How to build a McKinsey-style presentation: step by step
Learn how to build a McKinsey-style presentation step by step: storyline, executive summary, action titles and slide design.
Business presentation checklist: is your deck ready?
A business presentation checklist based on consulting standards: storyline, consistency and slide bodies. Make sure your deck is ready.
How is a consulting slide deck structured?
How is a consulting slide deck structured? Executive summary, horizontal and vertical flows, structure slides and back-up. Explained simply.
Chart types: how to choose the right chart for your data
Chart types explained: bar, line, stacked, waterfall, bubble or scatter. Choose the right chart for your data.
Anatomy of a consulting slide: what great slides share
The anatomy of a consulting slide: action title, slide body, supporting elements. The standards every consulting slide meets, part by part.
Action titles: how to write slide titles like a consultant
How to write action titles, the slide titles consultants use: action vs descriptive titles, examples, and a test to check your story flows.
How to present to C-level executives: what they expect and how to deliver it
How to present to C-level executives: what senior leaders expect, lead with the answer, structure your evidence, end with a clear ask.
How to use the Slide Master and build a slide library
How to use the slide master in PowerPoint or Google Slides, and build a slide library, to make your decks faster to build and consistent.
How to write an executive summary slide (with example)
How to write an executive summary slide: step-by-step consulting method, concrete example and common mistakes to avoid.
One message per slide: why it matters and how to apply it
Why every slide should contain only one message: what the rule means, why it works, and what to do when you have too much to…
The MECE principle explained with examples
The MECE principle explained: what mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive means. With examples, a check and the mistakes to avoid.
What is the Pyramid Principle? Minto’s method explained
What is the Pyramid Principle? Minto’s top-down method explained: main message, MECE arguments, evidence, with a concrete business example.
SCR framework: Situation, Complication, Resolution explained
The SCR framework (Situation, Complication, Resolution), a simplified version of Minto’s SCQA. Learn how consultants communicate.
Every business presentation should tell a story
Writing a good story is one of the most important aspects of building a presentation. Learn why.
Consultants care about slide layout, and you should too
Learn why consultants care so much about slide layout while it’s overlooked by most other professionals.
