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Design Like a Pro SmartArt, Charts, and Organization Charts in PowerPoint

Wednesday,
February 25, 2026
Time:
11:30 AM PST | 02:30 PM EST
Duration:
60 Minutes
Webinar Id:
39484
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Live Version

USD 149. One Participant
USD 299. Group Attendees

Recorded Version

USD 199. One Participant
USD 399. Group Attendees

Combo Offers

Live + Recorded
USD 299. 348.   One Participant

Live + Recorded
USD 599. 698.   Group Attendees

Group Attendees: Any number of participants

Recorded Version: Unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)

Overview:

OPTION 1: Discover how to turn your PowerPoint slides into visually compelling and professional presentations in this dynamic webinar focused on powerful visual design techniques.

You'll dive into a hands-on drawing workshop, learn how to create, format, and manage shapes, and effectively use bullet points for clarity and impact. Explore the power of clipart, graphics, and SmartArt to enhance your message and bring your ideas to life. Uncover design secrets using themes, variants, and backgrounds to create cohesive slides, and master the art of inserting charts with supporting data that communicate insights clearly. You'll also gain essential skills to create and edit organization charts that present structure and hierarchy with confidence. Whether you're designing for a meeting, a pitch, or a training session, this session will equip you with the tools and techniques to create standout slides.

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OPTION 2: PowerPoint expert Ray for an immersive design journey that will transform your slides from ordinary to extraordinary. This hands-on session goes far beyond basic templates to unlock the full creative potential of PowerPoint's design tools. Whether you're crafting executive briefings, training decks, or sales presentations, Ray will show you how to make every slide visually compelling.

Ray begins by demystifying PowerPoint's drawing tools, teaching you how to create and customize shapes that perfectly communicate your message. You'll learn professional techniques for editing, managing, and formatting shapes like a graphic designer. The session then explores how to work strategically with bullet points - not just creating them, but making them visually engaging rather than boring.

Discover how to source and implement impactful clipart and graphics that enhance rather than clutter your message. Ray will reveal the hidden power of SmartArt, showing you how to transform complex ideas into clear visual stories. You'll see how design themes, variants, and backgrounds work together to create cohesive, branded presentations in seconds.

The workshop takes a practical turn as Ray demonstrates how to insert and manage charts that actually communicate data effectively, followed by organization chart essentials that clarify reporting structures. These aren't just design concepts - you'll see real-world examples of before-and-after slides transformed using these techniques.

Perfect For:

Business professionals, educators, trainers, marketers, and anyone who needs to create impactful presentations that engage audiences and communicate ideas clearly.

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OPTION 3: Transform your presentations from ordinary to extraordinary! Join PowerPoint expert Ray in this interactive webinar where you'll learn professional techniques to create visually stunning, data-driven slides that captivate your audience.

What You'll Discover

Creative Shape Mastery
  • Design and customize shapes for polished visuals
  • Advanced editing techniques to make your graphics stand out

Text & Visual Impact
  • Professional bullet point strategies for clear messaging
  • Work with clipart and graphics like a design pro

SmartArt & Data Visualization
  • Turn complex ideas into engaging SmartArt graphics
  • Insert and format charts that tell compelling data stories
  • Build effective organization charts in seconds

Design Like a Pro
  • Apply and customize themes for consistent branding
  • Use variants and backgrounds to elevate your slides
  • Professional tricks to organize and streamline your presentations

Perfect For
  • Business professionals creating client presentations
  • Educators designing engaging course materials
  • Marketers crafting impactful campaign decks
  • Anyone who wants to present with confidence

"Great presentations don't happen by accident - I'll show you how to design with purpose." -Ray

Why should you Attend:
Why Attend?
  • Live demonstrations of professional design techniques
  • Time-saving shortcuts for faster slide creation
  • Interactive Q&A - get your PowerPoint questions answered
  • Downloadable resources to use in your next presentation

Why Learn from Ray?

With over a decade of presentation design experience for Fortune 500 companies, Ray knows what makes slides work in real boardrooms and classrooms. His practical approach focuses on techniques you can implement immediately, regardless of your design experience.

Ray's webinars replicate the in-person classroom experience and include a professional Learning Guide with practical “hands-on” exercise files, providing a superior learning and knowledge retention experience for attendees.
  • Harness the full potential of your software investment
  • Time-Efficient Power Learning with Focused Topics
  • Practical Hands-On Skill Enhancement with High Retention
  • Supporting Resources, Learning Guide and Practice Files
  • Improved Productivity, Quality and Error Minimisation
  • Up-to-Date Current Knowledge Transfer
  • Professional Development Recognised for Career Advancement
  • Interactive Experience Through Chat and Live Interaction
  • Rapid Return on Investment

Areas Covered in the Session:
  • PowerPoint Drawing Workshop
  • Edit Manage Format and Work with Shapes
  • Insert and Manage Bullet Points
  • Clipart and Graphics
  • SmartArt in PowerPoint
  • Design themes, Variants and Backgrounds
  • Insert and Manage a Chart and Supporting Data
  • PowerPoint Organization Chart essentials

Who Will Benefit:
  • Anyone using Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft Office from fields including Government, Business, Education, Accounting, Banking, Finance, Investment, Bookkeeping, Consulting, Tourism, Hospitality etc
Instructor:

Ray Evans blends a professional, easy-going style with a strong grasp of adult learning-shown in his broad mix of classroom, seminar, workshop, and live-online delivery, plus the practical materials that support them.

Backed by Microsoft certifications, he teaches more than 2,500 topics across Artificial Intelligence, Copilot, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Excel, Access, Outlook, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and Publisher.

He also holds qualifications in Frontline Management, Accounting, Training and Assessment, and is certified in Six Sigma business-improvement methodology. Since 1990, Ray has trained over 40,000 students, business owners, and executives and authored extensive training and procedural documents, complex reports, and engaging web content-demonstrating strong communication skills and exceptional knowledge transfer.

To provide the best learning and knowledge retention experience for attendees, Ray’s unique and engaging webinars replicate the in-person classroom experience and include:

A comprehensive step-by-step Learning Guide
Demonstrations and practical exercises
Exercise files; and
Productivity techniques


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