Building Audience-Centered Presentations

Design presentations that keep audiences focused and engaged. Build PowerPoints that tell your story while communicating your info and data.

The third session of the 2026 season of the Soil and Water Conservation Society's (SWCS) webinar series "Conservation Voices: Strategies for Conservation Professionals Shaping the Future."

Whether you’re presenting to colleagues, farmers, students, funders, or community members, your slides should support your message, not distract from it. This practical webinar will share simple, actionable strategies to help you design PowerPoint presentations that are clearer, more engaging, and easier for your audience to follow.

Attendees will learn how to structure slides to highlight key points, use visuals effectively, and avoid common design pitfalls that lead to cluttered or confusing presentations.

This session is ideal for conservation professionals, students, and anyone who gives presentations as part of their work and wants to communicate their stories more clearly and confidently.

More details to come!

Speaker:

• Ann Staudt, Iowa State University

What You’ll Leave With:

• Utilize visual storytelling to better communicate your ideas and data
• Tools to design presentations that are cleaner, clearer, and more engaging
• How to compel your audience to take action

Cost:

• Free for SWCS members
• $15 for nonmembers

Bonus: Need CEU credits? A certificate of attendance will be provided upon request. Just email events@swcs.org after the webinar.

Learn more about SWCS webinars at www.swcs.org/events/webinars.