Annual business plan powerpoint presentation slides

Imagine telling your employees they need to increase sales in the new financial year without providing them with a plan.

Without proper direction, everyone will go about doing their own thing. Cooperation, teamwork, and consistency will go out the window. It will cost your business resources and time. Forget increasing sales; you might end up losing customers.

This is where Benjamin Franklin’s quote makes the most sense - ‘By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.’

Your business goals may include increasing profits, expanding your market share, building a strong consumer base, or contributing to society. These are realistic goals, not far-fetched fantasies. But you must prepare and have a plan that entails concrete steps to achieve these goals.

With an annual plan, you can set objectives, provide directions, and track progress along the way.

Our annual planning templates use engaging graphics, charts, tables, and slide designs. These reduce the time you spend preparing PPTs.

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Annual Business Plan Templates

Our annual plan templates provide stakeholders with the present scenario and what-can-be view of the business. These are the milestones achieved to date, your vision and goals for the future, and how you plan to get there.

If you want to provide a long-term view of your business, for example five years to a decade, and how the annual plan fits into the larger picture, view our 100% editable long-term vision plan template.

Let us explore some priority slides that should be a part of your annual business plan PPT.

Template 1: Executive Summary

The executive summary template provides insights into the company for which the plan is created. For example, a part of the slide includes four headings: background, capabilities, accreditation, and promoters and shareholders. You can highlight attributes like crucial product or service lines, certifications, and key investors here. For any profit-making business, it is the financial data that interests all stakeholders. The slide uses a bar chart to present the company’s financial health over the years. It is a high-impact slide with a lot of information. We have ensured the the overall view is uncluttered with the use of sectioning, bulleted lists, and charts.

Template 2: Operational Highlights

When creating a plan for the next year, it is essential to understand the current performance trends and market. Whether you have achieved significant goals or faced challenges, they must be highlighted. The design takes a quarterly approach. For example, you can mention highlights right from Q1 to Q4 of the financial year. The four highlights are neatly divided, with each having its graphic, heading, sub-heading, and text section. You can swap out the icons with the ones that are more relatable to the data you are presenting.

Template 3: Milestones Achieved

Milestones are the measurement metrics for your company’s progress. These are specific goals you have achieved aligning with the overall company strategy. The slide uses a roadmap design to highlight the milestones the business has achieved so far. The use of numbered icons, colors and the uneven text levels, helps draw attention to specific milestones. It is human nature to focus on the challenges. However, the slide is a good reminder of the company’s capabilities that can help instill faith in shareholders and employees.

Template 4: Key Performance Indicators

We have been talking about goals and progress, but how does it translate into specific targets for employees working on the ground? For example, increasing profits can be your business goal, but increasing conversion rate or lowering sales cycle length is a quantifiable goal for your employees. The measurements of such goals are your key performance indicators. The slide is designed to focus on five important KPIs. The content is limited to the graphics and heading to ensure audience engagement. Again, you can customize the icons and KPIs as per your requirements.

Template 5: Operational Challenges

Operational challenges are part and parcel of running a business. For example, poor communication, inefficient processes, waste, work fatigue, and logistics delays are all-too-frequent across enterprises.

You can use this slide to present such possible hurdles. We have used a pie chart to mention the challenges. For clarity, the pain areas are divided into front and back-end operations. Such a distinction can help the audience understand which department is accountable for what challenge.

Template 6: Risk Mitigation Plan

Risk mitigation is the process of identifying risks and having a plan in place to avoid or lessen their impact. For example, the client having unrealistic expectations during product development is a risk. Clear and frequent communication and progress reports could be your way of managing that risk. Risks that can hinder your business from achieving its goals can be added to this slide, along with possible solutions. The slide is content-heavy, so we have kept the design simple, using a table format. Tables are more effective when it comes to data visualization.

Template 7: Risk Response Matrix

The risk response matrix can be considered an extension of the mitigation plan. For example, if the steps do not work, you can refer to the matrix. Any such matrix includes five elements: risk event, response, contingency plan, trigger, and who is responsible. Our slide includes these five elements in a tabular format to ensure better data structure and understanding.

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An annual business plan communicates your goals and strategies to parties involved. It includes your goals for the financial year, an assessment of the previous year, challenges, risks, and possible solutions. Our pre-designed business plan templates include slides that touch on the attributes mentioned above. We have used a mix of graphics, tables, and charts to keep the PPT interesting while ensuring your content takes priority. The slides are editable, so you can make changes that align with your business branding.

If you are looking for an alternative design option with additional icons and flowcharts, explore our strategic business plan PPT.