Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William Arruda covers personal branding, leadership, and careers. Presentation slides have been a standard part of business ...

Presentation slides are optional. A presentation is not a set of slides: It is about someone having something to say to an audience. Creating slides is therefore less important than planning the ...

If I have to read a white paper, I’m at least getting a presentation out of it. Thankfully, that doesn’t have to be painful ...

PowerPoints are awful. Long and uninteresting, they are the corporate drone of visual media–synonymous with endless meetings, academic conferences, and corporate retreats. For graphic designers, ...

As a professional speaker who delivers over sixty talks per year, I know firsthand how technical malfunctions can leave even the most seasoned speakers feeling flustered and frustrated. When a slide ...

Q: Next week I’m making a presentation to some colleagues at work. (It basically outlines an approach for promoting one of our products in 2010.) My first draft of the presentation was 42 slides, and ...

Creating good presentations has always been an important part of learning and teaching. Students use slides to explain ideas, complete assignments, and present projects clearly. Teachers use them to ...

From million-dollar slide shows to Steve Jobs’s introduction of the iPhone, a bit of show business never hurt plain old business. It’s 1948, and it isn’t a great year for alcohol. Prohibition has come ...

Mari Carmen is the founder of Whole Leadership Systems, a coach, speaker and Chief Human Resources Officer at Avet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Boardroom presentations can be the perfect opportunity to show ...