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Corporate Finance Institute

PowerPoint & Pitchbooks

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Overview

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Recommended Prep Courses These preparatory courses are optional, but we recommend you complete the stated prep course(s) or possess the equivalent knowledge before enrolling in this course:  Introduction to 3-Statement Modeling  Introduction to Business ValuationPowerpoint & Pitchbook Course Overview Learn the most advanced functions, tips, and best practices for presentation design to be a distinguished PowerPoint user. This tutorial is designed specifically for financial analysts who need to create PowerPoint presentations, mainly in the form of pitchbooks. This is a classic skillset for Analysts who need to make world-class presentations. This advanced PowerPoint tutorial will help you become a world-class financial analyst for careers in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, equity research, and FP&A.  By watching the instructor build the pitchbook right on your screen, you can easily pause, rewatch, and repeat exercises until you’ve mastered them.  Contents of the PowerPoint & Pitchbook Course This Investment Banking PowerPoint crash course starts with a classic example of a “bad” presentation and quickly dives into using PowerPoint functions to improve the presentation to systematically make it “good”. This course focuses on two types of presentations: distributed presentations, where the presentation is printed or distributed electronically, and live presentations, with a speech accompanying the presentation. The main content covered in the pitchbook section includes: 
  • Theme colors
  • Slide master
  • Gridlines and guides
  • Formatting text boxes
  • Formatting shapes and lines
  • Inserting tables and charts from Excel
  • Alignment
  • Creating a timeline
     The main content covered in the live presentation section includes: 
  • Inserting a background picture
  • Inserting a color filter
  • Crop images to shapes
  • Icons and transparent logs
  • Slide transitions
  • Animation
   
What am I going to get from this advanced PowerPoint tutorial course?
  • Learn everything you need to be a world-class financial analyst
  • Learn how to make world-class presentations from scratch
  • Master advanced functions in PowerPoint
  • Create beautiful presentations, including beautiful tables, charts, and graphs
  • Easy to follow video-based tutorials and lessons
 For further CPE information, please read before purchasing: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/about/cpe-information/ Register now for our PowerPoint tutorial course and become a power user!  For anyone working in investment banking, equity research, corporate development, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), this class will give you the confidence you need to be a leader in performing financial analysis at your organization.   

Syllabus

  • PowerPoint Introduction
  • Layout Overview
  • Design Principles
  • PowerPoint Setup & Functions
  • Formatting Tips
  • Live Presentations
  • PowerPoint Tutorial Wrap Up
  • Qualified Assessment

Taught by

Tim Vipond

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