Aug
12
2015
Companies and individuals use powerpoint presentations for a variety of purposes, one of the most common being sales presentations and other pitches. But one of the common denominators to the great range of slide shows given is the comparative mediocrity of their Powerpoint design. It is, sadly, all too normal to sit through a set of slides that brings little or nothing (or, in the worst cases, even less) to a talk which may itself be tedious enough as it is.
One of Powerpoint’s greatest strengths is also its chief weakness. If it was difficult to use then we would think about it differently. When we need software designing, an interactive website creating – even copy written, often – we employ a professional to do it. But Powerpoint design is different. Like written copy, it is something that untrained and inexperienced people can do. Sometimes, they will do it well. Unfortunately, though, in the majority of cases the results will be amateurish. When they are deployed in the context of a key or high-stakes sales presentation, the effect is predictably disastrous: they simply do not work.
Sales pitches need to engage their audiences. They need to convince and to wow. People need to come away from them impressed, but not just by showy graphics. They need to have a clear idea of the product or service you are promoting, and of why it can do the job better than any of the competition. The more simply and clearly you can communicate this, the better.
This is why there are companies out there dedicated to creating effective Powerpoint slide shows – as well as the spoken presentations they should complement. And it is complement, rather than duplicate or, in the worst cases, being a redundant extra. The Powerpoint and spoken word should work together, rather than one propping the other up. You can communicate detail on a slide that you cannot via a verbal presentation; equally, there are things that you cannot represent well on a slide.
Really convincing powerpoint presentations are hard to create. Powerpoint design is difficult to do really well, though anyone can do it badly. If your sales presentations are lacking in that ‘wow’ factor, that will soon show up in your bottom line. On the other hand, if you employ the right consultants or pay for the training to enable you to do it yourself, you should quickly find you realise a return on investment for your time and money.
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May
9
2011
With the downturn in the British economy many employees in the hospitality sector found themselves out of business. It’s barely surprising that people should stay at home or scale back in times of hardship; holidays away were replaced by the ‘staycation’, evenings out replaced by takeaway in, and so on. Because the recession was global, it didn’t necessarily make much sense to look further off for work. Now, that situation might be changing. Let’s say you’re looking for hotel jobs Dubai was very badly hit by the financial crisis, but there are jobs available if you search in the right area. Similarly, for hospitality jobs Singapore is currently a good place to look. Overall, for the hospitality and in particular hotel jobs, Gulf states are full of vacancies, as a trawl of dedicated recruitment websites will demonstrate to you.
So, if you have no great attachment to the UK, or just want to ride out a choppy recovery here and experience a different culture for a few years, it might well be worth widening your jobseeking. The benefits of working abroad are numerous. The UK economy is still struggling somewhat, and it is uncertain what effect the significant cuts are going to have on both public and private sectors. Some commentators warn that they are so deep that they might push the country back into recession: the feared ‘double dip’. Even if this is an exaggeration, the most recent figures show that growth has broadly been flat for the last six months. As cuts start to take effect, it’s hard to see how that is going to sky-rocket any time soon. The best we can hope for is a gradual – and tough – climb out of the hole. Now is therefore the perfect time for anyone with transferrable skills to think about taking them elsewhere – assuming that changing job markets haven’t already meant you’ve had to start thinking outside the box or planning a major career change.
Whilst you may have considered working abroad but closer to home – perhaps in France, or the US (where at least the language and culture are broadly similar) – there are opportunities further east. Try hotel jobs Dubai or more broadly hotel jobs gulf as a search with a specialist recruitment agency and see what comes up – you might be surprised. Further east still, hospitality jobs Singapore might turn up a job that interests you. You won’t know until you try!
Please visit http://www.asiacaterer.com/ for further information about this topic.
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