Planning Presentation Templates

Before you create the slides in Microsoft PowerPoint, you must determine the format of the presentation and the information to include in the presentation.

Begin by reviewing previous successful presentations to see the sections they contain. For example, do they all contain an agenda, an executive overview, and a product summary? Also, review the current slides you have on hand, and note the customer questions these slides answer. Then determine how to organize the information. What topics are standard across all presentations? What topics are specific to certain presentations? What is the best order for the parts of the presentation? Finally, determine the fields to insert to customize the presentation (for example, contact name, account name, and industry). You use this information to create bookmarks in the Microsoft PowerPoint slides.