotions — with a stumble

For the last live demo of the day, Zoph holds his phone up to his face and asks ChatGPT to tell him how he looks. Initially, it identifies him as a "wooden surface" — a reference to an earlier photo he had shared.

But after a second try, the model gives a better answer.

"It looks like you're feeling pretty happy and cheerful," ChatGPT says, noting the small smile on Zoph's face.

In one of the final tests, ChatGPT becomes a translator

In response to a request from an X user, Murati speaks to ChatGPT in Italian.

In turn, the bot translates her query into English for Zoph and Chen.

"Mike, she wonders if whales could talk, what would they tell us?" she said in English after hearing Murati's Italian.

It's pretty impressive.

The video demo shows how it could help with math homework, including basic linear algebra

OpenAI Research Lead Barret Zoph walks through an equation on a whiteboard (3x+1=4), and ChatGPT gives him hints as he finds the value of x — making it basically a real-time math tutor.

At the beginning, the bot jumped the gun.

"Whoops, I got too excited," it said after it tried to solve the math problem hadn't been uploaded yet.

But it then walked him through each step, recognizing his written work as he tried to solve the equation.

It was able to recognize math symbols, and even a heart.

OpenAI's first demo: Talking to GPT-4o

It's demo time!

The new bot has a voice that sounds like an American female, but no word yet if you can change it.

OpenAI Research Lead Mark Chen pulled out ChatGPT on his phone and asks for advice on giving a live presentation using Voice Mode.

"Mark, you're not a vacuum cleaner," it responds when he hyperventilates, appearing to perceive his nervousness. It then tells him to moderate his breathing.

Some big changes, you can interrupt the AI now, and there shouldn't be the usual 2 or 3-second delay with GPT-4o.

It can also detect emotion, according to OpenAI.

GPT-4o will have improved voice capabilities

Murati emphasizes the necessity of safety with the real-time voice and audio capabilities of the new GPT-4o model.

She says OpenAI is "continuing our iterative deployment to bring all the capabilities to you."

Murati says the big news is a "new flagship model" called GPT-4o.

The new model is called GPT-4o, and Murati says that OpenAI is making a "huge step forward" with ease of use with the new model.

It's free for users, and "allows us to bring GPT-4 class intelligence to our free users," Murati says.

And we're off!

The livestream began with CTO Mira Murati at OpenAI's offices.

OpenAI is going to be announcing 3 things today, she says. "That's it."

For those who want to watch live, you can view the whole event here.

OpenAI will be livestreaming its spring update, which kicks off in less than an hour.

Axel Springer, Business Insider's parent company, has a global deal to allow OpenAI to train its models on its media brands' reporting.

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Sheboygan South High students to honor Hmong veterans, culture with community presentation

Hmong student organization leaders hope people who attend will learn about hmong veterans' contributions to us military and more about the culture..

SHEBOYGAN — The Hmong Student Organization at South High will host its first event to honor Hmong veterans and celebrate Hmong culture and history next week.  

The Hmong Veterans Day Presentation will be held on Hmong-Lao Veterans Day May 14, which Gov. Tony Evers designated in 2021 as a way to honor and recognize the Hmong veterans who contributed to the U.S. military efforts in the Secret War. The CIA recruited Hmong people in neighboring Laos to fight Communist forces during the Vietnam War.  

The presentation will not only honor Hmong veterans but explore other effects of the Secret War, like the impact on Hmong civilians who were displaced and separated from their families as they fled. Some estimates put the number of Hmong people who came to the U.S. from this conflict at the tens to hundreds of thousands.  

This will be the larger context of a play HSO wrote for the presentation, following two families as they flee to the U.S. and adjust to living in a new place.  

Though the play is fictional, HSO co-president and South senior Kelsie Vang said this is a story experienced by many Hmong families.  

Vang said Hmong families may wonder “what could’ve been" if they stayed with their families in Laos. “But they were separated and moved to America. It's such a true story," she said.

Autumn Lee, HSO co-president and South senior, said the play could give the older Hmong generation more visibility, too, by sharing a story that could resemble their own.  

Amanda Xiong, HSO public relations chairperson and South senior, said she wants students at South High to understand what Hmong people experienced during the Secret War.  

“That's not hugely covered in the social studies class,” Xiong said. “From this, I just want them to learn about Hmong culture and how Hmong people came to America, because even though there's a huge Hmong student (population) here, a lot of people still don't really know how they came to the United States and what they contributed to the war.” 

Sheboygan County has the fourth largest population of Hmong people in the state. Hmong people also account for more than 70% of the Asian American population in Sheboygan.  

