• Greetings from #PreSum17!

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    My favorite conference of the year – The Presentation Summit – was a week of reconnecting with the amazing presentation industry community, learning more about presentations and PowerPoint, and having fun. Each year, the incredible talent at PreSum humbles me with all they know. The entire tim ...

    Greetings from #PreSum17!

  • What Wins When Giving Presentations: The Slides or the Speaker?

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    In this article, Tany shares her experience about being selected as one of twelve design companies to ‘pitch’ to a group of local decision makers responsible for hiring talent for their creative business needs. She talks about the overall presentation messaging as well as the deliverables and t ...

    What Wins When Giving Presentations: The Slides or the Speaker?

  • Font Talk: What the Font is it Anyway?

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    Do you ever have a font that you need to use but you have no idea what font it is? How do you figure it out? Take a recent post on Facebook by Stephy Lewis, a Presentation Guild director, where she wanted a font matcher that would identify the font and also give her the closest PPT safe font. What ...

    Font Talk: What the Font is it Anyway?

  • [Video] Dishing on Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, Chantal Bossé

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    This month, PXpert editor Sharyn Fitzpatrick talked to Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, Chantal Bossé of Chabos in Canada about a project she did for Destination Canada. The project was to work with eleven speakers from around the world on their presentation content and their presentation skills.

    [Video] Dishing on Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, Chantal Bossé

  • [Webinar Recording] Marvelous Makeovers: Presentations Edition with Rick Altman

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    Fan Favorite, Marvelous Makeovers: Presentations Edition is back! Watch Rick Altman transform ugly slides provided by our subscribers into marvelous makeovers. Did you know that makeover seminars are the most popular of all at the Presentation Summit, the annual conference for the industry, but what ...

    [Webinar Recording] Marvelous Makeovers: Presentations Edition with Rick Altman

  • Make Complex Graphics Easy to Understand (Part 2 of 2)

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    Rendering complex slides or graphics in PowerPoint can be challenging. In my previous article (Part 1), we learned how to conceptualize (visualize) complex content using three methods: Get to the Point, Chunk It, and Connect the Dots. In Part 2, we learn how to turn this sketch into a visual present ...

    Make Complex Graphics Easy to Understand (Part 2 of 2)

  • The Evolution of the Presentation Specialist Job Grows as Does Demand for Talent

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    Experts in presentation design are in high demand. We look at the growth of this role and what skills are needed to satisfy the increased demand for talented specialists. Discover the importance of this role, what presentation specialists get paid, and what market areas have a higher need that othe ...

    The Evolution of the Presentation Specialist Job Grows as Does Demand for Talent

  • The Graphic Design Industry – Where Does a Presentation Designer Fit?

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    In the last decade, the emergence of Presentation / PowerPoint Designer roles has skyrocketed from the darkened corner of Desktop Publishing (DTP) to the heights of keynote speeches and world-viewed presentations as well as touched on practically every design discipline in-between. The niche lovechi ...

    The Graphic Design Industry – Where Does a Presentation Designer Fit?

  • [Video] “Dishing on Presentations” with Tom Howell

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    In this month’s “Dishing with Presentations” interview, we went “down under” to speak with Professional Presentation Evangelist, Tom Howell in his Synapsis Creative office in Sydney, Australia. What comes across in the conversation with our editor, Sharyn Fitzpatrick, is how much Tom is pa ...

    [Video] “Dishing on Presentations” with Tom Howell

  • The Effectiveness of Visual Infographics as Content Marketing Tools

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    You want to create an infographic that is memorable, newsworthy and trending. So how do you do it? Using your content messages, create a social marketing strategy that will result in your infographic being widely distributed via social marketing tools such as website traffic, social shares, backlink ...

    The Effectiveness of Visual Infographics as Content Marketing Tools

Xpert Community

Do you have a few minutes?  The second annual Presentation Industry Salary Survey is now open. This is our second survey of the presentation creation/design/support world, and this time around we welcome responses from all nations. This link will take you right to the survey.    

Webinars

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ON-DEMAND WEBINARS:
Using Imagery to Create Powerful, Impactful Presentation Stories
Speaker: Nolan Haims, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP

Webinar Bootcamp: Proven Steps to Success
Speaker: James Hillard

Slide Diets: Before & After Design Tricks to Slim Down your Content
Speaker: Bethany Auck

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Harnessing the Power to be a Memorable Public Speaker

By Arthur Thomas (Tom) Ware DTM

How many of us remember the great speeches or presentations? I know I have a few favorites. It is not just the content I remember but the power of the presentation and how it was delivered that makes it memorable or ... Read more

[Webinar Recording] Marvelous Makeovers: Presentations Edition with Rick Altman

Fan Favorite, Marvelous Makeovers: Presentations Edition is back! Watch Rick Altman transform ugly slides provided by our subscribers into marvelous makeovers. Did you know that makeover seminars are the most popular ... Read more

Font Talk: What the Font is it Anyway?

By Sharyn Fitzpatrick

With all the social sharing within this community, it seems like we have a "virtual water cooler" trend going around and often that is where the best ideas and discussions happen. The "Font Talk" topic was started in a ... Read more

[Video] Dishing on Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, Chantal Bossé

By Sharyn Fitzpatrick, Editor

This month, I talked to Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, Chantal Bossé of Chabos in Canada about a project she did for Destination Canada. The project involved working with eleven speakers from around the world on their presentation ... Read more

Make Complex Graphics Easy to Understand (Part 2 of 2)

By Mike Parkinson, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP and APMP Fellow

Rendering complex slides or graphics in PowerPoint can be challenging. In my previous article (Part 1), we learned how to conceptualize (visualize) complex content using three methods: Get to the Point Chunk It ... Read more

Make Complex Graphics Easy to Understand (Part 1 of 2)

By Mike Parkinson, Microsoft MVP and APMP Fellow

Most complex presentations do not need complex graphics. Clear, easy-to-follow content improves understanding, recollection, and adoption. The KISS—Keep It Simple Silly—rule applies to all forms of communication. However, ... Read more

[Video] Dishing on Presentations with Adam Tratt, Haiku Deck

In this month’s “Dishing with Presentations” interview, we chatted with Haiku Deck co-founder, Adam Tratt. Adam is an entrepreneur with start-up experience and as a consultant with the Microsoft Office team. Haiku Deck is a ... Read more

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