PMO Pilot

Content Calendar template for PowerPoint

A content calendar timeline shows a month or a quarter of content on one slide: a lane per channel, series and campaigns as short bars, and each publish date as a dot. Use it in the monthly content review, or to show sales and leadership what's going out and when without opening the editorial spreadsheet.

Pro Marketing & launch timeline look. Included in PMO Pilot Pro.

Content Calendar timeline look example slide: Content calendar — Q4 2026
Shown on a sample plan: Content calendar — Q4 2026. In the add-in, previews use your own data.

Download (.pptx, 14 KB) Fill it from your notes in PowerPoint

The download is the slide above, made of native PowerPoint shapes you can edit. No sign-up. To draw it from your own dates in the browser, use the free timeline maker. PMO Pilot, the PowerPoint add-in, fills it from notes or a spreadsheet and is free to install.

What's on the slide

  • One lane per channel: Blog, Newsletter, Social and Webinar in the sample
  • Series and campaigns as slim pills with their names beside them
  • Publish dates as dots with the day: newsletter issues, the live webinar, a post
  • Week start dates under the months, so each piece sits in its week
  • A Today line showing what has already gone out

When to use it

Planning content by channel over a month or a quarter: posts, issues, series and events.

How to make it in PMO Pilot

  1. One task per series or campaign and one milestone per publish date, with the channel (Blog, Newsletter, Social) in the Workstream column.
  2. Pick Content Calendar: slim pills with names beside them, publish dates as dots.
  3. Keep Units on Weeks with Months as the Second row, so each publish date sits in its week.

Best for

Content marketers, Social media managers, Communications.

Bring your data from…

Column names are matched as each tool exports them: no mapping step.

Questions

What goes on the slide, and what stays in the editorial calendar?

The slide is for planning and review: series, campaigns and the dates other teams depend on, such as a webinar or a newsletter issue. Briefs, drafts, an owner per post, keywords and approval status stay in your editorial spreadsheet or tool.

Can I bring the calendar in from a spreadsheet?

Yes. Export the editorial sheet to Excel or CSV with a title, a publish date and a channel column, and upload it with Upload Excel / CSV in Create. Rows with one date become publish-date dots; rows with a start and an end become bars.

How do I show one quarter at a time?

Under Style → Timescale & dates, set Timeline starts and ends to On dates I choose and enter the quarter's first and last day. Items outside the range stay in the plan but aren't drawn, so next quarter is one date change away.

Content Calendar or Campaign Calendar?

Content Calendar is for a steady stream across channels, week by week. Campaign Calendar is for one launch or campaign, with owners and full dates on every activity.

More Marketing & launch templates

Part of Marketing timeline templates, with a guide to which one fits which meeting. All 80 timeline looks, each a free .pptx download.

From the blog

Content Calendar timeline look example slide: Content calendar — Q4 2026