Episode #174 - The PowerPoint app available today, has gotten better and better over the years. It is an amazing application with features and uses. BUT that is not to say PowerPoint is perfect - or that there are features that are asked for - or there are existing features that need fixing. There are. And this episode, Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk about those missing and not complete features, knowing there is no expectation that anything beyond having a great conversation is the end...

Episode #173 - Are you at the computer each day working on PowerPoint presentations? What if your daily job was working on PowerPoint presentations in a different location every day – or every week? Troy and Lori of TLC Creative Services talk about being a travel presentation designer.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2023/e173   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: [email protected]   Listen and review on iTunes....

Episode #172 - AI is coming to presentation design - and every aspect of the internet, computing and the world. It is not something that just suddenly was created, but is a major evolution of technologies, and very recently packaged into consumer facing interfaces for general public use. Troy and Nolan talk about their experience with AI tools, where they see AI in presentation design, and how Microsoft's AI powered Copilot is going to enhance presentation development, and everyone should be...

  Episode #171 - PowerPoint tables - good, not good, and many tips on formatting and presenting tables from Troy, Nolan and Sandy on this episode of The Presentation Podcast.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2023/e171   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: [email protected]   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq   New Episodes 1st and 3rd Tuesday Every Month

Episode #170, Microsoft Teams enables all PowerPoint files to be a collaboration file with dozens of people reviewing and editing the same file, at the same time. Troy and Lori of TLC Creative Services talk about how they have integrated Teams into the company presentation design workflow, how Teams files are key to their slide review process, and how Teams files are often a part of the backend setup for live meetings.   Full Episode Show Notes ...

Episode #169. This conversation has been a long time in the making, proposed in the middle of 2022 and took some time coordinate and get onto the podcast schedule. Join for a conversation centered around visual slide design, based on the bulletless design concepts from The Better Deck Deck. ThePowerPointBlog.com, featured a month long look at some of the TLC Creative presentation design team slide designs, inspired by The Better Deck Deck.   Full Episode Show Notes ...

Episode #168, There is a new PowerPoint centric book, and this conversation is Troy, Sandy and Nolan talking with Chantal Bosse about her just released book, " Microsoft PowerPoint Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques". Listen in on a great conversation and book that everyone who aspires to use PowerPoint's tools and features will want to add to their library.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2023/e   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us...

Episode #167, We welcome returning guest, David Blatner from the CreativePro Network. We talk about the upcoming Design + PowerPoint online conference, and then chat about a really interesting design philosophy, "All Design is Creating an Experience for a User."   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e167   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: [email protected]   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! ...

Episode #166 Join Troy, Nolan and Sandy as they dive deep into PowerPoint and talk about the presets that everyone has when they open a default PowerPoint file. And bonus, give your opinion on some of the PowerPoint defaults by joining our listener survey - details in the podcast and in the show notes.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e166   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: [email protected]   Listen and...

Episode #165 - Welcome to 2023! New year and 12 months of presentation design ahead of us! Troy, Nolan and Sandy take the past 12 months of hearing from clients, software companies and their years of presentation experience and present 13 bold presentations predictions for 2023!   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e165   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: [email protected]   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! ...

Episode #164, Episode 164 is the final episode of 2022! Troy, Sandy and Nolan have some fun talking about each of their top 5' of the year.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e164/   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: [email protected]   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq   New Episodes 1st and 3rd Tuesday Every Month

Episode #163 - The Presentation Podcast Team; Troy, Sandy and Nolan, are joined by some of the Eyeful Presentations team; Simon, Lloyd and Luke. The conversation this episode is about the business of presentation as we talk about the evolution of Eyeful Presentations has taken its business success and handed over the leadership as an employee owned company!   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e163   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us...

Episode #162 -As long-time designers, there are design services that once were offered, but not offered any longer. Nolan, Troy and Sandy talk about some of those presentation design and graphic design services that they no longer offer, or sometimes never offered. And this conversation is a continuation of a conversation Nancy Duarte started at the 2022 Presentation Summit when talking about niche focus and offerings.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e ...

