• 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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NEWS: Prezi Announces Acquisition of Infogram

  It has been a busy month for Prezi, the visual presentation platform that helps people connect more powerfully with their audiences and customers. They just acquired Infogram, a leading, web-based data visualization ... Read more

NEW: Microsoft’s Presentation Translator Translates Presentations in Real Time

By Sharyn Fitzpatrick, Editor

Creativity and ingenuity have fostered some great ideas that drive our lives today. Microsoft continues to challenge its community to find innovative applications for its products. At the recent Microsoft Build 2017 ... Read more

Prezi Launches “Prezi Next”, Offering Real-Time Audience Feedback and Analytics for Presentations

By Sharyn Fitzpatrick, Editor

Did you know that 90% of the information we take in comes to us through our eyes¹?  The growing demand to add visual storytelling and engaging interactivity to the presentation experience has triggered innovation and focus in ... Read more

[Webinar] PowerPoint Presentation Hacks for Business with Nolan Haims

Speaker: Nolan Haims Microsoft PowerPoint MVP When: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 11 am PDT/ 2 pm EDT Special Introductory Price $169   Effective and impactful presentations are integral to your job success. ... Read more

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

By Sharyn Fitzpatrick

The demand for presentation design experts is growing significantly as the role becomes a critical part of an organization or team. Why? First impressions can mean the difference between the success and failure of a product. ... Read more

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

By Tom Howell

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 ... Read more

[Video] “Dishing on Presentations” with Tom Howell

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 ... Read more

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