The Presentation Podcast

Dec 03 2024 212 ep. 62 mins 245
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The Presentation Podcast is conversations from inside design studios about presentation design, tools, tips and running a presentation agency.

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How Can Visual Leadership Transform Communication? A conversation with Todd Cherches.

Dec 03 2024 76 mins  
Episode #211 - In this episode, we welcome business professor and author Todd Cherches to discuss visual design and its impact on leadership management. We continuously say that no one has a direct path into presentation, and Todd shares his career journey from advertising and television to academia that shaped his teachings on the power of visual thinking and communication in lead

e210 - The Best Guide for Adobe Designers Transitioning to PowerPoint: a Conversation with Stephy Hogan

Nov 19 2024 84 mins  
Episode #210, In this podcast episode, Troy, Nolan, Sandy, and guest Stephy Hogan delve into the intricacies of where familiar Adobe tools are in PowerPoint. Stephy's new book, "The Reluctant Designer's Field Guide to PowerPoint" is now available, and is an amazing resource for both Adobe designers working in PowerPoint, and PowerPoint designers moving to Adobe Creative Suite apps.

e209: Live from the Presentation Summit: The Greatest Insights from the Microsoft MVPs There

Nov 05 2024 50 mins  
Episode #209 - The 2024 Presentation Summit, held at the picturesque Zachary Dunes Resort in Central California, brought together a vibrant community of PowerPoint presentation professionals - including 13 (of the 39) Microsoft awarded MVPs for PowerPoint. This episode captures the essence of the Presentation Summit conference and showcases the camaraderie, expertise, and innovativ

From Frustration to Innovation: Neuxpower Solving PowerPoint Problems with Its Add-ins. A Conversation with Mike Power.

Oct 15 2024 74 mins  
Our latest guest, Mike Power, revealed how a simple challenge at his first job led to the creation of NXPowerlite, a tool that compresses images within PowerPoint without sacrificing quality. This innovative solution has now become an industry standard, helping countless presentations be optimized! The dev team then followed with SlideWise, our #1 go to tool to audit and fix Power

Navigating the Presentation Design Minefield: AI, Story Structure, Understanding the Audience - a Conversation with Mike Parkinson

Oct 01 2024 78 mins  
Episode #207, In this episode of the Presentation Podcast, Troy, Nolan and Sandy spend some time with Mike Parkinson, a graphic designer, prolific conference speaker, and the person behind the Build-A-Graphic PowerPoint add-in. We talk about the evolving landscape of presentation design, particularly the role AI tools now play. Mike shares his "3 AI truths", emphasizing that AI too

206 - Insights into the 2024 Presentation Summit - A Conversation With Rick Altma

Sep 17 2024 71 mins  
Episode #206 - The 2024 edition of the annual Presentation Summit conference is being labelled, "The Last Hurrah." Join Troy, Nolan, and Sandy for a conversation with Rick about this year's Presentation Summit, and hear insights into what attendees can look forward to ̶ at "The Last Hurrah"! Full Episode Show Noteshttps://thepresentationpodcast.com/2024/e206 Show Suggestions? Ques

e205 - The Saga of Fonts in PowerPoint, with Julie Terberg

Sep 03 2024 72 mins  
Episode #205: If you use PowerPoint, having a base understanding of font file types and options is important. A new whitepaper by Microsoft MVP for PowerPoint Julie Terberg, titled "Choosing fonts for PowerPoint templates" is a (free!) great resource. Displaying letters, numbers, and symbols takes layers of complex behind-the-scenes code. And if a non-Microsoft font is used, the c

e204 - Made You Look with Carmen Simon

Aug 20 2024 80 mins  
Episode #204 - Carmen Simon, the Cognitive neuroscientist behind the amazing 2016 book Impossible to Ignore now introduces a seismic shift to presentation slide design planning and execution with her latest book, Made You Look. Based on her extensive research on how people retain presented information, this is a textbook worth internalizing if you present or design slides. Inspira

How TLC Creative Organizes PowerPoint Projects with Troy & Lori Chollar

Aug 06 2024 72 mins  
Episode #203. The business side of presentation design is hard. Setting up processes and workflows is also hard, but they minimize the business side time needs and maximizes the design side time. Troy and Lori of TLC Creative Services, Inc. share a behind-the-scenes look at the project management system in place and the multiyear evolution to get it to where it is now. Full Epi

CoPilot, Presentation Design, & Excel without Formulas

Jul 16 2024 93 mins  
Episode #202, Join us on a journey through the cutting-edge world of AI assistants and tools as we explore Microsoft 365 Copilot. Imagine having a personal assistant that not only understands your needs but also anticipates them, seamlessly integrated into PowerPoint to create and edit presentations, elevating your productivity to new heights. In this episode, Troy and Nolan chat