Present with clarity, not clutter
We’ve all sat through the presentation with twelve bullets per slide, five fonts, and a presenter reading every word aloud. Most of the time, it isn’t a lack of effort. It’s that nobody ever showed the presenter how slides are meant to work.
PowerPoint training at Lighthouse Training starts with the message and the layout. The effects come last. I bring a design and page-layout background to PowerPoint, so I teach hierarchy, consistency, and white space first. A clean slide makes the point, and the audience doesn’t have to work to find it.
Everyday Tools: Foundations
Get comfortable with the basics. Build clean slides with text, images, and shapes, keep a presentation organized, and move through it smoothly.
Time-Savers: Working Smarter
Stop redoing every slide by hand. Use layouts, themes, and Slide Master to keep slides consistent, then reuse slides, organize with sections, and use speaker notes to build and deliver faster.
Specialty Tools: Advanced
Tell a story. Build custom templates for a team, turn data into charts that make the point at a glance, use animation and transitions with purpose, and prepare presentations for sharing, co-authoring, and recording.
Popular PowerPoint Topics
- Slide Master, layouts, and templates
- Design principles: fewer words, better slides
- Charts and data visuals that make a point
- Images, icons, SmartArt, and diagrams
- Animation and transitions used with purpose
- Presenter View, speaker notes, and delivery tools
- Sharing, co-authoring, and exporting to PDF or video
- Using Copilot in PowerPoint
Don’t see your topic? Every session is customized to what you need.
Not sure which level fits? Tell me what you’re working on, and I’ll help you find the right starting point.
Available as live virtual classes or in-person sessions, for individuals, teams, and organizations.