Claude & PowerPoint - Design Smarter & Present Better Masterclass

Overview:

Option 1 - PowerPoint Design and AI Productivity Focus: This 90-minute masterclass gives professionals a practical combination of Claude fundamentals and applied PowerPoint skills, designed to help you design smarter slideshows and present with greater impact and confidence.

You begin by understanding what Claude is, how its plans, costs, disclaimers and knowledge base affect practical use, and how to use your own presentation content within prompts for more targeted and relevant responses.

A documentation exercise shows you how to record and reference advanced Claude responses so your best prompts are captured and reusable across future presentation projects.

Ray then takes you through a comprehensive set of PowerPoint skills including using Claude to plan and structure a slideshow, understanding colour psychology, sourcing free media assets, setting up a new file, managing bullet points, working with shapes, inserting and formatting charts, building organisation charts with SmartArt, animating pictures and bullet points, managing slide transitions, configuring continuous loop playback and saving a finished presentation as a movie file.

Every technique is demonstrated live so you can follow along and apply what you learn immediately.

Key Benefits:

• Get a grounded introduction to Claude covering costs, copyright, prompting and documentation
• Build PowerPoint skills across design, animation, charts, organisation charts and slide management
• Leave with practical presentation techniques and a referenced Claude response template ready to use

Option 2 - Practical AI and PowerPoint Skills Focus: This session is designed for professionals who want to build stronger PowerPoint skills and learn how Claude can support their presentation work, all in a single practical 90-minute webinar.

You cover the essentials of Claude - what it is, what the plans and costs include, copyright and disclaimer awareness, and how to frame questions effectively using your own presentation content - so you get more relevant, actionable responses from the start.

You also learn how to document Claude responses in a fully referenced template for ongoing reuse across future projects.

The PowerPoint section is hands-on throughout, covering Claude-assisted slide planning, colour and emotion awareness, free media sourcing, new file setup, bullet point management, shape editing, chart and data insertion, SmartArt organisation charts, picture and bullet point animation, slide transitions, looping playback configuration and movie export.

Ray demonstrates every technique live so you can see exactly how each skill works before applying it in your own presentation.

Key Benefits:

• Use Claude to plan, structure and enhance your PowerPoint presentations more effectively
• Build practical PowerPoint skills across design, animation, charts, transitions and media management
• Leave with a documented prompt template and presentation skills that save time on every future slideshow

Option 3 - Applied PowerPoint Skills and AI Confidence Focus: This masterclass gives professionals a well-rounded, practical session covering Claude essentials alongside a comprehensive set of PowerPoint design, animation and presentation management skills.

You begin with a clear introduction to Claude - its options, costs, knowledge base, copyright considerations and disclaimer requirements - then move into how to ask better questions using your own presentation data and document responses in a structured, reusable reference template.

The PowerPoint component is hands-on throughout, covering Claude-assisted slide planning, the influence of colour on audience emotion, free image and video sourcing, new presentation setup, bullet point and shape management, chart insertion and formatting, SmartArt organisation chart creation, picture and bullet point animation with timing control, slide transition management, continuous loop configuration and movie file export.

Ray demonstrates each skill live against practical examples so you leave with immediately applicable techniques and the confidence to design, animate and present more effectively.

Key Benefits:

• Understand Claude from plans and costs through to prompting effectively with your own presentation content
• Add a comprehensive set of PowerPoint skills across design, animation, charts and slideshow management
• Leave with a reusable prompt template and the presentation skills to design smarter and present better

Why you should Attend:

• Understand what Claude is, what it costs and how copyright and disclaimer considerations affect your use
• Use your own presentation content within Claude prompts for more relevant and targeted responses
• Document Claude responses in a structured, referenced template for reuse across future presentation projects
• Use Claude to plan and structure a slideshow before you open PowerPoint and start building
• Understand how colour choices influence audience emotion and use Claude to guide your palette decisions
• Identify and source free, legally usable images, videos and music for your presentations
• Insert and manage bullet points, shapes, charts and organisation charts with confidence and precision
• Animate pictures and bullet points with controlled timing so your content appears exactly when you want it
• Add and manage slide transitions, configure continuous loop playback and save your slideshow as a movie file

Areas Covered in Session:

• Claude Explained - what Claude is, how it works and how it can support your PowerPoint work in practice
• Claude options, costs, disclaimers, copyright and knowledge base - understanding plans, pricing, usage terms, copyright considerations and the scope of Claude’s knowledge
• Tips and wider examples of uses - practical ideas and real-world examples showing the range of tasks Claude can assist with
• Understand the screen, key options and Claude capability - navigating the Claude interface and understanding the key controls and capabilities available to you
• Presenting effective questions to Claude - framing clear, specific prompts so Claude produces more accurate and useful results
• Present more advanced questions with your own data for best results - using your own presentation content within prompts to get more relevant and targeted Claude responses
• Record more advanced Claude responses in your own referenced document - documenting Claude responses in a structured, referenced template for reuse and future reference
• Work effectively in Claude with questions and answers to these examples: - applying Claude to the practical PowerPoint tasks listed below for guided, hands-on learning
• Plan a PowerPoint Slide Show - using Claude to help structure, outline and plan a slideshow before you build it in PowerPoint
• Influence of Colors on Emotions in a PowerPoint Slideshow - understanding how colour choices affect audience perception and how to use Claude to guide your colour decisions
• Obtain Free Images Videos and Music for a Slideshow - identifying legal, free-to-use media sources and using Claude to help locate and evaluate appropriate assets
• Starting a New PowerPoint Slideshow File - setting up a new presentation file correctly with the right layout, theme and structure from the start
• Insert and Manage Bullet Points - adding, formatting and controlling bullet point levels, spacing and appearance within PowerPoint slides
• Edit Manage Format and Work With Shapes - inserting, resizing, aligning, grouping and formatting shapes to build clear and professional slide layouts
• Insert and Manage a Chart and Supporting Data - adding a chart to a slide, entering or linking supporting data, and formatting it for clear visual communication
• Insert and Edit an Organization Chart - building and editing an organisation chart using SmartArt to display reporting structures and team hierarchies
• Animate Pictures and Set Timings - applying animation effects to images and setting precise timings so pictures appear and move in a controlled sequence
• Animate Bullet Points - animating bullet points to appear one at a time, controlling the sequence, direction and timing of each entry
• Add and Manage Slide Transitions - applying, customising and removing transition effects between slides to control the flow and feel of the presentation
• Setup a Slide Show to Loop Continuously - configuring a presentation to run on a continuous loop for kiosk, display or unattended playback scenarios
• Save a Slide Show as a Movie - exporting a completed PowerPoint presentation as a video file for sharing, uploading or playing without PowerPoint
• NOTE: Topic sequence may be subject to slight variation

Who Will Benefit:

• This webinar is designed for professionals who use PowerPoint for presentations, reports, training materials or display content and want to build a more complete, confident skill set across design, animation and slideshow management. It is suitable for attendees at an introductory to intermediate level who want practical, hands-on techniques they can apply immediately alongside a working understanding of how Claude can support their presentation work
• Office professionals, administrators, managers, coordinators, trainers, educators, marketing staff and anyone responsible for producing or delivering PowerPoint presentations on a regular basis will benefit directly from the demonstrations and practical exercises covered in this session