The Eyeful Blog
This is where we share whatever excites our storytellers, presentation designers, or trainers (or, on occasion, gets them hot under the collar).
You might be looking for pithy sales presentation best practice or the very latest thinking on PowerPoint design. If it’s presentation related, chances are you’ll find it on our blog (we’ve even made it searchable to make it quicker and easier to access the good stuff).
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Mastering Sustain: Elevate Your Post-Presentation Engagement Strategies
In a world flooded with video content, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to capture the attention of busy stakeholders who don’t have the time or energy to sit through lengthy recordings.
As a result, businesses need to adapt their communication methods to ensure their messages resonate and engage their target audience effectively. This blog will explore different options to enhance your engagement strategies and elevate your Sustain concept, ultimately transforming you from a salesperson into a ‘trusted advisor’.
How To Optimise Your Client Conversations
My last look at the oft-forgotten world of getting the most out of client conversations seemed to hit a bit of a chord with the design fraternity.
So, to keep momentum on the subject, I’ve prepared for you lucky people a video version of my musings where we go into a bit more depth on 6 key areas, so you can get even more joy out of me having to learn the hard way over the years.
5 Ways To Keep Your Presentation Svelte (And Why It Matters)
PowerPoint presentation files have succumbed to the effects of time, expanding into cumbersome and bloated files that prove challenging to share.
Panic not! Help is at hand as our self-confessed presentation geeks share several strategies to help you slim down your bloated presentation files and get them back to their nimble and streamlined origins.
Presenting is a Privilege
Presenting to an audience is a privilege, and they deserve your utmost respect. Remember, they are investing their time, attention, and willingness to connect with your story.
Prioritise them, keep them engaged, and don’t take them for granted, or you risk losing them.
Empower Your Audience with Simplicity & a Touch of Occam’s Razor
We all know simplicity in presentations is a good thing – using clear language, avoiding jargon, presenting information in a visually appealing way etc. etc.
But have you considered how simplicity empowers audiences to do the right thing?
Read on to find out how simplicity can unlock your presentation’s potential.
Designers: 6 ways to improve client conversations to (probably) nail it first time
Professional presentation designers are always looking for ways to improve client conversations. These discussions are key to unlocking new ideas, building stronger relationships, and ultimately delivering presentations that exceed the expectations of your client…and their audiences.
Read on to learn our ‘starters for six’.
Reflecting on Employee Ownership
The One Where Eyeful’s founder, Simon Morton, Shares His Experience of Selling the Business to its Employees.
Featuring on the Succession Plus podcast, Simon delves into the concept of Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs) and explains how the process works. And then, we dig deeper into the importance of the EOT to the Eyeful team, their customers and how it impacts the overall business.
How to Onboard Your Brand New Sales Deck
With great sales tools comes great responsibility!
Onboarding a new sales tool into your team’s workflow can seem intimidating at first, but with the proper guidance and strategies, it doesn’t have to be.
We explore some key tips for successfully onboarding your latest sales presentation in a way that ensures your team quickly realises its value.
