Power Point Presentation
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation to present the first quarter’s sales data to the Board of Directors. Assume that your boss, Brian Callahan, will be presenting; however, you will be present and will be available to answer any questions that come up. Further assume that you will be presenting on April 17, 20##. Note that the Board of Directors is familiar with the operations of the company.
Open PowerPoint and save as a new presentation. Title the presentation Cool Computer Store Q1 Presentation.ppt.
Select a professional background. Review “Designing an Effective PowerPoint Presentation: Quick Guide” on the Purdue Online Writing Lab site to guide you through the process of developing your presentation. A hyperlink to this resource is provided on the Learning Resources page of the Business Communication module.
The first slide should be a title slide. Include the name of the department and the title of your analysis. The company name and/or logo should be included as well. You can make up a logo using the clipart library that comes with PowerPoint or use a design of your choice.
Note that each slide should include a title.
Please note that two different data sets have been in use for Phases I and II.
If your data set resulted in Sales of $4-29 million, please use the following set of instructions for #5 and #6.
The next slide should include the total sales for Q1 as compared to plan. Note that the plan for Q1 was sales of $4.5 million in total. Use bullet points to illustrate this. Did you meet your plan? How much were you ahead or behind?
The next slide should include total profitability for Q1 as well as overall profit margin as compared to plan. Note that the plan for Q1 was profit of $1,035,000 at a profit margin of 23%. Did you meet your plan? How much were you ahead or behind?
If your data set resulted in Sales of $30 million or more, please use the following set of instructions for #5 and #6.
The next slide should include the total sales for Q1 as compared to plan. Note that the plan for Q1 was sales of $35 million in total. Use bullet points to illustrate this. Did you meet your plan? How much were you ahead or behind?
The next slide should include total profitability for Q1 as well as overall profit margin as compared to plan. Note that the plan for Q1 was profit of $7.5 million at a profit margin of 21.4%. Did you meet your plan? How much were you ahead or behind?
Your next few slides should include your answers (pivot tables) from Phase I, Part I, “Sorting the Data.” Note that you may need to revise your row labels to be more descriptive. Be sure to format sales in terms of dollar figures with appropriate comma placement. You can either copy and paste your pivot tables or develop tables in PowerPoint. (See Learning Resources for tutorials.)
Next add a summary slide, incorporating the information from Sean Boesken’s memo about JTECH.
Be sure to include a slide to ask for questions.
