episode 33: Just Talking About Animation
Join Troy, Sandy and Nolan for a conversation about PowerPoint animation; likes, dislikes, uses, wishes, tips & tricks to adding animation to presentation projects.
episode 32: How To Be A Good Design Client
Being a good client to your designer has many benefits. Because design projects are not all about the client. They are also not all about the designer. Design projects to be successful require both client and designer interaction to create the final deliverable. A successful project requires both the client and designer to create the final deliverable. Today's conversation is about an often unspoken topic that hopefully designers, and design clients, find valuable.
episode 31: What Makes a Real PowerPoint Template Real
PowerPoint templates are a real thing, not a collection of slides. A real template is an aide to everyone by establishing styling options, consistency parameters, and presets to make design time faster. Troy, Nolan, Sandy have an in-depth conversation about what makes a template a template, with plenty of tips and best practices, and why a real template has tremendous value.
episode 30: Windows 10 Fluent Design and the Future of Presentation Design
Microsoft has just started releasing its next update to the Windows Operating System, called "The Creators Update". Looking at the details available, the new aesthetic styling system, labelled "The Fluent Design System" has some exciting ideas that will hopefully carry over into the presentation design world. It is called the "Microsoft" Fluent Design System, which implies it will not be limited to the Operating System, but the new styling and aesthetics will carry over into every app and feature.
episode 29: What Else Do You Use PowerPoint For?
Summary PowerPoint is an amazingly versatile application. The [...]
episode 28: Deposit, Terms and $ for Presentation Design
Deposit, Terms and $ for Presentation Design Show [...]
episode 27: When Do You Say No to a Project?
Summary It is easy to say "Yes" in [...]
episode 26: Typography, Part 2
Welcome to Round 2 of our discussion on typography, how it applies to layout, design, and professional presentation PowerPoint slides. For this episode Nolan and Troy are joined by are joined by the very talented graphic design lead, and co-founder of TLC Creative Services, Inc., Lori Chollar.
episode 25: What is the Page Size of 16×9?
For print design, if a client says they need a letter size piece or a client in Europe says the project needs to be A1, we know exactly the dimensions. With PowerPoint, the page size is not always clear or consistent. Part of the issue is that aspect ratio does not equate to a physical dimension and another part is that PowerPoint has updated page sizes and has confusing options. In today's episode, Troy, Nolan, and Sandy talk in-depth about page size options for presentation projects.
episode 24: Archiving Projects
A client from 1, 2, or 8 years ago asks for a few revisions to that incredible presentation you developed for them years ago. But they no longer have the files - do you? Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk about their studio processes for archiving project files, what they let clients know are done with project files, and some of their project archiving best practices.