“I really hope that the South High community and the community as a whole learns about Hmong culture because it is a fascinating culture,” HSO adviser and South special education teacher Randall McAdoo said. “I hope that we are able to continue this tradition.” 

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The presentation will feature a Hmong veteran guest speaker, play about the Secret War and more.

Images of Hmong people will be displayed as attendees arrive to the event, some depicting stages of them fleeing to the U.S.

The hour-long presentation will open with an introduction from McAdoo. The presentation guest speaker, Hmong Veteran Shua Yang, who was a First Sargeant in the U.S. Army’s military intelligence division, will follow.

After that, there will be an interactive Hmong language learning portion, a play called “Meet Me Under the Mango Tree” and a dance from the HSO Dance Team.  

Contact HSO adviser to reserve a seat for the Hmong Veteran Presentation.

The Hmong Veterans Day Presentation will be at in the auditorium at South High School, 1240 Washington Ave., from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. It is open to the public and the South High community. A limited number of seats are available. Contact Randall McAdoo at [email protected] to reserve a seat.

Have a story tip? Contact Alex Garner at 224-374-2332 or [email protected] . Follow her on X (formerly Twitter) at @alexx_garner .

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Televisaunivision leans on “cultura” at upfront.

The Spanish-language giant turned an event space into a day-long celebration of Latin culture, culminating in a performance from Becky G.

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TelevisaUnivision , the Spanish-language media giant, took a different approach to its upfront this year, turning the west side’s HK Hall into what the company called “Casa Cultura,” a venue that celebrates Latin and Hispanic culture, through food, music, entertainment and more.

The company, led by CEO Wade Davis, leaned on that message in a brief afternoon presentation to advertisers and media buyers (later that evening, the company brought in music star Becky G to lead a performance).

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The ad-supported tier of the company’s premium streaming platform, ViX, launched May 15, and it says it now has 50 million monthly active users.

TelevisaUnivision also leaned into music, launching Sistema Uforia, a music platform connecting brands to the company’s music touchpoints, and hosting Shakira, who announced that her song “Puntería” would be the official song of the company’s Copa America coverage.

“We’re putting culture front and center because it is the #1 driver of consumer behavior. And it’s Latin culture that is writing mainstream culture today in the United States,” Speciale told the crowd, noting the influence of Latinos on elections and business. “Brands can only win when they are relevant in the culture that surrounds them.”

TelevisaUnivision owns the Univision broadcast network, as well as the ViX streaming platform, among other offerings. ViX has been a top strategic priority, though the company has also made it available to some pay-TV partners, perhaps most notably Charter last September, which is when the company officially announced the ad tier of the platform.

Noticias Univision anchors Jorge Ramos and Ilia Calderon also participated in the presentation.

The company was created two years ago with the merger of Univision and Mexico’s Televisa.

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Budding fashion publicist Anna Delvey is putting on the first-ever “court-appearance-as-fashion-presentation” later this week, Page Six has learned.

As we first reported, the beloved scam artiste launched a fashion PR consultancy, the OutLaw Agency, with biz legend Kelly Cutrone last year.

Its first event was a buzzed-about Fashion Week show for suiting atelier SHAO New York that the agency staged on the roof of “Fake Heiress” Delvey’s East Village apartment (where she was under house arrest at the time).

Now we’re told that OutLaw’s second event will be an upcoming immigration hearing at a New York courtroom, which will double (whether it likes it or not) as a press preview for new pieces from SHAO New York.

Outlaw announced to Page Six on Wednesday that Delvey — who will be appearing at a hearing about her $10,000 bail bond, whether or not a court-ordered ban on her social media will be lifted, and the terms of her house arrest — will be “wearing a custom SHAO New York black oversized twill suit with a high-waisted pencil skirt and a high slit paired with a white cotton button-down shirt with built-in shoulder pads and a silk velvet pussy bow tie” for the court date. Sketches for the look even include her now-trademark ankle monitor.

With designers facing ever-more difficulty getting attention for their wares, it seems that the OutLaw team figured they may as well harness the attention from her court appearance to get press for their client (which is, after all, the job of a fashion PR consultant).

During her 2019 trial for screwing hotels, banks, other businesses and individuals out of tens of thousands of dollars by posing as a German artistocrat, Delvey’s courtroom fashion made almost as many headlines as her crimes. Delvey — whose real name is Anna Sorokin — used a stylist for her court appearances and even refused to attend her own hearing on one occasion after designer duds failed to arrive at her cell in time for her to appear in appropriately chic attire.

We’re told Delvey and designer Shao Yang put together this week’s bold look as a comment on the expectation that defendants should wear demure outfits in front of judges.

