Episode 68, Join Troy, Sandy and Nolan for their final podcast of 2018, with a fun conversation of reflection on the past year, both the overall presentation industry and our studios. Let's wrap of 2018! Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/68 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq New Episodes 1st and 3rd Tuesday Every Month...
Dec 18, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 68
Episode 67 Presenting is a skill, an art, an act of being courageous and being the focus to a live audience. But, the secret is, the audience does not know your slides, your talking points or what you are going to say. Join an amazing conversation where Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by Travis Thomas, author and improv comedian, as we talk about how presenters, like an onstage comedian, need to continue presenting like there are no mistakes - because the audience only knows it was a mistake if...
Dec 04, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 67
Episode 66 All Presentation projects all have parameters; what is needed, when it is needed, who needs to approve, how you will be paid. Project scope can be very simple or very robust. One thing that is almost inevitable, the project scope changes before the final design piece is approved. Join Troy, Sandy, and Nolan as they talk about how they setup project scope, and stories of Project Scope that slowly expanded throughout the project timeline. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpo...
Nov 20, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 66
Episode 65 Join Troy, Nolan and Sandra for a post-Presentation Summit conversation as Troy and Nolan update Sandy on their key take-aways and stories of the conference. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/65 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq New Episodes 1st and 3rd Tuesday Every Month...
Nov 06, 2018•58 min•Season 3Ep. 65
Episode 64 This episode we have a group of international presentation designers gathered together to talk about PowerPoint, what they see in presentation use and design, and lots of other random topics. Join the conversation with Troy, Nolan, Glen Millar (from Brisane, Australia), Chantal Bosse (from Quebec, Canada), Tom Howell - Mark and Sam (from Synapsis Creative in Sydney, Australia). Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/64 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Ho...
Oct 16, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Episode #63 This episode is a live conversation recorded at the 2018 Presentation Summit in San Diego California. We gathered around a table and just the let conversation flow - so enjoy a fantastic everything presentation conversation among 10 presentation industry experts! Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/63 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq New E...
Oct 02, 2018•47 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Episode #62 Join this conversation about the two components of every presentation; the audience and the presenter. Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by Richard Goring of Bright Carbon for a fantastic time talking about visual slide design and finding the balance of content to visuals that is best for both presenter and audience. We coined the term "Presentability" during this podcast to describe the optimal balance. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/62 Show Suggest...
Sep 18, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 62
Episode 61 - Join a great conversation with Troy, Sandra and Nolan sharing "PowerPoint Shortcuts", including keyboard shortcuts, right-click tricks, app setup, faster design, better presenting and anything else that helps us get more done quicker, better or professionally. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/61 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq New Epi...
Sep 04, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 61
Episode #60 Audience Response System, or A-R-S, is a great process of involving an audience in a presentation. It is a way for a presenter, a meeting, or even a classroom to get real-time input from the audience, and display everyone's answers. For our conversation about ARS we are joined by John Cosgrove of VoiceHive and Ben Andersson as meeting ARS specialist. We talk about software we use, ways we added audience interaction, and ideas for presenters to integrate audience interaction into a pr...
Aug 21, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 60
Episode 59 Video Round-Tripping in PowerPoint - Video round-tripping in PowerPoint is like the movie inception, where we figure out everything is a dream, inside of a dream, that is possibly inside of another dream… this is creating content in PowerPoint, that is exported to video, and then that video become part of the PowerPoint content, or a slide with a video of PowerPoint content with other PowerPoint content. It is crazy stuff you can do with PowerPoint, and Troy, Sandy and Nolan have a gr...
Aug 07, 2018•56 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Episode #58 After talking about studio projects and presentation industry news, Troy and Nolan head out the door while Sandra Johnson, Nancy Duarte, and Lori Chollar have an amazing time talking about being Women Owned Businesses in the design industry - a conversation not to miss! Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/58 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCU...
Jul 17, 2018•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 58
Episode #57 PowerPoint Sections, first introduced in PowerPoint 2010 are still a hidden feature to many. Troy, Nolan and Sandy spend a whole episode to talking about this great, and underutilized feature. How they use, when they use, and reasons to use PowerPoint sections, along with tips & tricks, asks of Microsoft and examples. Enjoy another PowerPoint conversation! Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/57 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: inf...
Jul 03, 2018•56 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Episode #56: PowerPoint templates are a key, and fundamental, feature of PowerPoint. We have all seen "templates" that are far from a true, functional and helpful PowerPoint template. Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by two industry experts in PowerPoint template development - who literally wrote the book on PowerPoint templates; Echo Swinford and Julie Terberg. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/56 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thep...
Jun 19, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Episode #55 PowerPoint Templates have lots of setup, design, distribution and end-use considerations. For this episode we have a virtual conversation with a number of presentation design experts volunteering their expertise and recommendations on everything PowerPoint templates. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/55 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq N...
Jun 05, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Episode #54 Part 2 of the PowerPoint add-ins conversation with developers Steve Rindsberg of PPTools, Gil Segal of ToolsToo, and Jamie Garroch of YouPresent (Listen to episode 52 for Part 1 of the conversation). We cover three additional questions this time; what about the new Microsoft Store web-based add-ins? What about Mac PowerPoint add-ins? And what is an add-in you would like to develop? It is a fantastic conversation, enjoy! Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcas...
