Ex-McKinsey consultant creates a Slide Presentation with you
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 27. 06. 2024
- Would you like to know how an Ex-McKinsey consultant creates a slide presentation? In this video, the former McKinsey consultant Heinrich creates a slide presentation with you. I will show you step by step how I create a slide deck and my underlying thought process, based on a real world business example. Creating business presentations is an essential consulting skill. Large management consulting firms like MBB consulting - that is McKinsey, BCG and Bain - spend a lot of time using PowerPoint. Slide Writing, the techniques of creating slide decks and slide presentations, is key to become a successful consultant. I show you how a consultant creates a slide presentation with PowerPoint tips and keyboard shortcuts.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:29 Draft the Storyline
04:20 Creating the Title Page
04:48 Slide 1 - Fundamental Slide Writing Principle
11:12 Slide 1 - Working with Icons
15:39 Slide 2 - Portfolio of Pictures
17:19 Slide 3 - Working with Data
19:54 Slide 4 - Creating Structure
25:31 Slide 5 - Contact information
26;34 Wrap-up
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Hardly any professionals outside of consulting are taught these skills yet they are so widely applicable and help people add a lot of value quickly.
Hi Alistair, as always - thank you for watching! :) Great to have you here. Best, Heinrich
Yes even in professional services companies people make ppts like interns (even senior managers)
@@KleinmeisterPang Managers make the worst ppt :D But it's also because they don't have hours upon hours to spend on it like associates do...
@@89DerChristian Yes 100% agree, however I saw many senior managers that did not know how to do it in PowerPoint (however not in consulting!!)
Thanks for sharing an informative video. Here are my learnings :
1. Think of PPT as a table, rows and columns
2. Allign all objects and text box with summary line, nothing goes beyond summary line
3. While using multiple objects, makes sure to use same pattern in all slides
4. Dont use cloth line, compile long bullets into structure
5. All charts should have same length and width
Great to hear that you found it so useful!
My former boss was an ex McKinsey director, he taught me these as well and greatly helped me in my own independent consulting career. nice to see a video that I can refer back to when needed. thanks, mate.
Hi, thanks for your comment and great to hear there are other Ex-McKinseys who work like this :) Best! Heinrich
Just graduated University with a bachelors degree in business management and I learned more about presentations in 27 minutes than I did in my time at University. Thank you for providing such useful content Heinrich!
cant agree with you more! my school is just expecting us to know how to do slides than telling us to do one... funny
This is the most useful CZcams Iâve seen in a while
Thank you Emily, this is so great to hear! :) Best, Heinrich
I work in M&A and prepare lots of presentations, I have no idea why I'm watching but great stuff - always nice to see those ''Strategy'' like presentations!
Thanks, great to hear you like it :) Best! Heinrich
This was very handy! Thanks so much - it was useful for me for my 9-5 work and also for my CZcams channel. Really appreciate you taking the time to show this.
Super happy to hear that - thank you for watching! Best, Heinrich
Thank you Heinriche - a slide deck with so much detail would take me at least one day to create.
Hi Derran, yes can feel you.. practice will for sure improve your speed! Best, Heinrich
Thank you so much Heinrich. This channel is extremely helpful to a lot of people.
Great to hear that Daniel, thank you so much for being part of it! Best, Heinrich
Thanks for sharing the workflow. Very interesting. I like the effectiveness of how you start by creating the outline working your way through all the slides with simple content notes for each slide. In that way you can create a presentation in crash course time. Looking forward to more of these hands on kind of videos and more presentations production too :)
Hi Gustav, thanks for watching and the comment. Yes agree, production speed can be quite fast if you practice this regularly. Experience for sure helps. Best! Heinrich
Quite useful video and excellent tip about the table format for each slide! Structured and logical flow of reading/viewing slides.
Thanks Kostas, appreciate it! Best, Heinrich
I have to say thankyou for your generosity. Absolutely fantastic communication. So clear. This is going to be my bible!
I have been waiting for this video for a long time. Thank you so much!
Great to hear that - thank you for watching Dany!! Best, Heinrich
This needs to be sent to every consulting firm for associates!