“Why are we as women being asked to dress a certain way when we enter a courtroom, or a boardroom, or a dinner party? Why are others trying to control our level of innocence based on what we wear?,” OutLaw Agency co-founder Cutrone told us, “This is discrimination in its most subtle and intriguing form and we’re here to change it up. We have respect for the legal system and they should have respect for the fashion system.”

Delvey was convicted on attempted grand larceny, larceny in the second degree, and theft of services, and was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison .

She served two years and was remanded into the custody of ICE in 2022. She’s since been fighting to stay in the US rather than face deportation to Germany.

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Event Title UPDATED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION: June 4, 2024: Meeting of the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement June 4, 2024

What is an advisory committee.

Advisory committees provide independent expert advice to the FDA on broad scientific topics or on certain products to help the agency make sound decisions based on the available science. Advisory committees make non-binding recommendations to the FDA, which generally follows the recommendations but is not legally bound to do so. Please see, " Advisory Committees Give FDA Critical Advice and the Public a Voice ," for more information.

UPDATED INFORMATION (as of May 15, 2024):

The public participation information has been changed for the June 4, 2024, meeting of the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee. The deadline for making formal oral presentation requests has been extended from Friday, May 17, 2024 to Tuesday, May 21, 2024 . The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by May 22, 2024 .

All other information remains the same.

ORIGINAL INFORMATION:

Center: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Location: FDA and invited participants may attend the meeting at FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 Conference Center, the Great Room (Rm. 1503), Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. The public will have the option to participate via an online teleconferencing and/or video conferencing platform, and the advisory committee meeting will be heard, viewed, captioned, and recorded through an online teleconferencing and/or video conferencing platform.

The meeting presentations will be heard, viewed, captioned, and recorded through an online teleconferencing and/or video conferencing platform. The Committee will discuss new drug application 215455, for midomafetamine (MDMA) capsules, submitted by Lykos Therapeutics, for the proposed indication of treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. The Committee will be asked to discuss the overall benefit-risk profile of the product, including the potential public health impact.

Meeting Materials

FDA intends to make background material and the link to the live webcast available to the public no later than two (2) business days before the meeting in the Event Materials section of this web page. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its website prior to the meeting, the background material will be made publicly available on FDA’s website at the time of the advisory committee meeting. The meeting will include slide presentations with audio and video components to allow the presentation of materials for online participants in a manner that most closely resembles an in-person advisory committee meeting.

Public Participation Information

Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee.

FDA is establishing a docket for public comment on this meeting. The docket number is FDA-2024-N-1938 . Please note that late, untimely filed comments will not be considered. The docket will close on June 3, 2024. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of June 3, 2024. Comments received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) will be considered timely if they are received on or before that date.

Comments received on or before May 23, 2024 will be provided to the Committee. Comments received after that date will be taken into consideration by FDA. In the event that the meeting is cancelled, FDA will continue to evaluate any relevant applications or information, and consider any comments submitted to the docket, as appropriate. You may submit comments as follows:

Electronic Submissions

Submit electronic comments in the following way:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment does not include any confidential information that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone else’s Social Security number, or confidential business information, such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov .
• If you want to submit a comment with confidential information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner detailed (see “Written/Paper Submissions” and “Instructions”).

Written/Paper Submissions

Submit written/paper submissions as follows:

• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
• For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, as confidential, if submitted as detailed in “Instructions.”

Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. FDA-2024-N-1938 for “Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments-- midomafetamine (MDMA) capsules.” Received comments, those filed in a timely manner, will be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted as “Confidential Submissions,” publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 240-402-7500.

• Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states “THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.” FDA will review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov . Submit both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish your name and contact information be made publicly available, you can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of your comments and you must identify the information as “confidential.” Any information marked as “confidential” will not be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA’s posting of comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access the information at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf .

Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in the heading of this document, into the “Search” box and follow the prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852, 240-402-7500.

Oral Presentations

Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 2 p.m. and 3.p.m Eastern Time and will take place entirely through an online meeting platform. Those individuals interested in making formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before May 17, 2024.

Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by May 20, 2024.

Webcast Information

CDER plans to provide a free of charge, live webcast of the upcoming advisory committee meeting. If there are instances where the webcast transmission is not successful, staff will work to re-establish the transmission as soon as possible. Further information regarding the webcast, including the web address for the webcast, will be made available no later than two (2) business days before the meeting in the Event Materials section of this web page.

CDER plans to post archived webcasts after the meeting, however, in cases where transmission was not successful, archived webcasts will not be available.

Contact Information

• Joyce Frimpong, PharmD Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue WO31-2417 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002 Phone: 240-762-8729 Email: [email protected]
• FDA Advisory Committee Information Line 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington DC area) Please call the Information Line for up-to-date information on this meeting.
• For press inquiries, please contact the Office of Media Affairs at [email protected] or 301–796–4540.

