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What would Duarte do: Slide design makeovers

Get insider tips from three world-class Duarte presentation designers as they provide live slide makeovers and teach you the secrets to engaging and memorable slides.
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7 tips for crafting an engaging storytelling presentation

When it comes to building a storytelling presentation, there are a few techniques to pick from. Check out our 7 storytelling presentation examples to find one right for you.
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Slidedocs® templates

3 free unique PowerPoint® templates, including customizable slides and graphic toolkits.

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Choosing the Right Communication Skills Training for Your Team

The need to learn a new skill can strike at any moment. Whether you’re facing a messaging realignment, a slump in sales, or trouble articulating product offerings, it’s essential to choose the right training to solve issues going forward.
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3 Communication Skills Your Team Can’t Afford to Miss

Be honest—when was the last time you really thought about your team’s communication skills? Not just how relying too heavily on emojis negates real human connection or scheduling another meeting that could’ve been an email chews up time.
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How Effective Data Storytelling is Reshaping a $1.5T Industry 

Watch the behind-the-scenes breakdown of how Freeman—the global events powerhouse—uses battle-tested effective data storytelling techniques to turn raw survey responses into industry-transforming insights that force marketers to completely rethink their strategies.
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7 Situations that Call for Crisis Communications

Facing a data breach, scandal, or bad press? Learn how to navigate crisis communications with empathy, clear messaging, and proactive planning. Discover Duarte’s tools and training to help your team respond with confidence.
Header image for 'Corporate Presentation Skills to Make Every Meeting Count" Features a group of coworkers sitting around a laptops and notepads discussing an idea. One person has a speech bubble above their head with an exclaimation point inside, while the other three have speach bubbles with hearts inside, illustrating consensus around an idea.

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Corporate Presentation Skills to Make Every Meeting Count 

No matter how companies cultivate fun, laid-back atmospheres, lurking beneath every workplace gathering is the opportunity for high-stakes interaction.
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The Power of Persuasion: Why Leaders Should Love Rhetoric

As business leaders, every day involves convincing someone of something. But did you know that upstream of every email, pitch deck, and crumb of small talk lies a singular term?
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7 Ways to Communicate with Executives to Enhance Your Message

Spend enough time advancing in your career, and it’s bound to happen. The spotlight suddenly shifts your way, and it’s time to communicate with executives about a plan or idea.
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How Generative AI is Changing Presentations

Generative AI is reshaping how we think. Instead of thinking in isolation, we now have a tool that acts like a collaborator. That’s great! And not so great.
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Digital Storytelling Tools Leaders Need to Succeed

Memorable leadership hinges on communication. History’s crowning examples of leaders connecting with audiences through impassioned speeches or essays have relied on the power of story.
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5 Strategies for Leaders to Communicate Better at Work

If a solid foundation and structural support hold a building together, what keeps a business from toppling over?
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8 Books to Help You Communicate Better at Work 

Finding trustworthy books to help you communicate better at work can be overwhelming. A cousin of self-help and ripe with untested methods that reflect an author’s rise-and-grind mindset, proper guidance is rare.
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Are Your Sales Deals Stalling?

What if it’s not your pitch that’s killing your deals? There’s a hidden communication pattern in enterprise sales that can cost your brand millions of dollars in lost revenue.

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