Story by Design Workshops
PowerPoint Presentation Training
Your team has valuable ideas - this workshop makes sure their slides show it. Over two focused sessions, participants will build practical skills in executive storytelling and visual design, learning how to structure a narrative, clean up their slides, and create presentations that actually move people to action.
The program blends foundational concepts with hands-on practice, so everyone walks away with both the knowledge and the confidence to present at a higher level. Follow-up office hours keep the learning going after the sessions wrap.
Session 1: Storytelling-Driven Presentation Design
Learn to structure presentations around a clear narrative, distill complex ideas into focused messages, and design slides that reinforce your story and keep audiences engaged.
Story Structure
Build presentations around a clear arc that takes audiences from problem to solution, so your message lands every time.
Data Storytelling
Turn numbers into insights by adding context and connecting data points to the decisions that matter most.
Condense multi-slide narratives into sharp summaries that work for even the most time-pressed audiences.
Executive Communication
Apply visual hierarchy, strategic color, and concise language to create slides that are clean, clear, and built to persuade.
Slide Design
Use animation strategically to reveal information sequentially, guide audience attention, and control the flow of your story.
Animation & Pacing
Slide Redesign
Apply storytelling techniques to redesign your own critical slides through structured practice and peer coaching.
Put it all together - redesign your slides and deliver your presentation with instructor and peer feedback in real time.
Hands-On Lab
Walk away with concrete, actionable input on both your design choices and your delivery from your peers.
Peer Feedback
Take your presentations to the next level with advanced techniques built for high-stakes moments. This session digs into animation, slide redesign, and live delivery practice, all using your own slides, with real-time feedback from peers and the instructor.
Session 2: Advanced Techniques & Hands-On Lab
Follow-Up Office Hours (2 Sessions)
The week following the training, we’ll have two 1-hour sessions designed to keep the momentum going. Bring your real work — whether it's a presentation in progress, a slide you're stuck on, or a specific challenge from the workshop — and get personalized feedback and guidance to keep leveling up your skills.