The 7 Secrets to Awesome Financial Presentations (On-Demand - CPABC)
Overview
Learn the seven secrets to creating awesome financial presentations that accountants never learn. We’ll start with the most important recommendation: simplify your slides. Next is focus on the design. I’ll tell you why you should avoid using the built-in templates with bullet points that come with PowerPoint.
Next is the importance of using a colour palette. Ignore this one at your peril. It’s one of the main reasons why many presentations look awful. Next is how to revolutionize your slides with images, transitions and video. I’ll show you how to get millions of free, and paid, stock images and video to use in your next presentation.
Next is how to make great tables. And then there is a substantial section on how to show numerical information in graphs so you can get your message across while keeping your audience engaged. Last is the importance of telling stories. Everyone likes a story so if you want their attention, this is what you should do.
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Content
- find out how to easily create better slides by reducing the information on them
- discover the importance of font styles and get recommended ones for both PC and Mac
- learn to embrace the essential rule of three in your presentations by watching how Steve Jobs used to do it
- get instructions on how to source free and paid images and videos for your slides
- discover how easy it is to create great tables
- get familiar with all types of graphs including vertical and horizontal bar, stacked, box, line and scatterplots
- find out how to get Excel to recommend the best graph for your data
- discover a PowerPoint secret to automatically turn a boring bullet point slide into something cool
- learn where to find free websites that create pleasing colour palettes
- get recommendations on the best slide transitions and animations to use
Course Content Created: May 2021
The information is current as of the creation or last updated date. While we strive to keep our inventory updated and periodically remove outdated titles, changes in accounting, tax, legislation and technology may occur. Purchasers should note the date and verify for themselves if the course is still relevant to their needs.Presenter
David Trahair, CPA, CAAbout This Product
On-Demand Courses by CPABC are recordings from live seminars, made available with any corresponding handout material, where available.
These titles are eligible for Verifiable CPD Hours – in order to claim these hours as verifiable, you will be required to successfully complete a short quiz. You will be able to print or save your electronic certificate of completion.
How to get started
To access your on-demand, visit mylms.bccpa.ca and log in using your CPABC Online Services credentials. Click “Go to your Courses and Materials” to go to your Learning Center, then find and click on your course title.
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Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.
The 7 Secrets to Awesome Financial Presentations (On-Demand - CPABC)
- 2.5
- CPD Hours
- 0
- Ethics Hours
- 0
- AML Hours
- 5
- Credits
Overview
Learn the seven secrets to creating awesome financial presentations that accountants never learn. We’ll start with the most important recommendation: simplify your slides. Next is focus on the design. I’ll tell you why you should avoid using the built-in templates with bullet points that come with PowerPoint.
Next is the importance of using a colour palette. Ignore this one at your peril. It’s one of the main reasons why many presentations look awful. Next is how to revolutionize your slides with images, transitions and video. I’ll show you how to get millions of free, and paid, stock images and video to use in your next presentation.
Next is how to make great tables. And then there is a substantial section on how to show numerical information in graphs so you can get your message across while keeping your audience engaged. Last is the importance of telling stories. Everyone likes a story so if you want their attention, this is what you should do.
Access expires 180 days from purchase date |
Applicable for
Content
- find out how to easily create better slides by reducing the information on them
- discover the importance of font styles and get recommended ones for both PC and Mac
- learn to embrace the essential rule of three in your presentations by watching how Steve Jobs used to do it
- get instructions on how to source free and paid images and videos for your slides
- discover how easy it is to create great tables
- get familiar with all types of graphs including vertical and horizontal bar, stacked, box, line and scatterplots
- find out how to get Excel to recommend the best graph for your data
- discover a PowerPoint secret to automatically turn a boring bullet point slide into something cool
- learn where to find free websites that create pleasing colour palettes
- get recommendations on the best slide transitions and animations to use
Course Content Created: May 2021
The information is current as of the creation or last updated date. While we strive to keep our inventory updated and periodically remove outdated titles, changes in accounting, tax, legislation and technology may occur. Purchasers should note the date and verify for themselves if the course is still relevant to their needs.Presenter
David Trahair, CPA, CAAbout This Product
On-Demand Courses by CPABC are recordings from live seminars, made available with any corresponding handout material, where available.
These titles are eligible for Verifiable CPD Hours – in order to claim these hours as verifiable, you will be required to successfully complete a short quiz. You will be able to print or save your electronic certificate of completion.
How to get started
To access your on-demand, visit mylms.bccpa.ca and log in using your CPABC Online Services credentials. Click “Go to your Courses and Materials” to go to your Learning Center, then find and click on your course title.
Course Dates & Registration
Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.