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The Script Binder Is Very Important

Here is my workspace (or part of it). Question: what is the most important item here?

For large, multi-screen (multi-computer) shows that have lots of cues (slide animations/advances, video rolls, etc.) the script binder reigns supreme. It has the exact script the presnter has on teleprompt. I have added my cue marks and notes throughout. During the show I literally read along as the presenter presents and I do nothing unless it is noted in this binder (no improvisation, everything is rehearsed and set to occur at specific words).

How important? At the end of the day I shutdown computers, lock them away, but the script binder goes with me and never leaves my control (seriously).

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:19:08-07:00July 23rd, 2010|Personal, Resource/Misc|

Lots and Lots of Videos In Presentations This Week

Coordinating presentations for a medical conference this week. In addition to the typical slides for 100+ doctors, the number of video clips is amazing. Here is an example:

1 presentation, 85 slides and 102 movie clips.

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:19:49-07:00July 21st, 2010|Personal|

ThePowerPointBlog Cards

As a company we do virtually nothing in the way of advertising, and that is fine with me. But I did create some promo cards, actually 2-sided business cards a while back that I occassionally hand out or have available at different speaking or training programs I am doing. Just something fun, visually cool and small.

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:20:08-07:00July 19th, 2010|Personal, Portfolio|

Sprint 4G Connection

I am working in Chicago this week and Chicago is the first Sprint 4G city I have been in since getting my new phone (HTC EVO). My typical 1-2MB connection jumped to over 5MB!

Definitely not as quick as my office (50MB connection), but faster than the hotel connection.

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:20:28-07:00July 17th, 2010|Personal|

Activision Template

For me, diversity of clients is what keeps a designer continually engaged in the design process (and also from being ‘bored’). Here is a template developed for a company (Activision) in the video game industry. Developed for PPT 2007 with 3 different backgrounds, customized text (you can see the reflection effect on the title slide text), custom bullet art elements, etc.

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:20:50-07:00July 15th, 2010|Templates/Assets|

View The Citi Group Email Policy Training Presentation

I stumbled on this presentation posted online.

It is the internal training presentation for Citi Group on email security and communication. The content is interesting. The slides – standard corporate stuff with to many words, limited formatting and dropped in rectangle .jpg’s.

View it here.

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:21:28-07:00July 13th, 2010|PowerPoint|

A stack-O-Computers For The Show

Here was my morning activity for a recent show. Bring out the multiple show computers (all running PPT 2010), connect, test output and work. Powerful laptops are big, but I wouldn’t try carrying a stack of desktop computers!

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:21:43-07:00July 11th, 2010|Personal|

Sample Slide – U.S. Population Growth

I needed a slide that showed the 5 states with the most population growth over the past 5 years. The original slide had a standard bar chart, which told the statistics but was not very compelling.

I recreated this slide with a map of the U.S. highlighting the top 5 states. I used the 3D tools in PowerPoint to make the states ‘pop’ out of the map and applied a custom gradient fill to each. I also applied a 3D rotation to the state name and percentage text with a white glow to allow the text to be easy to read.

Note: all data in these slides is sample data (eg. I made it up, while I waiting for real data from the client).

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:22:15-07:00July 9th, 2010|Portfolio|

Perception Slide

From a project, this slide was about how co-workers perceive the actions of different departments within their own orgranization. The title was shortened to a simple statement of “Public Perception”. The 4 wordy bullets of text eliminated and replaced with a single image that the presenter was able to talk to and use to set the stage for a quick story and explanation of the point being made.

The image was developed from a few Royalty Free images (from Thinkstock.com) that I modified in Photoshop before adding to the slide.
1. Group image holding blank white sign that I dropped out the background from and saved as a .png with transparency (note the middle guys head is able to overlap the title bar)

2. 3D rendering image of a generic group of characters (in this case representing the ‘other’ departments).

3. The speech bubbles and talking symbols where added in PowerPoint. The speech bubbles an imported .emf I created in Illustrator and the text as stylized PPT text.

4. The reflection is from PPT

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:22:37-07:00July 7th, 2010|Portfolio|

3D vs Flat .JPG Sample

I had a series of slides with a dominant visual of reports, articles and other “Flat” content. Here is a sample showing the inserted .jpg of the Sustainability Report.

Rather than leave the slide with just an inserted graphic I used the 3D Rotation in PPT to add some perspective and a more dynamic slide layout.

I then used the eye dropper tool to pickup the 3D attributes and apply the same effect to each the image on each slide.

– Troy @ TLC

By TLC Creative Services, Inc.|2016-08-16T11:22:58-07:00July 5th, 2010|Portfolio|