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e210 – The Reluctant Designer’s Field Guide to PowerPoint – A Conversation with Stephy Hogan
e209 – Live from the Presentation Summit: The Greatest Insights from the Microsoft MVPs There
Show Notes – Episode 209 In episode 209 of "The Presentation Podcast," hosts Troy, Sandy, and Nolan, along with an amazing group of Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs, share their experiences from the 2024 Presentation Summit. The 2024 Presentation Summit, held at the picturesque Zachary Dunes Resort in Central California, brought together a vibrant community of PowerPoint presentation professionals - [...]
e208 – From Frustration to Innovation: Neuxpower Solving PowerPoint Problems with Its Add-ins. A Conversation with Mike Power.
Show Notes – Episode #208 This episode our hosts; Troy Chollar, Sandy Johnson, and Nolan Haims engage in a lively conversation with guest Mike Power from Neuxpower, the company behind NXpowerlite and SlideWise. They delve into the significance of PowerPoint add-ins, Mike's career journey, and the innovative tools his company offers. We take a close look at [...]
TPP e207 – Navigating the Presentation Design Minefield: AI, Story Structure, Understanding the Audience – a Conversation with Mike Parkinson
Show Notes – 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 [...]
e206 – Insights into the 2024 Presentation Summit – A Conversation With Rick Altman
Show Notes – Episode #206 As our world of presentation skills and design continues to evolve, one community is preparing for a significant milestone: the last in-person conference for The Presentation Summit. This marks the end of an era that has spanned 22 years, with the 2024 edition of the annual conference is being labelled, "The Last [...]
e205 – The Saga of Fonts in PowerPoint, with Julie Terberg
Show Notes – 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 [...]
e204 – Made You Look with Carmen Simon
Show Notes – 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 [...]