The Presentation Podcast

Episode #182 - October 15-18 is coming soon. We spend some time with event director Rick Altman to talk about this year's Presentation Summit. Troy, Nolan, and Sandy get answers to the split event format, how this year's onsite venue was selected, and what really happened on that African safari adventure. All three of us will be at the onsite event and hope to say hello to you there!   Full Episod...

Episode #181, TED talks and quality presenting are synonymous. Troy, Nolan and Sandy enjoy a conversation with Jacqueline Farrington, a former TEDx Senior Speaker Coach, and author of the just released, and already award-winning book, "Better Presentations. How to Present Like a Pro, virtually or in person." Join and hear what Jacqueline has to say about presentation design and delivery!   Full Ep...

Episode #180. Technology, Entertainment, Design - TED, ideas worth spreading. TED talks provide an amazing platform for presenters. The organization has made quality presentation skills and presentation design a factor to be considered in all presentations. Our conversation today is that for the three of us, it feels as though the age of the TED Talk has diminished. We are revisiting TED talks and...

Episode #179 - The recently released article in The Atlantic, "The Great PowerPoint Panic of 2003," is the basis for a great conversation about how presentation design has evolved and PowerPoint was doomed. The article starts with "Twenty years later, the Great PowerPoint Panic reads as both a farce and a tragedy." How could we NOT have a conversation about this and look back at Edward Tufte's (in...

Episode #178 - Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by Lori Chollar of TLC Creative Services to talk about AI generated images. Dall-E 2, Midjourney, StableDiffusion, Dreamstudio, StarryAI and many other AI image creation tools are available. This episode is all about Adobe Photoshop's newly released generative fill image generator, how we are using it, some of the issues encountered, and lots of insp...

Episode #177, Troy, Nolan and Sandy continue the conversation about features that they feel are needed in PowerPoint. From Sandy's LinkedIn post asking everyone what features they see as missing or needing updates in PowerPoint makes this a conversation directed by you - the listeners. This is part 2 of the conversation.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2023/e177   Show...

Episode #176 - Troy, Nolan and Sandy continue the conversation about features that they feel are needed in PowerPoint. But this conversation is directed by you, the listeners. Compiling the responses to Sandy's LinkedIn post, Troy, Sandy and Nolan share with everyone the ideas others listed and talk about them. Also, this conversation is being presented in a Part 1 and Part 2 format - so join the...

Episode #175. The world is all about AI. Microsoft is all about AI integration into everything it offers. Did you know PowerPoint has been integrating AI powered features for several years, like the PowerPoint Designer feature starting in 2016. But Microsoft Copilot is something much bigger. This episode is very exciting with Kim Denny, Head of Product for PowerPoint from Microsoft talking with us...

  Episode #174 -  The PowerPoint app available today, has gotten better and better over the years. It is an amazing application with features and uses. BUT that is not to say PowerPoint is perfect - or that there are features that are asked for - or there are existing features that need fixing. There are. And this episode, Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk about those missing and not complete features, k...

Episode #173 - Are you at the computer each day working on PowerPoint presentations? What if your daily job was working on PowerPoint presentations in a different location every day – or every week? Troy and Lori of TLC Creative Services talk about being a travel presentation designer.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2023/e173   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hos...

Episode #173 - Are you at the computer each day working on PowerPoint presentations? What if your daily job was working on PowerPoint presentations in a different location every day – or every week? Troy and Lori of TLC Creative Services talk about being a travel presentation designer.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2023/e173   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hos...

Episode #172 - AI is coming to presentation design - and every aspect of the internet, computing and the world. It is not something that just suddenly was created, but is a major evolution of technologies, and very recently packaged into consumer facing interfaces for general public use. Troy and Nolan talk about their experience with AI tools, where they see AI in presentation design, and how Mic...

  Episode #171 - PowerPoint tables - good, not good, and many tips on formatting and presenting tables from Troy, Nolan and Sandy on this episode of The Presentation Podcast.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2023/e171   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1ROGCUq...

Episode #170, Microsoft Teams enables all PowerPoint files to be a collaboration file with dozens of people reviewing and editing the same file, at the same time. Troy and Lori of TLC Creative Services talk about how they have integrated Teams into the company presentation design workflow, how Teams files are key to their slide review process, and how Teams files are often a part of the backend se...

Episode #169. This conversation has been a long time in the making, proposed in the middle of 2022 and took some time coordinate and get onto the podcast schedule. Join for a conversation centered around visual slide design, based on the bulletless design concepts from The Better Deck Deck. ThePowerPointBlog.com, featured a month long look at some of the TLC Creative presentation design team slide...

Episode #168, There is a new PowerPoint centric book, and this conversation is Troy, Sandy and Nolan talking with Chantal Bosse about her just released book, " Microsoft PowerPoint Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques". Listen in on a great conversation and book that everyone who aspires to use PowerPoint's tools and features will want to add to their library.   Full Episode Show Notes https://the...

Episode #167, We welcome returning guest, David Blatner from the CreativePro Network. We talk about the upcoming Design + PowerPoint online conference, and then chat about a really interesting design philosophy, "All Design is Creating an Experience for a User."   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e167   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@th...

Episode #166 Join Troy, Nolan and Sandy as they dive deep into PowerPoint and talk about the presets that everyone has when they open a default PowerPoint file. And bonus, give your opinion on some of the PowerPoint defaults by joining our listener survey - details in the podcast and in the show notes.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e166   Show Suggestions? Quest...

Episode #165 - Welcome to 2023! New year and 12 months of presentation design ahead of us! Troy, Nolan and Sandy take the past 12 months of hearing from clients, software companies and their years of presentation experience and present 13 bold presentations predictions for 2023!   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e165   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Ema...

Episode #164, Episode 164 is the final episode of 2022! Troy, Sandy and Nolan have some fun talking about each of their top 5' of the year.   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e164/   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...

Episode #163 - The Presentation Podcast Team; Troy, Sandy and Nolan, are joined by some of the Eyeful Presentations team; Simon, Lloyd and Luke. The conversation this episode is about the business of presentation as we talk about the evolution of Eyeful Presentations has taken its business success and handed over the leadership as an employee owned company!   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepre...

Episode #162 -As long-time designers, there are design services that once were offered, but not offered any longer. Nolan, Troy and Sandy talk about some of those presentation design and graphic design services that they no longer offer, or sometimes never offered. And this conversation is a continuation of a conversation Nancy Duarte started at the 2022 Presentation Summit when talking about nich...

Episode #161, Troy and Lori Chollar of TLC Creative Services spend some time with Mike and Jenn Parkinson of Billion Dollar Graphics for a fun conversation about working together as owners of creative industry companies. It is an unscripted, random, and amazing conversation - join them!   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e161   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Ho...

Episode #160 - 11 Microsoft MVPs for PowerPoint, in the same room! Join us for a group conversation recorded at the 2022 Presentation Summit with Troy, Nolan, Ric, Geetesh, Yulia, Chantal, Julie, Heather, Mike, Jamie, and Steve as we just talk shop over a glass (or two) of wine!   Full Episode Show Notes https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2022/e160   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Ema...

Episode #159 - Don't Reinvent the Wheel: How We Repurpose Work    "The power of PowerPoint is the ability for anyone to reuse its content." This episode Troy and Nolan are joined by Bethany Auck of Slide Rabbit for a conversation about how they do not reinvent the process for every slide, but leverage preset assets, slides and more in their slide design process.   Full Episode Show Notes https://t...