May 15, 2018•53 min•Season 3Ep. 54
Episode #53 Color is a major part of presentation design. How a presentation designer goes about using color, both for design and the technical how-to within PowerPoint have a wide variety approaches. Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk about personal approaches and technical setup and how-to, to using color in presentations. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/53 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iT...
May 01, 2018•54 min•Season 3Ep. 53
Episode 52 The Presentation Podcast continues the PowerPoint add-in conversation from the perspective of the add-in developers themselves. With 3 amazing guests providing their insights and knowledge; Steve Rindsberg of PPTools, Gil Segal of ToolsToo, and Jamie Garroch of YouPresent. This will be part 1 in this conversation, look for part 2 in the near future. The insights and information from these add-in developers is definitely worth a listen, and probably a re-listen to take notes on everyth...
Apr 17, 2018•57 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Episode #51 Add-ins, third party apps that make design time faster by automating tasks and enabling PowerPoint to do more than it is capable of are something every professional presentation designer should take advantage of. Troy, Nolan, and Sandy talk about add-ins they use and see others using. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/51 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://...
Apr 03, 2018•59 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Episode #50 Two amazing things about this episode; first this is the 50th Presentation Podcast episode! Second, we celebrate our 50th anniversary with a presentation and PowerPoint conversation at the Microsoft campus with over a dozen Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs! Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/50 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq New Episodes 1st a...
Mar 20, 2018•51 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Episode 49 "Beautiful" is subjective, as is slide design, which Troy, Nolan, Sandy and our guest Mitch Grasso have strong opinions on. Mitch adds great insights into presentation design as founder of SlideRocket (acquired by VMware in 2011) and now Beautiful.ai (an online presentation design app that launched February 6, 2018). Like TV shows that use a news headline for an episode storyline, we take Mitch's new company name, and its mission, as our conversation topic and discuss what makes a bea...
Mar 06, 2018•56 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Episode #48, There is an art to design project feedback, and often the success or failure of a project rests entirely on being able to give, and receive, feedback effectively. On this episode, Troy, Nolan, and Sandy focus on design feedback - for both the client and the designer. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/48 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq ...
Feb 20, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 48
Episode #47 Support for 3D model file formats are a new option for PowerPoint. And 3D models and 3D Perspective design are different. In this Presentation Podcast conversation Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk about using 3D Models as PowerPoint slide content and if 3D Models are a novelty, a fad, or a design trend? Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/47 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Th...
Feb 06, 2018•55 min•Season 3Ep. 47
Episode #46 Join an fantastic conversation about how presenters can share the stage with their slides; interact with them, while still engaging with the audience, and "share the Con". Sally Zimney from the This Moved Me podcast, and a professional presentation coach joins the conversation, offering some great advise for every presenter, and presentation designer. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/46 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@the...
Jan 16, 2018•57 min•Season 3Ep. 46
Episode #45 Presentation software's primary purpose is to support a presenter. And presenters need to be aware of what things can go wrong, know what to check before presenting, and prevent many potential issues before they are an issue. Sandy, Nolan and Troy are presenters, they work with presenters every week, and have experienced so many presentation technical issues this podcast offers a compilation of things every presenter should check before presenting. Full Episode Show Notes http://thep...
Jan 02, 2018•58 min•Season 3Ep. 45
Episode #44; Year End Thoughts This is the 24th episode and final conversation of 2017! Troy, Nolan and Sandy end the year with a great conversation about the big things that influenced their design, studios, and presentation software use this past year. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/44 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq New Episodes 1st and 3rd T...
Dec 19, 2017•59 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Episode #43, Office 365 is Microsoft's subscription based software and service that goes beyond the Office apps by encompassing SharePoint, Teams, Groups, Unified Communications with Skype and much more. Troy, Sandy and Nolan talk about they each use Office 365 for their studios and the 'secrets' to making the most of it. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/43 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review ...
Dec 05, 2017•49 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Episode 42 - This episode enjoy an amazing conversation with Tom Howell of Synapsis Creative, Mike Parkinson of Billion Dollar Graphics, Nolan Haims of Nolan Haims Creative and Troy Chollar of TLC Creative Services. Recorded at the 2017 Presentation Summit, our conversation covers a range of topics from design projects to studio policies to if our University degree applies to our career! Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/42 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hos...
Nov 19, 2017•56 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Episode #41 Presenter Notes: what are they, are they needed, what is the best way to create them, where is the best place to create them? So many questions for such a useful presentation tool. Yes, there are less helpful ways of creating, formatting and using Presenter Notes. No, there is no perfect way to create, format or use Presenter Notes. Troy, Nolan and Sandy share their notes about using Presenter Notes. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/41 Show Suggestion...
Nov 07, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Episode #40 - Life, and being a professional, is a matter of learning from experiences - and sometimes those experiences are mistakes. Join in on a design studio conversation full of business mistakes seen, been a part of, or possibly created. Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/40 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq New Episodes 1st and 3rd Tuesday Ever...
Oct 17, 2017•53 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Episode #39 We brought our portable podcast-in-a-box to 2017 Presentation Summit conference. This great conference is focused on the Presentation Industry and gave us the opportunity record this special episode with over a dozen presentation experts gathered around a table for a rambling conversation about presentation design trends, PowerPoint hacks and more! Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/39 Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepre...
Oct 03, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 39
