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Discover 5 creative ways to make your Process flows interesting in PowerPoint. It need no longer be text based or boring, no matter how complex it is.The problem with PowerPoint Process Flows:
We have all at one time or the other seen flowcharts like this - created with small fonts that are impossible for the audience to read.Idea 1: Use Transition for Seamless Flow
Break up the flow chart over multiple slides and use Push left transition between slides to make it look like one seamless flow. Set this up by selecting the process slides and then going to Animations> transitions to this slide > Push Left Animation.Idea 2: Group and Break Up
If your process can be broken up into groups, then group the items of the flow chart and first show an overall flow. You can then show details of each part of the flow. For example, the set process for sales call by a company person to the retail distributor can be broken up into 3 parts.
Related: Great examples of Visual Chunking
Idea 3: Use professional icons to represent your points
If each step of the process is really important, it helps to illustrate each step with a small professional icon. This is used especially when the process is not too long and complex. Adding icons when the slide is already full just serves to clutter up the space.Can you see how adding the icons made the PowerPoint process stand out from the usual slides?
Related: Create Expressive Icons in PowerPointIdea 4: Use analogy to represent the process
Use a metaphor or analogy to make the slide interesting and the concept easy to remember. Here is a simple example of 5 steps of brand activation. While the same thing could be represented as bullet points, this is far easier for the audience to recall.Idea 5: Use Animations to show actual events
This is the best possible alternative, especially if the process is a critical part of your presentation. By using custom animations, you are going beyond just visuals. You are actually creating an experience for your audience. The animation need not be complex, simple entrance and fade animations can represent your processes easily. Here for example is the 3 step process by which you can deal with emails effectivelyManaging Email Effectively: Sort Categorize Act
More Creative Variations and options for PowerPoint Process:
Here are examples from our 750+ charts and diagrams pack of different creative ideas. You can visualize and create these ideas yourself or get the ready to use pack and save the time and effort. Here are some examples from the PowerPoint Process Section of the CEO Pack: Example: Categorize the process into different parts using color themes:
Source: Powerpoint Target diagrams from CEO Pack
Example: make a cyclic flow visual with a PowerPoint circleSource: PowerPoint Circular Flows from CEO Pack
Example: Use animations to represent the ideas. In this case, the idea of input—processing-output is shown with animation. The changing colors of the glossy globes indicate the change after the process.Input Throughput Output Concept