Analyst AcademyReviews of theanalystacademy.com

The course is easy to follow, interesting and it includes hands-on exercises that actually let you incorporate the ideas being presented. All concepts explained can clearly be applied to work tasks, and although nothing being presented is 'rocket science' these ideas helped me "click" on how I was communicating key takeaways and outputs throughout presentations, models and emails. Highly recommended.

it was good to learn

I have learned quite a bit. I am having trouble with the chart section because I don't have enough excel background. Perhaps add a short lesson or two giving the basics on entering data into excel...Also sometimes the narrator just talks to fast making assumptions about people being able to follow along. I often have to watch sections many times. Perhaps that is a method to the madness.

Paul's instruction is very clear and hits the exact right level of specificity. It's very meta, as that's a large part of what the course is about, just pertaining to slide design. Word of caution: these courses are about a very specific kind of presentation- usually a consulting group answering a question for a company. I work at a firm that operates more in the people development space, so it's not always entirely relevant, but there's still some wisdom to glean anyway.

Great course, very useful for consultants. Provides homework to complete so interactive and forces engagement rather than just passive listening. Well structured framework for teaching concepts. Good pace and not too long of a course. However, I find that the concepts are more geared for MBB strategy consulting and may not be exactly way of making slides for operational consulting where you're not always leading the client to certain decision but instead conducting a design workshop or providing a status update at steerco meeting. If there were examples of how to apply the same principles but for non-strategy client scenario but more operational stakeholders where status reports, steerco meetings, and implementation plans are made via ppt.

Shortcuts are very useful

The lessons for developing presentations for consulting are very targeted, detailed and include good hands on examples for students to practice lessons learned. The content is easy to follow and can be applied to my work immediately. The lesson content is longer form, but the online application enables starting and stopping at your availability so its convenient. I think the lesson rules could easily be delivered in an executive summary but the content itself helps me to absorb the key messages.

The examples are very detailed and practical. Its a must do training for consultants and strategists.