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Design Smarter and Present Stronger in PowerPoint with CoPilot & AI

Creating persuasive presentations no longer depends on design expertise — it depends on how effectively you use technology to think, build, and present. As AI transforms the presentation landscape, professionals must learn to harness its potential to simplify complex ideas, craft visuals faster, and communicate with greater clarity.

This immersive 1-day workshop equips participants to leverage PowerPoint CoPilot and AI-assisted tools to elevate every stage of the presentation process — from storytelling and content framing to slide design and brand integration.
Learners will explore how to merge creativity with automation, transforming ordinary slides into visually engaging, audience-focused stories that inspire action.

By the end of the session, participants will walk away with a practical, AI-empowered workflow to design smarter, present stronger, and deliver slides that captivate in any context.

Pre-requisites

• Participants should bring a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop with Microsoft PowerPoint (Office 365) installed and ensure that they have internet and email access during the workshop for AI-tool integration. Participants should also bring a charger and a mouse for precise design control. Note that this is a laptop-only workshop — not optimized for tablets or smartphones.

Objective

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize common design and storytelling pitfalls that reduce presentation effectiveness.


2. Integrate branding and visual design principles to enhance professionalism and slide consistency.


3. Leverage PowerPoint CoPilot and AI tools to automate slide creation, refine messaging, and generate visual enhancements.


4. Structure presentation content logically and persuasively using AI-assisted frameworks.


5. Design data-driven and text-based slides that balance clarity, hierarchy, and engagement.


6. Refine presentations through visual, narrative, and media enhancements to maximize audience impact.

Outline

Module 1: Branding & Design Foundations in the Presentation Ecosystem

• Identify common presentation design mistakes.
• Analyze how visual consistency and branding shape audience perception.
• Explore design and presentation tools within the modern visual ecosystem (PowerPoint, web-based tools, AI plug-ins).
• Apply key branding and visual design principles — color, typography, contrast, and hierarchy — to create cohesive slides.

Module 2: Leveraging AI for Content & Design Efficiency

• Use PowerPoint CoPilot and AI-driven tools to structure and reframe presentation narratives.
• Generate layouts, visuals, and prompts using AI-assisted design suggestions.
• Refine AI-generated content to maintain brand tone and message clarity.
• Integrate AI-generated text and images ethically and effectively into slides.

Module 3: Creating Impactful Data and Info Visualizations

• Identify suitable visualization formats (charts, graphs, SmartArt) based on data type and intent.
• Simplify complex information using AI-supported layout and formatting tools.
• Apply data visualization principles to ensure clarity and storytelling alignment.

Module 4: Enhancing Presentations with Graphics & Media

• Curate, refine, and integrate visuals and multimedia for maximum impact.
• Evaluate AI-generated graphics for quality, tone, and brand consistency.
• Optimize visuals using PowerPoint’s formatting and editing tools.
• Activity: Enrich a presentation with curated AI-enhanced visuals and test visual pacing for audience flow.

Who should attend

Professionals, marketers, educators, and leaders who need to design persuasive, brand-consistent presentations and want to harness AI tools like PowerPoint CoPilot to streamline content creation, improve quality, and save time — no design background required.

Profile of Ezekiel Ho

Ezekiel thrives on conceptualizing and creating compelling visual content which effectively communicate complex ideas and concepts to audiences in an intuitive and captivating format. To-date, he has created decks which has helped clients in a wide array of industries (in areas such as CET, Financial Institutions, Tech companies, etc.) to raise funds, win awards, increase sales, or secure audience buy-in for international joint ventures.

Ezekiel strives to discover novel approaches to captivate and persuade audiences with design, enabling him to keep abreast of content design trends. To empower working professionals to do the same, Ezekiel readily imparts his know-how in effectively in communicating data and information persuasively to learners from SMEs, MNCs, Government agencies, and Institutes of Higher Learning to captivate their audience and convey complex concepts and ideas in a relatable and memorable manner.

To-date, Ezekiel has enabled hundreds of learners to better communicate ideas and gain audience buy-in through design workshops which he has conducted for a plethora of organizations such as the American Embassy, A*Star, CAAS, DB Schenker, EDB, HTX, Fullerton Fund Management, Intel, Maxis, MOH, MHA, NAC, NUS, NTUC, PMO, Singapore Polytechnic, UOB, YHI, and more.