This shows how to use photos to make presentation slides stand out. Contains some of the most stunning photos from AFP. Examples include leadership, change, revenue and internationalization. For more info, go to www.slideshots.com.

1. Eye-catching images for business
presentations
19 original photos from the Agence France Presse (AFP) photo collection and
how to use these in a business presentation
By Sieuwert van Otterloo from Slideshots
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2. Situations and complications
A common pattern for management presentations is situation, complication,
resolution. A mature or even shrinking market is a common situation for many
European or US companies. A sudden drop is sales would also be a situation.
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3. Complication: being stranded
A complication is a sudden event that forces one to take action. For instance if the
company runs out of cash as a result of a sales drop. Or is stranded at second place
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rather than being first

4. Uphill struggle
Changing a business can seem to be an uphill struggle. Try to enjoy the view from the
top.
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5. Threats
• Some companies have legacy, such as old computer systems that
can no longer evolve.
• Other companies are portrayed as dinosaurs themselves, and in
need to renew themselves
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6. Blue Sky thinking: try to find new
markets
‘Blue sky’ thinking: open minded thinking, not limited to your current position or
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market. As investors say: you earn the

7. Internationalization: the consequence of
acting in global markets
• Serving international markets is a challenge for many organisations. Despite
modern technology such as skype, personal meeting remain important. Luckily
many young professionals enjoy travelling internationally
• The picture shows the new boarding hall of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport
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8. The wisdom of crowds
The Internet allows large groups of
individuals to interact with each
other. These large people can be used
for gathering information
(crowdsourcing) or even to raise
money (crowdfunding)
A large flock of starlings fly over a park at sunset seaking an area to land for the
evening, in Algiers 15 January 2006. Millions of birds migrate every year, arriving from
Europe and crossing into Africa.
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9. Motivation and aspiration are
needed in a new product
development team
‘If you want to build a ship,
don’t herd people together to collect wood
and don’t assign them tasks and work
but rather, teach them to long for the
endless immensity of the sea.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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10. Unique selling points
• It is easier to sell products that are perceived as unique. Avoid being a commodity
and you can set the price of your product.
• The tortoise pictured here is Lonesome George, the last of his species. He died on
June 24 2012 at the age of 100.
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11. Additional revenue
• “Cash is king” for many businesses: profitable companies can go bankrupt if they
do not manage their cash flow. The picture shows Swiss Francs.
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12. Cost savings
• Reducing costs is a good way to improve short time profitability.
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13. Customer contact
• “Elephants dance with elephants”: large organizations prefer to do business with
larger suppliers since large providers are believed to be more likely to perform at
scale
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14. Making new types of alliances
• Many organizations need their partners to do business.
• Meeting new partners, especially when they are different from
your own organization, can bring new ideas
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15. Standardization
Standardization of processes is often a
first step in an improvement program. You
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there is no standard process.

16. Firing the starting gun
• Visible support from top leadership is important. One way to show support is by
having an official launching moment.
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17. Measuring cost per transaction
• User centric metrics have proven useful for many businesses. Examples of such
metrics are revenue per transaction or revenue per user per month.
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18. Fuel your own presentations with
photos
• This document was created by Slideshots to inspire you to use photos in
presentations. This presentation may be sent to other people but cannot be
edited.
• The pictures were presented in a more or less random order: It is an example
presentation. There is no overall storyline.
• The photos are all selected from the AFP photo collection, and were licensed for
use in presentations: you can buy these and many other photos at
www.slideshots.com
• Remember to respect the copyright of photographers and protect your company
from copyright claims: always use photos from a legitimate source.
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