Really useful content and clear instruction! Thanks a lot, Heinrich!
Helpful as always, Heinrich!
Thank you
Thank you Siddharth, much appreciated!! Best, Heinrich
Currently I'm interviewing for McKinsey and found this very helpful đ
Thank you so much! I am from Nepal. I hope I will get recruited by MBB someday. The likelihood of that is obviously increasing after me watching your youtube videos. â€ïž
Hi Aman, thank you for your comment. Cheering for you that you will achieve all your career goals!! :) Best, Heinrich
I saved this video in my Wisdom playlist.
Hi Denis, this sounds like an honour - thank you!! :) Best, Heinrich
Absolutely love your channel and the informative content!! Keep up the great work Heinrich!đ Greetings from Munich:)
Thank you Kelly, much appreciated :) Warm regards from Munich as well! Heinrich
Thank you, Heinrich! This is quality stuff.
Great to hear that, thanks Tom!! Best, Heinrich
This is really worth watching. Thank you for so much detailed explanation!
Hi Seema, thank you! Great to hear it is helpful :) All the best, Heinrich
Thanks for starting this channel. I used your video to learn creation of a better ppt and my PIC loved it.
Super glad to hear that! All the best and lots of success to you! Best, Heinrich
4:55 principal that makes your life so much easier: every slide is a table.
5:30 column headers
6:05
group elements: ctrl + G
ungroup elements: ctrl + shift + G
6:30 a good first straightforward step might be ...
7:15 copy and fixed movement: ctrl + shift + drag
8:35 a quick access bar
9:05 the boundary of the action title is the boundary of the page.
10:00 audience size
17:25 pilot
25:45 this is where you usually be more than fine for last page.
26:00 a pitchdeck for marketing collaboration.
Vielen Dank fĂŒr deine Videos! Ich bin seit kurzem bei einem Big4-Unternehmen. Habe heute zum ersten Fall Feedback zu einer Slide bekommen. Es war positiv, Dank deines Contents- fĂŒhlte sich an wie ein Ritterschlag . :)
Hi Stephanie, vielen Dank dir - freut mich sehr wenn die Tips hilfreich sind :) Dir viel Erfolg! LG, Heinrich
Great content Heinrich! Thank you for the tips!
Thank YOU for watching Gavin!! Best, Heinrich
Amazing video. Great tips. Thank you Heinrich!
Thank you, much appreciated!! :) Best, Heinrich
Thanks for the informative video! It will definitely help me to craft better slide decks for my internship program.
Great to hear that - thank you Ridhwan!! :)
Super helpful and thank you very much for sharing. Looking forward to more content like this and your updated course!
Super happy to hear the video was helpful - all the best to you! BTW - the updated course is available now :) (Communications & Slide Writing Academy) - Best, Heinrich
Excellent Heinrich. Loved it
Thanks Susheel - much appreciated!! :)
very valuable information for almost any profession. Thank you!
Super happy to hear the video is helpful, thank you for watching Eddie! Best, H
Very helpful, thank you so much!
Heinrich, first of all, thank you a lot for your excellent contribution to the consulting CZcams community. I highly appreciate that during the pandemic there is an exceptional opportunity to watch such valuable content from you. I often start my day with your videos. You have said that we can download the slides for ourselves, however I would like to adjust the first slide in such a way that it will introduce myself in the company that I have just joined :) Can I do that?
Hi Mateusz, thank you. Sure thing, feel free to take the slides, change them and use them for your purposes ;) Best! Heinrich
Thank you so much this is so helpful, Be healthy and happy always Mr. Heinriche
Super happy to hear - thanks for watching Ayu! Best, H
I can not believe how you make it look so easy! Great walkthrough (as usual) and thank you so much for sharing your insights with us đđŒđ
Hi Shanti, thanks for your kind comment! Super happy to hear the videos are helpful. Appreciate it, all the best to you! Heinrich
One of the most inspiring and informative videos I have ever seen!!đ
This is the ASMR of slide deck creation.
i can't believe this is free, thank you so mucho
Glad to hear it helps Paolo! Thanks for watching! Heinrich
Thanks for the video! I would love to see a collaboration between you and One Skill PowerPoint Tutorials! It's very interesting to see the difference between slides made by consultants and slides made by designers!
