Design Opinion

February 1, 2021 In Conference, Design Opinion, PowerPoint Design Trend, Women Leaders By @pptwiz

NEW! Present to Succeed – A conference for business professionals who write, design, and deliver presentations

I can’t wait to be a part of the inaugural presentation-focused conference being held, virtually, out of Bulgaria April 15-17, 2021. Whether you want to up your story game to better resonate with your audience, get inspiration to create slides that impress, discover the dos and...

November 5, 2019 In Design Opinion, PowerPoint Design Trend By @pptwiz

Just Talking PowerPoint (Episode #89)

It has been some time since it was just a conversation with Troy, Nolan and Sandy. October 2019 had 5 Tuesdays, our last conversation was with a large group at the Presentation Summit and before that was a few guest conversations. So, listen in to...

November 5, 2019 In Design Opinion, PowerPoint Design Trend, PowerPoint example, Women Leaders By @pptwiz

Live from the 2019 Presentation Summit! (Episode #88)

Join us at the 2019 Presentation Summit in San Antonio, TX where we gathered over 20 presentation industry people of interest for an all-encompassing conversation on everything presentation. Including, design tricks, tips on running a presentation business, recommendations and a free-for-all review of the Presentation...

June 20, 2019 In Design Opinion By @pptwiz

Should You Use Canva for Your Presentations? (Episode #80)

Canva is an online design tool that labels itself as “amazingly simple graphic design software.” It also has recently shifted from Social Media image creation (which it does very well) to taking on PowerPoint and Google slide, “The presentation software company…” (talking about Canva as...

June 4, 2019 In Design Opinion, PowerPoint Design Trend By @pptwiz

Writing for Presentations (w/ Mort Milder) (Episode #79)

With high stakes presentations, often a professional writer is brought in to craft and write the story to be presented. The Presentation Podcast welcomes Mort Milder, one of those professional writers who has written many high stakes presentations and speeches for many, many industries, for...

April 17, 2019 In Design Opinion By @pptwiz

The Consequences of Good Presentation Design (Episode #76)

Consequences: by definition “a result or effect of an action”. Presentation design has consequences. Everyone knows the “death by PowerPoint” mantra – which is really not about PowerPoint, but about bad information flow in any program or printed material – and it is a consequence...

April 2, 2019 In Design Opinion, PowerPoint Design Trend By @pptwiz

Live From The 2019 Microsoft MVP Summit! (Episode #75)

Join us for a round table discussion with a dozen PowerPoint MVPs at the 2019 Microsoft MVP Summit talking about all things PowerPoint. Microsoft MVP Summit ...

March 25, 2019 In Design Opinion, PowerPoint Design Trend, PowerPoint example By @pptwiz

Embed or Link: Choose Wisely (Episode #74)

Should you embed or link media in PowerPoint presentations? Excel data, videos, audio and images are all options to embed within the presentation file, or link to external files. Troy, Sandy and Nolan discuss the merits of each option, cover many of the technical considerations...

March 5, 2019 In Design Opinion, PowerPoint Design Trend By @pptwiz

Presenting in a Non-Profit World with Andy Goodman (Episode 73)

Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by Andy Goodman, a sought out expert on storytelling, communications and presentation in the world of non-profits, NGOs and foundations. We talk about his history and focus on his book Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes for a...

January 25, 2019 In Design Opinion By @pptwiz

The Presenters Gather at The 2017 Presentation Summit Conference! (Episode 39)

We brought our portable podcast-in-a-box to the 2017 Presentation Summit conference. Microsoft has awarded 16 MVPs for PowerPoint in North America and 10 are featured in this episode!! The Presentation Summit conference is focused on the Presentation Industry and gave us the opportunity record this special...

January 25, 2019 In Design Opinion By @pptwiz

Mistakes We Have Made (Episode 40)

Life, and being a professional, is a matter of learning from experiences – and sometimes those experiences are mistakes. Join Troy, Sandy and Nolan for a design studio conversation full of business mistakes seen, been a part of, or possibly created....

January 25, 2019 In Design Opinion, PowerPoint Design Trend, PowerPoint Misc By @pptwiz

Office 365 Features We Use (Episode 43)

Listen to the team's overview of Office 365 features in PowerPoint....