Design Opinion

Our Favorite Animations (Episode 22)

PowerPoint has lots of great features for adding motion to static content through animations and transitions. Overall PowerPoint presentations are known for animation, and knowing that animation is used by everyone from elementary age students to professional designers says a lot about the functional design...

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What’s On the Bookshelf? (Episode 14)

Books, whether traditional print or digital, provide entertainment, education, ideas and more. Troy, Nolan and Sandy gathered many of their favorite books that they have read over the years of being professional designers for their own book club discussion focused on presentations, design, business and random inspiration....

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3 Steps to More Powerful PowerPoint Slides

Step 1 Write your script ­ or notes. Do this in PowerPoint's speaker's notes section. Write one note page per idea. DO NOT start writing on your slides. Step 2 Find a notebook (I have an 8.5 X 11 storyboarding sketchbook) and jot down your headlines, using each page...

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PowerPoint Audiences are People, Too

I "grew up" in the marketing and advertising world. For each project we carefully analyzed the target audience in an effort to create relevant and effective materials that connect with them emotionally and compel them to act. We leveraged information using market research, demographics and...

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