Hi Jake, thanks for your comment. Yes sounds like an interesting idea, maybe at some point in the future! :) Best, Heinrich
Super helpful video! And very well explained as well! Thank you
Great to hear that, thank you Kushagra! Best, Heinrich
thank you for this super amazing step by step !
Hi Muciiku, thanks for your comment. Great to hear the video is helpful! :) Best, Heinrich
Thanks for all the content. Itâs been really helpful.
Super happy to hear that - thank you!! :)
Achtung! This is priceless! Thank you for sharing the knowledge
Super happy to hear that.. thank YOU for watching! Best, Heinrich
Great video. Thanks for sharing the workflow. It's very useful for a freshman like me to cultivate good working habits and become professional. Looking forward to more videos about professional working style/habits of consultants from top tier consulting firms
Hi Yanjin, happy to hear that thank you. For sure, stay tuned for future videos! :) Best, Heinrich
Your contribution is great as always. đ
Hi, thanks for your comment! Super happy to hear that. All the best to you! Heinrich
Great video ! That helps me a lot for my presentations . Thanks for sharing
Great to hear it is helpful - appreciate it! Best, Heinrich
It is awesome! thank you for sharing. It's looks professional.
Great Video Heinrich, die slides sind zehr Hilfreich. Danke vielmals :)
Hallo Martin, das freut mich sehr. Vielen Dank dir fĂŒrs Zuschauen! LG, Heinrich
So helpful! Thanks đđ»
Thanks!! :)
Thank you so much!
Great stuff, could you cover one day a key take always, conclusions or summary slide? This is one of the most difficult slides to create in terms of format.
THX!
Hi Casimiro, thanks for watching. Also like your suggestion - this sounds like a nice idea for a future video! :) Best! Heinrich
I have watched a number of your videos Heinrich and while the others were very good, this is the best yet in terms of the ability to quickly use the skills demonstrated. Keep up the great work.
Hi Steven, thank you for the feedback, super happy to hear that. Stay tuned for more to come! :) Best, Heinrich
McKinsey has very structured approach towards almost everything, but usually gather clever people. In some aspects they might keep you below your potential, in other push you beyond. Good video, I got from it few useful tips đ
Thank you, great to hear the video was helpful! :) Best, Heinrich
Thanks, super helpful
Amazing - thanks very much.
Glad to hear you liked the video, appreciate it! Best, H
Man he maked this look so easy đ it's only when you're trying to make it you realise "Damn this is hard !!"
Pfft...this is easy. I'm not an ex McKinsey and I can still produce the same output.
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Except that it takes me the whole week to do so...
Thanks, this is helpful and I'm now your new subscriber:)
Thanks for the support!
thank you so much !
Looks like the slide presentation of a consulting firm is made with a printed form in mind. So many information gets compacted into a slide for later reading. Tiny fonts, bullet points, pictures and graphs seem to be the norm.
I've always been exposed to the new start-up style PowerPoint slides with aesthetically pleasing illustration, big fonts, bright pastel colours. I thought the presentation slides in consulting firms might follow the start-up design because it's the trendy and hip thing right now. Turns out I was wrong.
Hi Christian, thanks for your comment, great observation. Indeed, many business presentations in this environment are never actually getting presented but often just send around as documents or printed out for a meeting. Therefore what you are saying is very much correct. Best! Heinrich
I canât wait to binge watch your content god bless đ
Too kind of you - thank you for watching! :) Best, Heinrich
Thanks.
I'd like to compare this to the recommendations given by Patrick Winston (MIT) in his talk "How To Speak" (also on CZcams). Based on this, Mr. Winston would probably criticize that most slides here are too busy and the fonts too small. But this only applies if the slides are indeed used for a talk I guess.
For LaTeX beamer users, another great guide I would recommend are the guidelines in the beamer user guide (texdoc -s beamer, or on the web on CTAN).
Thanks for sharing your perspective, interesting points, appreciate it! Best, H
This is gold!
