Everyone has cool tips, apps and ways of doing things. It is part of what makes an experienced designer experienced. Join Troy, Sandy and Nolan as they have fun talking about what apps, hacks and cool tips they use as part of their daily routine. Discussion ...
You don't need to use third party tools to recording your PowerPoint screen. Now you can use PowerPoint's screen recording tool....
Presentation Guild was featured in a Forbes article. There a short quote from yours truly! Read it HERE...
In addition to this year's 2015 Animated Holiday Card (which, by the way has only been released in video form previously) I am re-releasing several of my past cards for you to customize and use for personal and business use. All you'll need is PowerPoint...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a stylized line chart like the one below for your presentations. Better yet, you'll learn how to create an editable version of this chart in PowerPoint, making it easy for you to make data changes in the future. This...
Learn how to capture your audience's attention by inserting videos into your PowerPoint!...
Graphic designers are using hand made fonts in their print and multi-media materials. This is a trend that I've started to use in slide design. What I like about it There is something about a hand made font that makes a presentation come alive. I don't know...
You'll find supertext, as I call it, making the rounds in television commercials. Similarly, I'm finding -- and using it -- in PowerPoint design. Why I like it A slide using supertext is a great tool for leveraging the "single concept per slide" guideline. As a part of a mix...
As promised, here is a tutorial to create an animated sketch in PowerPoint. Follow these steps using PowerPoint 2013 on your Surface Pro (I have not tested this on other Windows 8 touch devices). Download presentation here: http://wp.me/p1kyln-5W...
Check out this fun animated sketch I created using PowerPoint 2013. I used the Ink Tools featured on my Surface Pro. It's a great way to incorporate design trends into your PowerPoint presentations. Globe Sketch 2 < Here is the PowerPoint file. Here is the link to...
This step-by-step series of tutorials will show you how to animate shapes and text to create a customizable patriotic slide with background music. This third tutorial focuses on drawing and animating the Text shown below. Create text Learn how to animate the Text in the above slide -- but with...
I took a rather daring approach to business travel this past week. I hit the road with a my week-old Microsoft Surface Pro tablet and the newest release of Microsoft Office (2013). I travelled to Microsoft for a series of meetings at the annual Global...