Slide Makeover Magic
- Transform Your Slides into Strategic Business Tools
In today’s fast-paced, data-saturated business world, poor slide design is costing companies time, clarity, and credibility. This high-impact workshop is designed for one of the biggest communication challenges in any organisation today: turning complex information into clear decision-driving visuals.
In just 6 practical steps, your team will be able to turn complex content into executive-ready slides that cut through the noise. They will learn to craft compelling slides with clear, focused messages — so senior stakeholders, global teams, or clients see exactly what matters most and can make fast, accurate decisions.
IDEAL FOR
Professionals who need slides that double as documents and powerful tools for persuasive presentations.
FORMAT
Keynote: 45 to 120 minutes
Workshop: 7 sessions × 90 minutes
Format: In-person or virtual available
Outcomes
- Avoid common slide mistakes that confuse or overwhelm audiences
- Use a 6-step method to create clear, persuasive slides
- Turn dense data into simple, impactful visuals
- Balance detail with big-picture thinking
- Design visual elements that guide attention and drive decisions
- Ensure branding consistency
Testimonial
Marianna’s ‘Clear and Concise Slides’ workshop was a game-changer for our team. The focus on making slides reader-friendly and professional-looking was exactly what we needed. We saw an immediate improvement—not just in slide quality, but in the clarity of our messaging. This workshop should be essential for anyone who presents ideas or data.
Nazima Huque
Senior Manager Corporate Affairs and Comm, 8M

Other Workshops
IDEAL FOR
outcomes
- Understand the differences in policy, process and procedure content and formatting
- Organise content efficiently to cut writing time
- Avoid lengthy sentences without compromising meaning
- Use clear, specific, concrete wording
- Avoid evasive vocabulary, wordy phrases and corporate jargon
- Create visually appealing documents that attract readers’ attention
- Rely on a simple 3-step plan to make document writing easier
- Craft procedures that make it easy to know exactly what to do and when
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE THE 5 CODES WORKSHOP

Participants
Bank of Singapore

Intermediate-Advanced
Reader-Focused Policy Writing
Designed for anyone needing to make sure that their policies and procedures are clear, concise, structured, engaging and actionable.
Shirley Taylor’s Power-Up Your Business Writing Skills
A toolkit for concise, well-structured, reader-friendly messages that get things done
IDEAL FOR
outcomes
- Identify frustrations and challenges in written messages
- Avoid common mistakes in today’s business writing
- Get your points across clearly, concisely and quickly
- Help readers grasp the key points quickly without being overwhelmed
- Use a logical structure that will help you and your reader
- Discover the benefit of using lists and headings
- Use everyday English that sounds human and professional
- Adjust your tone to persuade and influence readers
- Enhance collaboration internally and externally
- Get quicker responses and help get things done
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE THE 5 CODES WORKSHOP

Claire Firat
Head of Learning and Development, UWCSEA

Basic-Intermediate
Shirley Taylor’s Power-Up Your Business Writing Skills
Ideal for everyone who wants to write better emails and other business documents.
Executive Presence and Speaker Coaching
One-to-one customized journey to help leaders communicate more effectively, authentically, and persuasively
IDEAL FOR
outcomes
- Speak effectively in front of large audiences
- Develop a commanding presence that inspires confidence and respect
- Deliver clear, concise and compelling presentations
- Persuade and influence stakeholders, driving organizational goals
- Use storytelling to make messages more impactful and memorable
- Captivate and engage audience interest throughout a presentation
- Master body language, gestures and vocal techniques to reinforce the message
- Handle unexpected questions with grace
Communicate the company’s values, mission and changes in direction to inspire internally and in the public eye
Communicate effectively in diverse cultural contexts
Create slides that enhance the presentation, not detract and distract
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE THE 5 CODES WORKSHOP

Olivia Chen
Managing Director, Head of Distribution Sales - South East Asia & Australia

Individual Leaders
Executive Presence and Speaker Coaching
For leaders needing personalized coaching to communicate more effectively, authentically, and persuasively.
IDEAL FOR
outcomes
- Increase visibility for selected leaders
- Enhance leaders’ presentation impact and skill
- Reinforce the organisation’s direction
- Motivate everyone to align with new direction or vision
- Provides recorded talks that can be used over and over in a range of ways, such as short social media posts, brand messages to clients, reinforcement of key messages to employees
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE THE 5 CODES WORKSHOP