Thanks Christian, great to hear the video is helpful! :) Best, Heinrich
Great topic! V useful for corporates and consultants. If youâre a founder and need a deck for fundraising, do the opposite of this!
Thanks for watching Rebank! Aware that founders often have a different approach, though do think that in general this style works very well for fundraising as well. Cheers! Heinrich
Sehr stark! Danke đđŒ
Danke DIR fĂŒrs Zusehen Robin! LG, Heinrich
Great video Henrich! Can you share some insights on your default formatting settings? e.g. text box
thanks Heinrich
Hi Heinrich, at 10:37 you could have used CTRL+Y to repeat the last command, in this case to quickly adjust the font colors. Works also with resizing or any other command.
Thanks for the feedback and for watching the video :)
Very interesting video. For charts tho, I can recommend the book "Storytelling with data". The workflow presented there I find to be even more comprehensive
Agree - Storytelling with Data is a great book!
Sehr interessantes Video. Da werde ich wohl mal öfters vorbeischauen
Hi Lennard, willkommen bei Firm Learning :) Freut mich, dass das Video gefÀllt. LG! Heinrich
Love the video! Thanks Heinrich. Could you also do a video about PPT & Excel shortcuts?
Hi Anna, sure thing, recently did one on Excel shortcuts! Might do more for PPT in the future - stay tuned! Best, Heinrich
Great job thanks man, can you do a video on the shortcuts
Great video. I would like to understand how do you tackle a strategy problem. For example. Mature industry, retail/e-commerce, growth. What would be a thought process. Can you do a similar video to the one you did here. thx
Hi Jacob, thanks for your comment. Yes, this sounds like a great suggestion. Might pick it up in a future video!! :) Best, Heinrich
excellent
Awesome video!, Learnt a lot! thanks. Can you tell us which font you use mostly for client presentations?
Hi Rishabh, usually there will be a client styleguide and you will use their font. Though personally I very much like Arial as a nice, clean, basic Font :) Best! Heinrich
This is a super useful video. Thanks for sharing the different skills. How did you decide the size of each picture on slides 3 to align them properly?
Hi, thanks for watching! Roughly sized the pictures to the right Level before copying them in :) Best! Heinrich
great vids!
Thank you for supporting the channel as a member :) Very much appreciated!! Best, Heinrich
Hey. Loved the video. I am eager to see you solve and structure some business case studies as well. I am a college student who avidly takes part in case competitions. This slide making video is very helpful but at times we are not able to identify issue properly and then solve it. It would be great in case u can solve a case study( difficult one) and create a pitch deck simultaneously LIVE
Hey Dinesh! Thanks very much for watching and for your suggestion. I will add it to the ideas list and consider doing this in the future!
Hey Dinesh, i am also a student myself, from Denmark, that participates in case competitions. I would love to see a case and how you guys treat and evaluate the solution, to the identified issue.
In Denmark in the case competitions there arent a "correct answer" to the issue or the solution but the focus is on the reasoning and the method used to identify and solve the problem
Nice. Simple
The slides look nice AND simple, so great job!
How would you recommend suggesting something like this on a team assignment at the university, where everyone wants to make the same cookie-cutter presentations full of nonsensical images, full of text, with boring titles such as "introduction", and other no-do's?
Awesome content!
Thank you John, appreciate it! Best, Heinrich
Hey, thanks for the videos. Could you share how to get that shortcut toolbar that helps you align text boxes etc?
Thanks
Very very impressive, it's very pure.
Thank you Sayantan!
@@FirmLearning Do you run any course regarding consultancy business??
Hi! Your videos are really helpful. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to personalize PowerPoint, e.g. move the quick access toolbar down or find those (unfindable, IMO) alignment buttons. Iâll be putting on my notification bell. Vielen Dank!!
Hi Allegra, thanks for your comment indeed an interesting video suggestion. Have added this to my ideas list for future videos :) In the meantime, a quick Google search should give you the result (though agree that there are several minor things that will help but people might not even think about)
Love it!
