Vishal Abhimanyu
August 19, 2025
Building Great Presentation Teams
Procrastination is real. As a manager, accept last-minute crunches and focus the team on delivering clarity quickly—not perfection. Speed comes from constraints and flow.
Use two fonts, clean margins, and one accent color. Simple design reduces decisions, saves time, and keeps attention on the message.
Use two fonts, clean margins, and one accent color. Simple design reduces decisions, saves time, and keeps attention on the message.
Before building, answer: What’s the main message? What should the audience know? Why should they care? Include only minimum content that advances those answers.
When time is tight, rehearse a one-minute version. Pick two or three takeaways, distill keywords onto a cue card, and practice until they feel natural.
Add a simple story arc: hook, challenge, outcome. Stories engage, aid memory, and speed prep because structure reveals what to include—and what to drop.
Protect the opening. Practice the first 30–60 seconds until smooth. A strong start calms nerves, sets context, and buys time to settle into the flow.
Templatize the work. Use Slide Master to lock fonts, colors, and layouts. Save a .potx centrally. Open the template, drop content, and ship—no formatting rabbit holes.
Build a slide library: charts, timelines, team intros, thank-you. Start from proven slides, not zero. Small tweaks beat full rework when deadlines loom.