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In the Can: 5 Types of Presentations Every CEO Needs to Have

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As a CEO, crafting effective presentations is essential to communicating your company’s vision, plans and progress to different audiences. Key presentations include the investor pitch, board meeting update, all-hands vision pitch, press-worthy announcement and thought leadership keynote. These presentations should be practiced and ready to go, tailored to each audience’s needs.

Sheldon Arora, CEO of StaffDNA, stresses the importance of having an updated investor pitch deck, even when you’re not actively seeking investors. “The deck should highlight key revenue numbers and industry market share and include an elevator pitch outlining the company’s business, mission and vision,” Arora explains. “In addition to financial performance, it should also outline growth plans. It’s important to keep a deck like this updated with relevant data.”

For board meetings, Arora advises CEOs to be transparent about both successes and failures, focusing on lessons learned to build trust. He also emphasizes the value of regular, inspiring updates for employees: “It should also be inspiring: get employees fired up to take over the world.”

To create polished presentations, tools like Canva, Pitch, Google Slides, Visme, and Prezi can elevate your message, each offering unique features to suit different needs. “We prefer Canva because it’s user-friendly and allows us to be creative with graphics,” Arora noted.

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