Monthly Archives: October 2025

New Podcast Episode Now Available! Navigating the Awkward Phase of AI: Embracing AI Tools for Workflows Today, with David Fortin

New episode of The Presentation Podcast available now!

I am excited to dive into the evolving world of AI with David Fortin from Piggy Bank Accountant on our latest episode! Yes, overall we are in an awkward phase with AI adoption, but David shares some interesting thoughts and insights.

David and I focus primarily on how Microsoft Copilot is reshaping the landscape of workflows with so many elements now able to be connected; Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams meetings and file. We also talk about creating better AI prompts and the exciting future of Copilot’s memory and persona features.

Catch these insights and more in this episode! Listen on your favorite podcast app, or at The Presentation Podcast site here. 

By |2025-10-06T08:11:27-07:00October 8th, 2025|Resource/Misc|

Learn, See, Do Slide Makeover (1)

The Friday “Look Back” series post brought up a slide makeover that was given to the full TLC Creative presentation design team. Amazingly, every one of the slides we created back in 2017 could be used today – good design is timeless (and 16:9 is still the standard aspect ratio).

We pulled a recent client slide, which was a really creative idea for opening a multi-day conference. This Learn-See-Do slide was pulled from a client presentation:

Check back as we have a 5 part series showcasing how the TLC Creative design team took the above slide as a slide makeover project.

-Troy@TLC

By |2025-10-04T18:12:04-07:00October 6th, 2025|Portfolio|

A Look Back to Slide Makeovers

In 2018, the TLC Creative presentation design team had a fun internal challenge developing their version of a client slide. It was our “Month of Groundhog Days.”

Here was the client-provided slide (minus their corporate template background):

And here’s TLC Creative design team makeovers of the slide:

Larger images and more details are in the originals, which start here.

Taking inspiration from our own work, over the next 2 weeks you can expect another slide makeover series, based on another client slide!

By |2025-10-01T11:52:27-07:00October 3rd, 2025|Portfolio, PowerPoint|

PowerPoint’s Send a Frown is Missing…?

PowerPoint’s Send-a-Frown Is Not Missing – It Has Moved

Microsoft apps – like PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, and Excel – let every user send feedback directly to the dev teams. It is a one-way communication, so don’t wait for Microsoft to directly reply (feedback is received anonymously). Any time you discover that a PowerPoint function does not work, something about the user experience is not as you feel it should be, or to report a bug, you can “send a frown.” 

If you are familiar with the Microsoft “Send a Frown” function, and you’ve been looking for the frown option, you may have noticed it’s no longer above the ribbon. Don’t worry! It hasn’t disappeared. It’s just moved! If you are not familiar with the “send a frown”, and are reading The PowerPoint Blog, you should know about it. Oh, and it has been given a new name. 

Here’s how to find it now: 

1. Go to FILE in the top menu. 

2. Select the Help Improve Office icon. 

3. Click REPORT A PROBLEM.  

 

4. From the 2nd screen, add notes, a screenshot, and/or upload a file. Then, click SUBMIT.   

That’s it! The Microsoft product teams do receive every feedback item submitted, and it does influence what they work on, so it’s still worth sending your thoughts.

Of course, the old smiley icon on the top right of PowerPoint was easier. But if you now go to the backstage (eg., click FILE), locate the abstract person icon in the upper right, and then complete the 2-part dialog – it’s easy to send feedback directly to the PowerPoint product group at Microsoft!  

-Troy and the TLC Creative team 

By |2025-09-16T10:51:56-07:00October 1st, 2025|Resource/Misc|
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