A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the agency’s website or call the committee’s Designated Federal Officer (see Contact Information) to learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting.

Persons attending FDA’s advisory committee meetings are advised that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets. FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with disabilities. If you require accommodations due to a disability, please contact the committee’s Designated Federal Officer (see Contact Information) at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.

Answers to commonly asked questions including information regarding special accommodations due to a disability may be accessed at: Common Questions and Answers about FDA Advisory Committee Meetings .

FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee meetings. Please visit our Web site at Public Conduct During FDA Advisory Committee Meetings for procedures on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.

Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app.2).

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Drag performance at Sutton school event brings uproar, call for audit

SUTTON ― The School Committee on Thursday called for an independent financial audit into the Connections Conference , an annual event at Sutton High School that focuses on social justice, following concerns over a session in which a drag performer danced and sang on top of a table.

The committee passed a motion after a tense four-hour special hearing on Thursday evening at the school auditorium, where dozens of people directed comments at Sutton Memorial High School Principal Edward McCarthy and the five-member school board.

John Sullivan, who said he has three children in the Sutton school system, said that he “was not happy with the direction our schools have been going on,” referencing the Connections Conference.

“I understand there are several touchy social issues in the world today … these social issues can be taught in a way where we're not going to the extreme ends of the spectrum,” Sullivan said. “I've never pushed my kids on my opinions or my beliefs. … I will not accept they go to school and have the beliefs of others pushed upon them or be made to feel they're wrong if they disagree.

“These are my kids, not yours.”

Officers of the Sutton Police Department were present at the meeting. McCarthy said that following this year’s conference on March 15 , at least two bomb threats were made to the school, and death threats were directed at school officials, including McCarthy.

The School Committee had planned to address the conference at its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, but the hearing was pushed to Thursday when the virtual portion of the meeting crashed due to high attendance.

At the beginning of the meeting on Thursday, McCarthy emphasized the benefits of the Connections Conference, while also apologizing to those in attendance, acknowledging that “three minutes of that presentation went a little bit too far."

“To paint an entire conference, an entire group, an entire community because three minutes went a little beyond what we expected does a disservice to all the work that they do,” said McCarthy. “Those people donate their time, their energy to people who are in danger, people who are ostracized and often have nobody else.”

The student-run Connections Conference held its fifth event this year, hosting 615 students from 56 high schools across New England. It was held on a professional development day, when classes were closed at the high school.

Workshops included a meet-and-greet with Cynthia Smith, a New York Times bestselling children’s author; and trans youth activist Kai Shappley.

One of the workshops also included an event by Pride Worcester that featured a drag performer, according to different sources, with humor and singing as part of the act.

Attempts to reach Pride Worcester were not immediately successful.

In an interview Friday, McCarthy reiterated that certain aspects of the performance during the Pride Worcester workshop were “not necessarily appropriate for a workshop,” adding that the drag performer did a cartwheel during the performance.

“But do I think that there's anything wrong with drag? Absolutely not,” said McCarthy. “They’re an important part of the LGBTQ+ community. The work that those guys do, I think, is just very powerful in our community.”

For the better part of the hearing on Thursday, which kicked off at 7:30 p.m., the board opened a public discussion, during which each speaker was limited to three minutes at the microphone.

“I’m not worried that my kids seeing a drag queen is going to make them gay,” said Jen Heck, a Sutton resident, “just like I’m not worried about my kids seeing someone with a gun is going to make them a killer, or seeing someone with a doughnut is going to make them fat.”

Lindsay Wilk, a resident of Sutton, also showed support for Connections Conference.

“I’ve attended the conference three times, and it’s always been a very energized day and wonderful for our students,” said Wilk. “These programs help to teach our kids that there are not acceptable things to be saying at school or anyplace else.

“Connections is not perfect, but it’s something.”

Some conference supporters in attendance wore shirts with the workshop’s logo. When approached by a reporter, they refused to comment and asked the reporter to leave the auditorium.

Jennifer Day-DeMora, a resident of Sutton, said she felt the school system was “developing a culture of fear, distrust, divisiveness and confusion."

“Students are now questioning everything they've been taught by parents, and not in a way that allows them to be critical thinkers,” said DeMora.

The School Committee closed the public discussion around 10:30 p.m., following with a motion for a financial audit into the Connections Conference, at the request of many residents who spoke at the meeting on Thursday.

When asked after the meeting about the audit, McCarthy said the conference is financed by private donations.

“I hope that people have their questions answered,” said McCarthy.