August 5, 2011
You can build pyramid shapes using SmartArt, but there are some limitations to SmartArt I don’t like: can’t use other shapes (eg. circle, hexagon), text pop-up […]
August 3, 2011
The U.S. voted to increase the debt ceiling and now John Boehner’s PowerPoint deck, explaining the plan, is already drawing traffic tickets from the PowerPoint vigilantes […]
August 1, 2011
Ever have a slide like this, showing your audience some important statistic? Do you wish you could make this slide design pop more? Here’s an idea inspired by Before & After magazine. Like […]
July 28, 2011
An important lesson for slide designers is this: great-looking design is more about TAKING AWAY unnecessary elements than ADDING more decorative elements. Here’s design great John McWade, author […]
July 25, 2011
Someone recently emailed me and asked this intriguing question: what trends do you see in presentation design in the next 1-3 years? I thought the question was […]
July 22, 2011
Carmine Gallo posted the best PowerPoint tip you’ll ever get on the Forbes.com blog today. And, in truth, this advice is so simple and so profound, it […]
July 21, 2011
Occasionally, someone will ask “What are the alternatives to PowerPoint”? Yes, there are a lot of horrible PowerPoint presentations. But the answer is not to look for […]
July 19, 2011
Metaphors are powerful weapons of persuasion. But when that metaphor reverses in mid-flight and comes back to smack you, it’s called a boomerang metaphor. A humorous example is of […]
July 17, 2011
Have you heard about Google Plus, Google’s social networking platform to challenge Facebook and Twitter? Are you excited? Or, like most on the internet, are you […]