Four key dates for a tutoring course intake, each with the family's task
Four dates slide for a course intake with one task per date
A four dates slide gives an audience the four days they must remember and what to do on each, with nothing else competing for attention. This one sets out the 2027 Year 11 maths intake at Saltmere Tutoring, a fictional tutoring business, for families deciding whether to apply.
What is on the slide
- Title
- Year 11 Maths Intake
- Framing line
- Saltmere Tutoring, four dates for the 2027 intensive. 48 places across two campuses.
- 2 November, Applications Open
- The online form opens at 9 am. Attach the latest school report and choose a campus.
- 30 November, Applications Close
- Forms close at 5 pm. Late applications join a waiting list in the order they arrive.
- 7 December, Offers Sent
- Offers are emailed by noon. Accept and pay the $180 deposit within seven days.
- 1 February, Classes Start
- First class at 4 pm at both campuses. Ten weeks, two sessions a week.
When this is the right slide
Right when an audience needs exactly four fixed days and the one thing to do on each, such as a course intake, and the time between them does not matter.
What to swap it for
Calendar: Monthly Grid. When people need to see the dates inside a month, such as which week of term each one falls in.
What this slide shows
The title reads Year 11 Maths Intake, centred, with the framing line: Saltmere Tutoring, four dates for the 2027 intensive, 48 places across two campuses. A brand coloured cross divides the lower part of the slide into four cards, each with a white icon disc, a large date, an event name and two sentences. 2 November, Applications Open, with a document icon: the online form opens at 9 am, attach the latest school report and choose a campus. 30 November, Applications Close, with a clock: forms close at 5 pm, and late applications join a waiting list in the order they arrive. 7 December, Offers Sent, with an envelope: offers are emailed by noon, accept and pay the $180 deposit within seven days. 1 February, Classes Start, with a mortarboard: first class at 4 pm at both campuses, ten weeks with two sessions a week. The cards are filled in navy, blue, teal and pink, and the reading order runs left to right, then down. All four dates fall on a Monday.
When this is the right slide
Use a four dates slide when an audience needs exactly four days and one action for each: course intakes, grant rounds, school events, product launch weeks, board cycles and conference deadlines. It is right for information nights, enrolment briefings and client kickoffs, where people leave and act on the dates alone. It is the wrong slide when the time between the dates matters, such as a seven week project, which suits a timeline with phases, and when there are more than four dates, which call for a calendar or a list. It also loses its value if the dates are not final; never show provisional dates in large type without saying so. The slide also cuts down the follow up work. Families who leave an information night with four clear dates and tasks send fewer emails asking when offers come out or whether a late form is accepted, which matters for a small business answering enquiries between classes.
How to adapt it
First, change the four dates and events to your own, using one date format throughout and adding a time wherever a deadline falls on the day. Second, write each card as the reader's action, what they need to do or bring, in two short sentences, and choose an icon that matches the event. Third, when families or staff need to see the dates inside a month, such as which week of term an offer arrives, swap to the monthly calendar grid layout, which shows a full month with the key days marked. Repeat the dates in the follow up email, word for word, so nothing differs between the slide and what people keep. Check that none of the dates clash with school holidays, exam weeks or public holidays in your state, and that the closing time on the slide matches the closing time the online form actually enforces.
What makes this slide work
Each date carries one task for the reader
Attach the latest school report and choose a campus. Late applications join a waiting list. Accept and pay the $180 deposit within seven days. First class at 4 pm. Every card tells families what they must do, so the slide works as a checklist once they are home.
The times remove doubt
Opens at 9 am. Closes at 5 pm. Offers by noon. First class at 4 pm. Adding a time to every date answers the questions parents ask most at information nights, whether the form opens at midnight and whether a late afternoon submission still counts on closing day.
Four colours and four icons separate the dates
Navy for applications open with a document icon, blue for applications close with a clock, teal for offers with an envelope and pink for classes with a mortarboard. Each card is distinct at a glance, so a family can point to the offers card without reading all four.
Questions people ask
When is a slide with only dates the right choice?
When the audience's main job is to put a few days in their calendar and act on each, such as families applying for a course, staff preparing for an audit or guests planning around an event. Four dates with one task each are easy to remember. When the dates sit inside a longer process, a timeline that shows the stretches between them is more useful.
Should the dates include the weekday and year?
Include whatever prevents a mistake. This slide uses day and month because the framing line names the 2027 intake, and all four dates fall on Mondays, which keeps the deadlines on school days. If an audience might misread the year, such as an intake that spans two years, add it to the dates that cross over.
What should the text under each date say?
What the reader must do and by when, in two short sentences. Attach the latest school report and choose a campus. Pay the $180 deposit within seven days. A description of what the business will do is less useful than the action the reader takes, because the slide is a to do list for families.
Why arrange four dates in a cross rather than a line?
The two by two grid gives each date a large card with room for an icon, a name and two sentences, which a line of four would squeeze. The order still reads left to right, top to bottom. A cross suits four standalone events; a line suits a continuous progression.
When should a four dates slide become a calendar?
When the audience needs to see the dates in the context of a month, such as which week of term they fall in, or when there are more than four dates. A monthly calendar grid shows every day, so readers can spot clashes with school holidays or exams, which a list of four dates cannot.
How do I present a four dates slide at an information night?
Read each date and its task once, slowly, then tell people where to find the dates again, such as the confirmation email or the website. Repeat the closing date, the one that matters most, at the end. Leave the slide up during questions, since most questions will be about these dates.
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