Episode #161, Troy and Lori Chollar of TLC Creative Services spend some time with Mike and Jenn Parkinson of Billion Dollar Graphics for a fun conversation about working together as owners of creative industry companies. It is an unscripted, random, and amazing conversation - join them!   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e161   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: [email protected]   Listen and review on iTunes....

Episode #160 - 11 Microsoft MVPs for PowerPoint, in the same room! Join us for a group conversation recorded at the 2022 Presentation Summit with Troy, Nolan, Ric, Geetesh, Yulia, Chantal, Julie, Heather, Mike, Jamie, and Steve as we just talk shop over a glass (or two) of wine!   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e160   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: [email protected]   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! ...

Episode #159 - Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: How We Repurpose Work    "The power of PowerPoint is the ability for anyone to reuse its content." This episode Troy and Nolan are joined by Bethany Auck of Slide Rabbit for a conversation about how they do not reinvent the process for every slide, but leverage preset assets, slides and more in their slide design process.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e159   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? ...

Episode #158 - The Presentation Podcast conversation this episode is with PowerPoint MVP and President of TLC Creative Services Troy Chollar, PowerPoint MVP Sandy Johnson, PowerPoint MVP Echo Swinford and CEO of TLC Creative Services Lori Chollar who worked together onsite at a large conference and pre-flighted 150+ presentations in 4 days. Join us as we talk about key learnings, observations and recommendations about pre-flighting presentations for a conference - especially with hundreds of...

Episode #157, PowerPoint celebrated its 35th anniversary this year. The Presentation Summit 2022 is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Both amazing benchmarks! This episode we are joined by the Presentation Summit creator and director, Rick Altman for a conversation about what to expect at this year's conference, along with some talk about the evolution of presentation.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e157   Show Suggestions? Questions for...

Episode #156, PowerPoint is a big community with lots and lots of resources. This episode Troy, Sandy and Nolan spend some time talking about the FREE presentation resources they use. It is a fun conversation but have something to take notes!   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e156   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: [email protected]   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq   ...

PowerPoint is a coding amazement, the same code base for every version; Windows, Mac, Web and Mobile. Troy recently has been on multiple projects that used PowerPoint for Mac, giving him a lot of time in the Mac version. The result was a list of 20+ questions and observations on differences between the Mac version and the Windows version. Join Troy and Nolan as they talk about Mac PPT vs. Windows PPT.

Episode #154, We have had conversations focused on client management, hiring designers, and being the best presentation designer employee. But we have not talked about working for another designer. Because it is one thing if the person approving and paying for your work is a non-designer client, but when that person is another designer things can be different.  That's what we talk about today—what it's like working for and answering to another designer.   Full Episode Show Notes ...

Episode #153. After 2+ years of virtual meetings with very little to no animation, I declare 2022 is the year animation has returned to presentations! We are going to jump back in time, where a past conversation is just what we need to get us back on track for the return of animated presentations. Join Nolan, Sandy and Troy for a conversation about presentation animation.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e153   Show Suggestions? Questions for your...

Episode 152 - One definition of accessibility is "…making information, activities, and/or environments sensible, meaningful, and usable for as many people as possible.". For us in the presentation world, accessibility is a consideration for slide design. And slide design can address accessibility categories of contrast, font size, captioning, screen reader setup, alt text, and much more. But the real question is, are there tools within PowerPoint to enable presentation designers to make a...

Episode #151, The 2nd annual Present to Succeed conference was April 7-8, 2022. This fully online conference's tagline is, "a lineup of world-class speakers you can't find anywhere else." This episode we have coordinated the global time zones and have a great conversation with Boris Hristov about the Present to Succeed conference.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e151/ ‎    Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: ...

Episode #150 - What's it like to design presentations on the Mac? Longtime Mac users Jole Simmons and Mike Parkinson join Nolan for a conversation about the good, the bad, and the ugly on using PowerPoint and Keynote and Google Slides on a Mac. What are the disadvantages and what are the advantages to Windows? Is the animation timeline really that important? Is it more expensive or less? And how does Keynote stack up next to PowerPoint?   Full Episode Show Notes ...