Do you consider yourself an expert in creating great presentations? Check out what the real experts think in The Best Presentation of the Year. Carmine Gallo writes in Forbes about his experience as one of the judges for Slideshare’s recent contest to chose the best-of-the-best among many impressive entries.

Presentation design firm, Empowered Presentations created the well-deserved first place winner…

Smoke, a Convenient Truth

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Empowered Presentations offered their insight to Carmine into how they approached the assignment…

• Put your audience first
• Sketch the story
• One idea per slide
• Take your time

Carmine’s sound advice “Your PowerPoint presentation is often the one chance you have to influence your audience to action. PowerPoint does not have to be dull. Great presentations can move people and truly inspire.”