20 Digital Marketing Trends & Predictions for 2016

Editor's Notes

1. Verne Harnish “Growth Guy” Verne Harnish is founder of the Entrepreneurs‘ Organization (EO) and is well-known as the “Growth Guy”. He is also founder and CEO of Gazelles, Inc.This sample presentation is for entrepreneurs and executives of companies, aimed at helping them better manage the chaos that comes with growing a business. The Gazelles presentations are clear and concise; simple, yet bold – it is the style embraced by growth firms. My PowerPoint style is not a lot of words on a slide – just key concepts. I like to use the black background, because it provides a lot of contrast and will let the words come out more intensively. My presentation style is to stand in front of the audience without a podium and share lots of stories of actual growth companies, like those represented in my audience, applying and having success with our tools and techniques. Audiences tend to not remember facts, but they’ll remember the stories. More specifically, I’ll share a key point (highlighted in the PowerPoint), tell a story, then review how the story relates back to the key point. Then I’ll ask the audience to take a few minutes and apply the key point to their own company. Note: You understand that Microsoft does not endorse or control the content provided in the following presentation. Slide Notes: Color coding used to delineate key points and align with key elements of my company.In this case, the yellow bar to the left is one of the two key colors of our logo. You’ll find custom layouts with a few color options, such as those on subsequent slides, on the Home tab under Slides. To change the color of objects on any slide layout, switch to Slide Master view. On the Themes tab, under Master Views, click Edit Master, and then click Slide Master. Black on black background – embed an image of your own logo (the double swish you see is similar to the one from our old Gazelles logo) To replace the ‘Your Logo’ placeholder with your own logo, switch to Slide Master view. On the Themes tab, under Master Views, click Edit Master, and then click Slide Master. When you replace the placeholder image with your logo on the slide master, it will appear on all slides.