Lina Arbelaez
Head of Venture Capital in ClimateTech
FORMAT

Multiple Leaders
Your Leadership Voice
For organizations undergoing change, seeking to inspire, energize and get everyone moving in the same direction.
IDEAL FOR
outcomes
- Get inspired by real life case studies in psychological safety
- Identify and celebrate your organization’s strengths in psychological safety
- Know how successful companies achieved and benefit from speak-up cultures
- Pinpoint the unspoken areas where psychological safety is lacking in your organisation
- Identify what and how to fill the gaps in your organization where psychological safety is lacking
- Learn the 3 keys leaders need to build more psychologically safe teams
- Learn best practices in listening and giving feedback in remote communication
- Master communication techniques needed to speak up confidently and clearly in challenging situations.
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE THE 5 CODES WORKSHOP

Premaraj Jeyaraj
Director Transplant Centre

Basic-Advanced
Communicating For Psychological Safety
Ideal for organizations and leaders eager to cultivate a more transparent, inclusive work environment where everyone expresses their ideas and concerns more freely.
The 5 Codes of Influential Communication
Create productive conversations. Co-create great solutions. Win trust.
IDEAL FOR
outcomes
- Recognize the unseen drivers that derail conversations
- Master the mindsets of the world’s top negotiators, debaters and other dialogue specialists
- Ease others into accepting ideas, views, realities, and decisions
- Explain new or complex ideas simply and memorably
- Deepen the relationship to increase trust
- Help others feel heard and understood so that conversations can move forward productively
- Gain agreement with respect, not force-feeding
- Learn how to plan your conversation before you start
- Set the right tone for the most productive outcomes
- End conversation brilliantly
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE THE 5 CODES WORKSHOP

Desmond Chen
Senior HR Manager, Beam Suntory

Intermediate-Advanced
The 5 Codes of Influential Communication
Designed for teams needing to improve cross-functional collaboration.
Complex To Clear (For Technical Professionals)
Equipping Technical professionals to Simplify Complex Solutions
IDEAL FOR
outcomes
- Craft the right ‘audience journey’ for your leaders
- Know your audience to make your topic relevant for them
- Learn the MINTO Pyramid structure that McKinsey and others rely on for simplicity
- Replace jargon and long-winded statements with simple crisp soundbites
- Structure that makes it easy to craft your presentation
- Engage your audience with better storytelling
- Handle unexpected questions brilliantly
- Write emails using the same principles of simplicity
- Master the art of clarity in communication
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE THE 5 CODES WORKSHOP

Jakub Wachocki
Director, Digital Co-Ventures
FORMAT

Advanced
Complex To Clear (For Technical Professionals)
Ideal for technical professionals who need to simplify and present complex ideas to gain buy-in from non-technical audiences.
IDEAL FOR
outcomes
- Craft your message entirely from the audience perspective
- Learn Marianna’s 4-step process for transforming an audience
- Tell strategic stories that sell your idea
- Put yourself in senior leaders’ shoes and understand what they want
- Hit the right spot for your audience to move them to the outcome you desire
- Predict and answer questions in a concise structured way
- Minimise slide clutter
- Design slides that persuade
Get better outcomes from your presentations
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE THE 5 CODES WORKSHOP

Melissa Libhart
Business Sales Leader

Intermediate
The Audience Journey
For anyone needing to influence an audience. Perfect for professionals needing to present to senior leaders.
IDEAL FOR
outcomes
- Identify the benefits of speaking up and the costs of not doing so.
- Manage emotions and think clearly under pressure.
- Structure any message clearly and instantly to make an impact.
- Enhance non-verbal language and image to enhance executive presence
- Manage your voice in person and virtually
- Feel safe contributing proactively in meetings
- Share views respectfully and confidently
WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE THE 5 CODES WORKSHOP

Carmen Chan
Learning and Development Executive

Basic
Unleash Your Voice
Ideal for employees needing greater confidence and skill to speak up, share views and present ideas.