EXPLAIN presentation agency | Präsentationsagentur EXPLAIN

Germany’s leading presentation company
This is EXPLAIN

OUR DECLARATION

We are Germany’s leading presentation company.

Whether for global players, hidden champions, mid-sized companies or individuals – since 2004, we have successfully implemented over 3,000 projects with more than 500 customers. Customer satisfaction is the least we want to achieve. We want to inspire you! That is why we don’t rely on textbooks but develop our own methods and tools and constantly improve them.

EXPLAIN WHY

We believe that great presentations will move people, companies, and markets.

If the content is meaningful, the slides engaging and the speaker’s delivery impressive, then you get a great presentation. Its effect on an audience is unmistakable. No other means of communication can reach people like that. We make this potential usable for our customers: to move people, companies, and markets.

EXPLAIN HOW

EXPLAIN’S PRESENTORIC MODEL COMBINES RHETORIC, DESIGN AND PERSONALITY.

The EXPLAIN PRESENTORIC MODEL – where traditional rhetoric, innovative design and the individual personalities of the speakers merge into a new school of presenting. Our highly trained employees professionally apply tried and tested methods. We thrive in a creative presentation culture, constantly developing innovations and working intensively with top companies.

EXPLAIN WHAT

We create moving presentations and turn people into successful presenters.

It doesn’t matter if it’s for meeting rooms or large stages – we develop moving presentations for individuals, teams or entire companies. We accompany our customers from the development of goal-oriented concepts through creating unique designs to coaching them on how to use their PowerPoint presentation. We then help our customers to create great presentations independently. We pass on our know-how as part of our EXPLAIN TRAININGS.

THIS IS HOW OUR CUSTOMERS BENEFIT

Effective presentation, more efficient development.

Our customers can move people with great presentations. This means they can provide better leadership and show their employees their vision and strategies. They can improve their brand’s reputation and attract new customers and partners in national and international markets. Finally, we enable our customers to create effective presentations by themselves.

At a glance

Facts

full-time employees

years of experience

3.000

projects

years – average age

500

customers

100

percent recommendations

This is what we stand for

Our attitude

We love WHAT we do, and HOW we do it. We are professionals in a proactive and individually responsible culture. We are imaginative and unconventional, always striving to develop ourselves and our company. Our ambition: to stay far away from mediocrity, and to keep the interests of our customers close to our hearts. Through every project and every presentation, we want to grow together.

2004

Founding
in an ironing room

With his passion for presentations Sven Hager founds the agency »Powerpräsentationen« (later EXPLAIN GmbH) in his mother’s ironing room.

2006

Jonas Keller
joins the team

19-year-old Jonas Keller becomes the presentation agency’s first trainee. A good decision: today he is a managing partner.

2007

Microsoft Germany
commissions presentations

Naturally, it was a special honor to design a company presentation for the inventors of PowerPoint.

2008

Strategic
management

The presentation agency is revamped: clear values, clear profile, clear structures. A strategic consultant is brought on board. The agency has 6 employees.

2010

Move to Haydnplatz
in Karlsruhe

The presentation agency moves to its current location in the Karlsruhe Music Quarter and hoists its flag with the new name: EXPLAIN.

2011

Change of legal status
to EXPLAIN GmbH

The sole trader “PowerPräsentationen” becomes EXPLAIN GmbH. Jonas Keller becomes authorized signatory. The company has 14 employees.

2012

Formulating
a vision

A vision is formulated for the first time: EXPLAIN aims to »accompany people who have important things to present«. That’s it!

2012

The first
university presentations

EXPLAIN holds presentations at universities such as the Hasso Plattner Institute and the Karlshochschule. The goal: to shape Germany’s culture of presentation.

2013

The adidas Group
becomes a major customer

EXPLAIN wins the pitch and so its biggest customer. To date, more than 300 projects have been implemented for this famous brand.

2013

Training
becomes a priority

EXPLAIN has eight apprentices. Specific training programs are being developed with the long-term goal of building an exceptional crew.

2013

Sponsoring
of Cyberforum

EXPLAIN sponsors Germany’s largest IT network and supports young companies with pitch training to present themselves better.

2014

Sabbatical:
Handing over responsibility

On the agency’s 10th anniversary, Jonas Keller becomes Managing Partner. Sven Hager goes on a one-year sabbatical. 28 employees.

2014

Germany’s corporations
get involved

In addition to SMEs, EXPLAIN now also works with a sizable number of large-scale corporations and DAX30 companies.

2015

Word sponsorship:
Presentoric

EXPLAIN officially sponsors the word presentoric, a combination of classical rhetoric and modern presentation art.

2015

Sponsoring
of TEDx events

As a sponsor of the world-famous conference format, EXPLAIN coaches international speakers and takes part in their presentations.

2015

Model for
entrepreneurship

EXPLAIN inspires junior entrepreneurs from the DHB and gives insights into values, management structure and operation.

2016

Birth of the
EXPLAIN STAGE

EXPLAIN recognizes that customers can only be properly prepared for their performance through their own experience on stage. The EXPLAIN STAGE is created.

