January 24, 2019
Giving and Getting Feedback (Episode 48)
Do you establish rules or guidelines for feedback up front with a client? Do you specify who will be giving and receiving feedback on either side?...
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January 24, 2019
What Makes Presentation Slides Beautiful (Episode 49)
What makes a slide “bad” or “ugly?” We share our opinions in this podcast!...
January 24, 2019
Live from the 2018 Microsoft MVP Summit (Episode 50)
The Presentation Podcast gathered over a dozen PowerPoint experts for a live conversation at the 2018 Microsoft MVP Summit in Seattle, Washington. Join a group conversation on all things PowerPoint and presentation!...
January 24, 2019
PowerPoint Add-ins We Like (Episode 51)
Add-ins, third party apps that make design time faster by automating tasks and enabling PowerPoint to do more than it is capable of are something every professional presentation designer should take advantage of. Troy, Nolan, and Sandy talk about add-ins they use and see others...
January 24, 2019
A Conversation with PPT Add-In Developers (Part 1) (Episode 52)
Questions answered during this conversation: What is one of the most popular add-ins you have developed (or most popular feature within an add-in set)? PowerPoint supports two programming options, VBA and dotnet. Which, or both, do you work in and what are some plain language...
January 24, 2019
Colorful Talk About Using Color in PowerPoint (Episode 53)
Color is a major part of presentation design. How a presentation designer goes about using color, both for design and the technical how-to within PowerPoint, have a wide variety approaches. We talk about personal approaches, technical setup and how-to, and using color in presentations in...
January 24, 2019
A Conversation with PPT Add-in Developers (Part 2) (Episode 54)
This is Part 2 of the PowerPoint add-ins conversation with developers Steve Rindsberg of PPTools, Gil Segal of ToolsToo, and Jamie Garroch of YouPresent (Listen to episode 52 for Part 1 of the conversation). Amongst the great conversation full of insights and tips we cover...
January 24, 2019
Let’s Talk PowerPoint Templates (a Virtual Discussion) (Episode 55)
PowerPoint Templates have lots of setup, design, distribution and end-use considerations. For this episode we have a virtual conversation with a number of presentation design experts sharing their expertise and recommendations on everything PowerPoint templates. We get everyone’s answers to: How do you summarize the...
January 24, 2019
PowerPoint Templates In Depth with Julie Terberg and Echo Swinford (Episode 56)
PowerPoint templates are a key, and fundamental, feature of PowerPoint. We have all seen “templates” that are far from a true, functional and helpful PowerPoint template. Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by two industry experts in PowerPoint template development – who literally wrote the...
January 24, 2019
Do You Like (PowerPoint) Sections? (Episode 57)
PowerPoint Sections, first introduced in PowerPoint 2010 are still a hidden feature to many. Troy, Nolan and Sandy spend a whole episode to talking about this great, and underutilized feature. How they use, when they use, and reasons to use PowerPoint sections, along with tips...