Smarten up your
team's presentation design skills

An online workshop on how to make design work for your team's presentations.

Duration
3 weeks
weekly study
2 hours
format
Live virtual classes
Pricing
From 199€/participant
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A course designed for impact

For anyone who is tired of presentation drama

1

Better design skills

Teach your team how to pull off effective visuals on your own.

2

Shorter design time

Speed up your workflow and waste less time in your slide app.

3

Less stress

Take the hassle out of your team's process and avoid last-minute crunches.

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First A. Last Name

XYZ Company

Meet your instructor

Jonas Barre

I work with teams to develop effective presentations.

I have been bringing ideas and services to life using visual design for the past five years. This workshop distills my best insights, lessons and examples– suitable for any team that wants to create impactful presentations with smart visuals.

Experience
5+ years
Slides designed
7000+
languages
3 *

* The course can be facilitated in the following languages:

🇬🇧 English

🇩🇪 German

🇳🇱 Dutch

The curriculum

The right mix of design theory, hands-on slide training and useful examples to level up your design skills

week 1
Design Psychology

How does design influence people?

  • Understand the impact of design
  • Learn why our brains love visuals
  • Figure out where visual design can add value in your team
  • Examples of influential designs and design-focused organisations
week 2
Common missteps

What are the biggest design sins and how can I avoid them?

  • Recognise the most common presentation design mistakes
  • Examples of widespread design sins and possible design fixes
  • Learn how to set yourself up for design success
week 3
quick wins

How do I work smarter, not harder?

  • Learn how to streamline the presentation design process
  • Find out how to leverage your design skills at scale
  • Improve your design speed with timesavers and shortcuts

Design for non-designers

Learn the principles behind engaging and effective design.

Design Psychology

How does design influence people?

  • Understand the impact of design
  • Learn why our brains love visuals
  • Figure out where visual design can add value in your team
  • Examples of influential designs and design-focused organisations
Design Fundamentals

What are the building blocks of design?

  • Understand the impact of the design toolbox (colours, shapes, typography, imagery and layouts).
  • Understand the peculiarities of presentation design
  • Learn how to leverage presentation templates the right way
design inspiration

How can I recognise good design?

  • Learn the five basic design principles that make up effective design
  • Find sources for design inspiration you can draw on
  • Examples of effective presentation designs

Best practices for visual communication

Learn how to leverage design to get your point across.

Common missteps

What are the biggest design sins and how can I avoid them?

  • Recognise the most common presentation design mistakes
  • Examples of widespread design sins and possible design fixes
  • Learn how to set yourself up for design success
presenting with visuals

How do I convey information through intuitive visuals?

  • Understand the main applications for visual communication
  • Recognise the nine universally understood types of presentation visuals
  • Pick up the basics of visualising data
pro tips

What are some techniques of professional designers?

  • Learn how professional designers approach each slide
  • See some common design tricks used by the pros
  • Get a list of the most commonly used libraries and resources used by professional designers

Proven workflows & timesavers

Develop the skills to improve existing slides or start from scratch.

quick wins

How do I work smarter, not harder?

  • Learn how to streamline the presentation design process
  • Find out how to leverage your design skills at scale
  • Improve your design speed with timesavers and shortcuts
Slide makeover

How can I improve the design of existing presentation slides?

  • Understand the presentation design makeover process
  • Learn our framework for systematically improving presentation slides
  • Examples of before and after presentation designs
team work

What are the best ways to create presentations as a team?

  • Identify the common time sinks and pain points
  • Learn how to eliminate the biggest presentation roadblocks for teams
  • Discover some of the best collaboration and design tools available for teams

A comprehensive package to improve your team's visual skills

Start with a strong foundation and keep learning with regular updates and design tips

During the course
3

Weekly online lectures

The core of the program consists of three online lectures with the right balance of design theory, practical slide training as well as room for your questions.

