episode 93: Investing in Our Presentation Design Business

• As our first conversation of the new year, we talk about investing in our design businesses; software, hardware, training, services, and what are important to be in our annual budget.

Training/Events

• Troy: Presentation Summit, AIGA design conference, Microsoft MVP Summit, LinkedIn Learning, The PowerPoint Blog
• Sandra: Presentation Summit, Microsoft MVP Summit
• Nolan: Presentation Summit, Click Conference, Microsoft MVP Summit

Office

• Troy: Full design studio and home office, each with Ikea Galant desk system and lots of overhead lighting, Herman Miller Aeron chairs.
• Sandra: Home Office (that belongs in a magazine!) with lots of hand picked art.
• Nolan: Home office that is full third story and a custom 10′ long live edge wood desk and a Human Scale chair.

Design Subscriptions

• Troy: Microsoft Office 365 (Business Premium), Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Stock, Audio Blocks, Video Blocks, Noun Project, Wipster, DropBox, Box, Hightail.
• Sandra: Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Creative Cloud, Shutterstock, DropBox, Geek Squad (IT Support)
• Nolan: Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Creative Cloud, Noun Project, iStock.

Design Computers

• Troy: Lenovo X1 Extreme Gen. 2.
• Sandra: Microsoft Studio.
• Nolan: 27″ iMac.

Resources from this Episode: 

• TLC Creative 2019 Christmas Card
• TLC Creative 2019 Holiday PowerPoint animation
• Global Diversity CFP Day
• Click Conference
• Presentation Summit
• PowerPoint Export Animated .GIF
• AIGA San Diego Y Conference
• InDesign Magazine
• LinkedIn Learning
• The PowerPoint Blog
• The Presentation Guild
• Human Scale Chair
• The Noun Project
• Audio Blocks
• Episode 82: What We Actually Use

 

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