Great to hear - thanks! :)
Fantastic video! I do think you might have downplayed the role think-cell and proprietary add-ins have in the consultant day to day workflow in getting that consistent polish in a productive way. I have seen a friend use a prop add-in and the difference in speed and consistency (and ultimately productivity) was significant thanks to the add-in. I was even told that a lot of consultants find the quality of their slides drop after leaving their firms because they don't have the add-ins anymore. What's your point of view on this?
Hi Anas, agree that think-cell is a huge help and I indeed love working with it :) Do not really use other plugins though. Creating great slides might take you a bit longer without think-cell but it is not impossible. Best, Heinrich
I cant believe I am learning this that late in my life...
is the keyboard you're using in the video the following: Logitech G213 Gaming Keyboard Prodigy? Have you upgraded it since then? if so, which one have you purchased? Thank you
This video was incredibly helpful. Thanks! I'm still working through your videos, but do you have a video on how to create waterfall charts?
Great to hear! I have a few videos on creating slide presentations and even a course on how to build slides like a consultant - the course is linked in the caption of all of my videos! :)
Forgot to align the bullet point in the middle of slide 5. Great video!
Thanks for catching it ;) Great to hear! Best, H
This is a great video. You spoke a lot about aligning elements on a slide. What elements do you look to align between slides? It looks like the placement of the action title and the vertical margins of the slide are consistent. Do you expect the top or bottom of the content area to be consistent between slides, or is it okay for those elements to change from slide to slide?
Hi, yes indeed. Top and bottom does not always need to be the exact same position, though usually you want to make sure that the bottom part does not go beyond where the footnote starts. Best! Heinrich
For the first half of the video; my secret recipe to achive the same result with much less clicks is to use tables! Insert a table with no borders, set the margins and sizes evenly, and color the borders you want as seperation lines. Even if you want to use pictures, you can make them hover over the table then group it later.
Interesting approach. Did not see them frequently used in consulting, but trust you can indeed get similar results. Best, Heinrich
I genuinely feel overwhelmed by the amount of information that is presented on one page. When presenting, do you show from the beginning on the full slide with all of its info, or do you create e.g. multiple slides out of one slide so you can talk about, e.g., each package separately without showing all of them at the same time?
Hallo Heinrich, wie kommst du?
Ich bin so froh dass ich deinen Kanal gefunden habe. Toller Inhalt!
Great video as always! Do you have any book recommendations specifically for creating presentations?
For communication topics, I love the book The Pyramid Principle from Barbara Minto. Best! Heinrich
Hi Heinrich,
A nice addition to your unique course. Are you restricted later to show in a similar way i.e. via an example: 1) how you frame/write your content to influence listeners? 2) how you deliver the presentations to influence listeners (online presentation vs face to face)?
The purpose would be to know the tactics you use to maximize impact.
Thank you Heinrich, Best
Hi Alain, thanks for the comment and the feedback. Interesting suggestions! Might pick something like this up in the future :) Best! Heinrich
@@FirmLearning thank you Heinrich. Feel free to consider such a video at your convenience. I feel that influence is a natural skill for you.
I taught this myself in 11th grade. Learning by doing is great when it comes to stuff like this.
Fully agree - thanks for sharing! Best, Heinrich
Die Erste mit Komment! Danke sehr!
Sehr gut Akbota :) vielen Dank fĂŒrs Zuschauen!! LG, Heinrich
Crazy helpful video. How do you get the align buttons on the ribbon of powerpoint at the top of the screen so they are always there?
Hi Matthew, this is I believe called the Quick Access Bar. It is usually at the very top of the window. In the settings you can customize what elements appear on this bar and you can also change its position from the top to the bottom of the main ribbon. Best! Heinrich
Great content as always!
Would you make the same type of video but going through a case?0 Maybe take one of the cases from the mock interviews and make a deck as if it was a real client.
Hi Simeon, thank you for the comment and the suggestion. Interesting idea, might pick this up for the future! :) Best, Heinrich
â@@FirmLearning That will be amazing! Can't wait to see the result.
Also, maybe think about how you can present the "learning" between the different years of consulting.
It would be interesting to see how a summer intern would solve a problem, then a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th-year consultant and then how a partner goes on about delivering the same presentation.