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3 Steps to Turn a Report into an Executive Presentation—Step 3

You have gathered and analyzed some interesting budget, operations, research, or workforce data and described your findings in a written report for your work team. Now it’s time to brief top-level executives on this valuable information. Your purpose is to summarize (“Executize”) the data and explain its significance without overwhelming your audience with too much detail. To turn your report into a tailored presentation that meets the needs of those executives, use a three-step approach: PLAN, DECONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT.

Our previous two blogs explored how to plan and deconstruct your report. Now we are ready to reconstruct your Storyboard as a PowerPoint presentation. Read more ›

3 Steps to Turn a Report into an Executive Presentation—Step 2

You have gathered and analyzed some interesting budget, operations, research, or workforce data and described your findings in a written report for your work team. Now it’s time to brief top-level executives on this valuable information. Your purpose is to summarize (“Executize”) the data and communicate its significance without overwhelming your audience with too much detail. To turn your report into a tailored presentation that meets the needs of those executives, use a three-step approach: PLAN, DECONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT.

Our first of three blogs 3 Steps to Turn a Report into an Executive Presentation–Step 1 explored the planning step. Now we are ready to deconstruct your report: Read more ›

3 Steps to Turn a Report into an Executive Presentation—Step 1

You have gathered and analyzed some interesting budget, operations, research, or workforce data and described your findings in a written report for your work team. Now it’s time to brief top-level executives on this valuable information. Your purpose is to summarize (“Executize”) the data and communicate its significance without overwhelming your audience with too much detail. To turn your report into a tailored presentation that meets the needs of those executives, use a three-step approach: PLAN, DECONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT.

This first of three blogs explores the planning step:

Step 1: Plan your presentation. However imminent your deadline, take time to think about the significance of your information and its relationship to the concerns of your audience. Read more ›