What Clients Who Need PowerPoint Presentations Tell Me
In the last few years since I’ve been designing PowerPoint templates and presentations a common theme seems to repeat itself. The potential client calls or emails me and says “I have a presentation to put together but I can’t do PowerPoint.” And they say it in such as self-effacing way, as though they should apologize [...]
March 29, 2012 at 2:08 pm | Uncategorized | No comment
All I need is a PowerPoint Template
This is a line I’ve heard more than once. There are people who think that the purpose of a PowerPoint is to make the information they’ve written look organized and professional, which in turn makes a good presentation. Well, they are partly right. Most intelligent people expect to get information in a logical and orderly [...]
March 12, 2012 at 11:52 am | Uncategorized | No comment
Creating a color scheme around a logo in PowerPoint
I have put up a YouTube video explaining one of the easiest ways of assigning a color palette to a PowerPoint presentation. PowerPoint comes loaded with a wide variety of color schemes, and many of them would work fine if you were starting with a completely blank slate. However, most presentations have a company logo [...]
March 7, 2012 at 10:15 am | Uncategorized | No comment
How to Work with a Professional PowerPoint Designer
In the almost three years since I’ve been designing PowerPoint templates and presentations, I’ve had a wide variety of clients. And going along with that has been a unique set of working styles and relationships. Some clients like to begin with a phone call to set up the nature of their business and the [...]
March 2, 2012 at 1:08 pm | Uncategorized | No comment
Video About Creating Cool PowerPoint Charts
PowerPoint has chart and graph options that allow you to churn out some pretty competent looking graphics. While these look professional enough, wouldn’t it be even better to tie your graphics in with whatever business is being talked about in your presentation? For example, a PowerPoint geared toward the restaurant business could have a [...]
February 27, 2012 at 1:35 pm | Uncategorized | No comment
Inserting a movie behind text in PowerPoint
Once in awhile when I get a break from doing PowerPoint presentations for clients, I’ll sit down and do one for myself. Imagine that! No, I’m not a glutton for punishment. It’s just that an idea will pop into my head about a certain effect or animation, and I’ll decide to give it a try. [...]
February 21, 2012 at 7:56 am | Uncategorized | No comment
Bringing PowerPoint Charts to Life with Animation
PowerPoint comes equipped with so many chart and graph options that what was once considered graphic “bells and whistles” is now ubiquitous. Just like you would not expect a good PowerPoint design to have an overused and highly recognizable PowerPoint template, you also would not want to see the same old tired charts, unless [...]
February 16, 2012 at 8:27 am | PowerPoint tips and tricks | No comment
A PowerPoint Before and After for CES
I recently got a call on a Sunday from a company who had what I would call a PowerPoint emergency. They were scheduled on a flight to the annual Computer Electronics Show (CES) the following day armed with a PowerPoint presentation that reflected poorly on them. The main problems were a follows: a bland PowerPoint [...]
February 10, 2012 at 11:29 am | Uncategorized | No comment
PowerPoint support free? You’re kidding, right?
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June 15, 2011 at 8:20 am | PowerPoint news | No comment
An easy way to improve your charts and graphs
A quick way to improve Power Point charts and graphs
March 28, 2011 at 7:03 am | PowerPoint tips and tricks | No comment
