The Presentation Podcast

Episode 101 - This conversation is about slide design and presenting techniques of remote presenting. Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by Richard Goring of BrightCarbon, Mike Parkinson of Billion Dollar Graphics, and Cliff Kennedy of Kennedy Speech for a great episode!   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/101   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at:...

episode 100, Troy, Nolan and Sandy recount 100 of their favorite tips and moments from the first 100 episodes of The Presentation Podcast! Yes, this is the 100th episode - amazing!!    Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/100   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co...

Episode #99, The world pretty much just all jumped into remote meetings at the same time. There are now more remote presentations rather than in-person meetings. Today our conversation is how to create and deliver remote presentations. And we are joined by literally an expert in web conferencing and remote presenting skills, Ken Molay of Webinar Success.   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresent...

Episode #98, This is Part 1 of a new series - Microsoft Office Secrets! This episode Troy, Sandy and Nolan each give their 10 hidden or unknown slide design tools and features. All are native PowerPoint things - no add-ins or special coding needed for them!   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/98   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepres...

Episode #97 Troy, Sandy and Lori of TLC Creative Services, Inc. give three perspectives on what happens in the day of a presentation designer.   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/97   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 Tuesd...

Episode #96 - Applying for a position is stressful. Managing the hiring process is also stressful and a time-consuming process. Troy and Lori from TLC Creative Services, Inc. talk through their experiences in the hiring process: job listings, resume and cover letter mistakes, phone and in-person interview suggestions, things that help applicants stand out and things that move an application to the...

Episode #95, Looking at 2020, Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk about presentations, both in creating and presenting them, is an ongoing evolution. Across a wide range of presentation design and technologies, each shares their opinion on what the trends for each will be this year.   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/95     Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email...

Episode #94 - This conversation is amazing! Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by a presentation industry luminary, Cliff Atkinson. Cliff is author of Beyond Bullets, which is now in its 4th edition, and as we talk Cliff continuously drops in one amazing insight and presentation strategy thought after another.    Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/94   Show Suggestions...

Episode #93, Our first conversation of 2020, we talk about investing in our design businesses; software, hardware, training, services, and what are important to be in our annual budget.    Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/93   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple...

Episode 92 - This is the final episode of 2019! We are ending the year with a look back on some of our favorite projects, favorite new features of PowerPoint, and favorite events, and other favorites of the year.   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/92   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com   Listen and review on iT...

Episode 91 - This episode, Troy, Nolan and Sandy talk about being a presentation designer - which is different from being a web designer, a video editor, a motion graphics designer or a graphic designer. Presentation designers emerge from a collection of backgrounds and we talk about what skills a presentation designer today needs, and what skills they are expected to have.   Full Episode Show Not...

Episode #90, Listen in to an international group of presentation design experts gathered together chatting about PowerPoint, projects and the use of Morph. Simon Morton, Eyeful Presentations,  Richard Goring, BrightCarbon, Tom Howell, Synapsis Creative, Ingrid Mengdehl, BrightCarbon, Lori Chollar, TLC Creative Services, Troy Chollar, TLC Creative Services   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresen...

Episode #89,  It has been some time since it was just a conversation with Troy, Nolan and Sandy. October 2019 had 5 Tuesdays, our last conversation was with a large group at the Presentation Summit and before that was a few guest conversations. So, listen in to us catch up and focus on the many PowerPoint and presentation updates that have been highlights over the past 2 months!   Full Episode Sho...

Episode 88 - Join us at the 2019 Presentation Summit in San Antonio, TX where we gathered over 20 presentation industry people of interest for an all-encompassing conversation on everything presentation. Including, design tricks, tips on running a presentation business, recommendations and a free-for-all review of the Presentation Summit!   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com...

Episode 87 - The scientific community is full of presenting. But the world of scientific presentation is different than corporate presentation - something we uncover in the first 2 minutes of conversation with our guest, Mike Morrison, who has been making some waves in the world of scientific presentation thanks to a viral video he created on his proposals for improving the scientific Poster Prese...

Episode 86 - The conversation is all about Google Slides, and it is full of details, tips and tricks. Google Slides is tricky for presentation designers not versed in its workflow and we really don't hear about it at design studios much… yet. We were fortunate to connect with a designer that is a Google Slide expert, and does a lot of presentation design for several large corporate clients using i...

Episode 85 - Next month, October 2019, is the 17th annual Presentation Summit. This conference gathers 200 people in the presentation industry for insightful seminars on presentation design and delivery, deep skill building with PowerPoint, and invaluable networking. This episode Nolan, Sandy and Troy are joined by the conference organizer, Rick Altman, talking with us about the conference backgro...

Episode 85 - Presentation Professional Certifications are Here! (with Echo Swinford and Glenna Shaw)   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/85   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

Episode 83:  Professional certifications are about to become a reality for the presentation industry. This episode we have the inside scoop with Richard Goring of Brightcarbon, Tara Sheffield of SlideRabbit, Lori Chollar of TLC Creative Services, and Troy Chollar of TLC Creative Services. Each of us was invited to be a part of a beta test group and go through the Specialist certification. We are s...

Episode 82, Everyone needs software, hardware, and tools to make their company, or department, run. Troy, Nolan and Sandy list all they use to run their presentation design studios.   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast /#   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://apple.co/1...

Episode 81 - Grids and Guidelines are two hidden PowerPoint features that few know of, or use. Most do not know they originate from traditional print design and are very powerful design tools for slide design. Even if you cannot immediately recognize them, chances are that virtually every professionally designed print layout is making use of a grid in some way. Gutters are a standard print design...

Episode 80 - Canva is an online design tool that labels itself as "amazingly simple graphic design software." It also has recently shifted from Social Media image creation (which it does very well) to taking on PowerPoint and Google slide, " "The presentation software company…" (talking about Canva as the 'presentation software company'). Troy, Nolan and Sandy each spent time building a presentati...

Episode 79 -  With high stakes presentations, often a professional writer is brought in to craft and write the story to be presented. The Presentation Podcast welcomes Mort Milder, one of those professional writers who has written many high stakes presentations and speeches for many, many industries, for a great conversation about presentation design with a professional writer at your side.   Full...

Episode 78 -  We live in an animated world, and animated slide content is the norm. Join Troy, Nolan and Sandy as they talk about PowerPoint animation, PowerPoint as a motion graphics design tool, tips on animation, and our Do's and Don'ts of animation.   Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/78   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresenta...

Episode 77 - Continuing our "Consequences of Good Design" conversation, now focused on the what makes a "Good PowerPoint template" (and those things that make a bad PowerPoint template).    Full Episode Show Notes http://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/77   Show Suggestions? Questions for your Hosts? Email us at: info@thepresentationpodcast.com   Listen and review on iTunes. Thanks! http://appl...