Slides

3 x 50 slides

length

3 x 90 min

format

Interactive

25

Practical examples

The lectures cover a range of  examples of commonly needed types of slides with loads of useful and inspiring examples you can draw from for your next project.

7

Design walkthroughs

During the lectures we show how to put theory into practise by demonstrating some design work live for everyone to follow on the instructor's screen.

3

Group activities

In order to make some of the key concepts more tangible and enrich the learning experience, we have developed short and engaging group tasks.

After the course

Course materials

Get access to the visual design handbook, best practices and slide design checklist.

Continuous design tips

Receive bi-weekly design tips to each participant's email inbox.

Inspiration collection

Get access to all design examples covered during class and more for your reference.

Remote
Design Class

Your team can now take our presentation design class from home.

Our comprehensive package includes live virtual classes, take-home exercises and additional materials that teach your team how

Why learn from us?

We are presentation nerds with years of experience in visual thinking and slide design. We are proud of the presentation visuals we have created for organisations across various industries.

Pricing

You know best what your team needs.

Base workshop

Standard course & access to materials
  • 3 weekly online group lectures

  • 3 weekly challenges

  • Access to course materials

  • Access to inspirational design collection

  • Design tips email newsletter

per participant
199 €
excluding VAT
Contact us

Customise your course

  • Examples in your template

    We use your organisation's presentation template to demonstrate design principles as well as slide makeover examples.

    999 €
    excluding VAT
  • 10 individual support hours

    We help participants during one-on-one video calls to discuss their questions as well as specific presentations they are currently working on.

    999 €
    excluding VAT

Need custom content?

Please get in touch to discuss how we can best help you.
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Next steps

Booking the perfect course for your team is simple

Contact us

Get in touch with any questions you have

Configure your course

Discuss customisation and set a date

Intake form

Participants answer some questions about their presentation habits

Course starts

The course is facilitated online using your preferred video call provider

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We are happy to help you figure out exactly what you need.

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What are you interested in?

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

More information about this course

Does this course comply with Covid-19 safety measures?

This course is offered exclusively online and facilitated using group video calls, so your team can participate safely without the need for physical meetings.

Not only is this course a safe way to up-skill your team during Covid-19, we have created an engaging and instructive online course that leverages technology to offer an engaging and comprehensive learning experience.

What group sizes are possible?

The minimum group size consists of five participants and we recommend to split groups larger than twelve to keep class sizes small and ensure ample opportunity for individual attention.

Is the course only for teams or also individuals?

This course is primarily made for teams, meaning groups of people with similar goals and design constraints. We tailor each class to the group at hand, for example by selecting more relevant industry examples and use cases.

What is the purpose of the intake form?

Before the course, we send the intake form to each course participant to understand more about their individual role, design experience and individual pain points. We then tweak the course in response to the participants' answers and questions from the intake form.

Can you create custom workshop content for my team?

Yes, we can create custom workshop content tailor-made for your group. Please get in touch using the contact form to discuss your requirements and we will respond with a quotation to customise your workshop.

Do the skills covered by this course only apply to presentations?

Although this course focuses primarily on presentation design, the majority of visual design principles can be applied to other types of communication forms. Presentation design, by nature, draws on other disciplines such as multimedia design, infographics, data visualisation and motion design.

Hence, the lessons we cover in this course will not only advance your team's presentation design skills, but can also be used to further your team's overall ability to leverage visual communication.

Is the course only taught in English?

The course can be facilitated in English, German and Dutch.

What software are you using to design your presentations?

Although most of our clients use MS PowerPoint, the design principles, workflows and examples covered in the course do not pertain to a specific software product and we can also use Google Slides or Apple Keynote. If you need us to work in another software, please contact us to discuss the specifics.

Besides training design skills, can you actually design our presentations?

Yes, we also design individual presentations as well as presentation templates and design systems that improve the quality, ease and speed at which teams are able to present their ideas visually to different stakeholders. You can find out more about our work and reach out to us for more information.

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From the presentation nerds at smartvizual

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