2016

Cooperation with
Tübingen University

Together with the only university in Germany which offers rhetoric as a subject, EXPLAIN GmbH wants to change presentation culture.

2016

Growth Champion
Award

With an average increase in sales of 29% per year (2012 to 2015), EXPLAIN is one of the top 500 companies in the German economy. 38 employees.

2017

Moving people,
markets and companies

Our vocation is becoming ever clearer: We create great presentations that move people, companies, and markets.

Inspiration in the spotlight

Our
presentation culture

We can only train others to be great presenters if we ourselves are masters of the craft. That’s why we cultivate a lively presentation culture – because nothing shapes a speaker like being on stage. We present in front of audiences almost every day, on stages and in meeting rooms. We use these experiences as inspiration, and have created our own platform – the EXPLAIN STAGE – for dynamic presentation practice. This helps us to gain new insights and develop even further.

Get to know us

Crew

At EXPLAIN, we all share the same passion: To create great presentations and share our knowledge with others. We are a group of unique individuals whose talents enrich our culture – but above all, we are a crew that pulls together and gives everything for our customers. Find out more about us.

Partnerships

Of the many lessons we learned during our start-up period, the need for advice and supporters was among the most important. That’s why we pass our knowledge and experience on to others. It’s why we get involved with start-ups, teach at educational institutions, and cooperate with companies who benefit from our expertise. In doing so, we learn more about ourselves each day.

Commitment

As a Karlsruhe company, the future of technology is important to us. We sponsor CyberForum (Europe’s largest IT network) to promote young tech companies, and we support these companies with pitch training. To promote entrepreneurship, we organize the DHBW Karlsruhe’s open day. We also help various speakers – for example at TEDx Events where we are sponsoring partners.

Teaching

At Germany’s only institute for rhetoric (the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen), our presentation specialists inspire students to try new ways of presenting. Since 2014, EXPLAIN Client Director Florian Bernard has been a lecturer at DHBW Ravensburg, teaching a module called presentation competences. Every year at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Potsdam, we train bachelor students for their final presentation. Meanwhile, our courses at the Karlshochschule help make students ready for their studies and their professional careers.

Cooperation

We work with Frank Asmus, who coached Apple employees and was described by Focus Magazine as a “guru and executive coach for excellent presentations.” Germany’s leading company for presentation and PowerPoint management software relies on our expertise in advising its customers. When it comes to working more productively with PowerPoint, we have the know-how and we love to share it.

For a new presentation culture

Partnership
with Tübingen University

What better way to make a lasting impact on Germany’s presentation culture than to fuse past and present? In a forward-looking cooperation between EXPLAIN and Eberhart Karls University Tübingen, we’re combining over 500 years of accumulated knowledge about rhetoric with cutting-edge presentation tactics. Together with the Research Centre for Presentation Competence, we examine how the “old school” field of rhetoric can make today’s presentations better. We also explore how to make these findings useful for our customers. In return, our experienced presentation experts give seminars at the university.

Germany’s leading presentation company

OUR DECLARATION

We are Germany’s leading presentation company.

EXPLAIN WHY

We believe that great presentations will move people, companies, and markets.

EXPLAIN HOW

EXPLAIN’S PRESENTORIC MODEL COMBINES RHETORIC, DESIGN AND PERSONALITY.

EXPLAIN WHAT

We create moving presentations and turn people into successful presenters.

THIS IS HOW OUR CUSTOMERS BENEFIT

Effective presentation, more efficient development.

Facts

Our attitude

2004

Founding in an ironing room

2006

Jonas Keller joins the team

2007

Microsoft Germany commissions presentations

2008

Strategic management

2010

Move to Haydnplatz in Karlsruhe

2011

Change of legal status to EXPLAIN GmbH

2012

Formulating a vision

2012

The first university presentations

2013

The adidas Group becomes a major customer

2013

Training becomes a priority

2013

Sponsoring of Cyberforum

2014

Sabbatical: Handing over responsibility

2014

Germany’s corporations get involved

2015

Word sponsorship: Presentoric

2015

Sponsoring of TEDx events

2015

Model for entrepreneurship

2016

Birth of the EXPLAIN STAGE

2016

Cooperation with Tübingen University

2016

Growth Champion Award

2017

Moving people, markets and companies

Ourpresentation culture

Crew

Partnerships

Commitment

Teaching

Cooperation

Partnershipwith Tübingen University

Impressions

Search

Founding
in an ironing room

Jonas Keller
joins the team

Microsoft Germany
commissions presentations

Strategic
management

Move to Haydnplatz
in Karlsruhe

Change of legal status
to EXPLAIN GmbH

Formulating
a vision

The first
university presentations

The adidas Group
becomes a major customer

Training
becomes a priority

Sponsoring
of Cyberforum

Sabbatical:
Handing over responsibility

Germany’s corporations
get involved

Word sponsorship:
Presentoric

Sponsoring
of TEDx events

Model for
entrepreneurship

Birth of the
EXPLAIN STAGE

Cooperation with
Tübingen University

Growth Champion
Award

Moving people,
markets and companies

Our
presentation culture

Partnership
with Tübingen University