A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Episode, #76 – The Consequences of Good Presentation Design. Listen in on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify and Soundcloud – just search for “The Presentation Podcast” – or go direct to the episode page here: https://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/76
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, Sandy and a dozen Microsoft MVPs for PowerPoint is available today! Episode, #75 – Live From The 2019 Microsoft MVP Summit!
Listen in on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify and Soundcloud – just search for “The Presentation Podcast” – or go direct to the episode page here: https://thepresentationpodcast.com/podcast/75
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Episode #74 – Embed or Link: Choose Wisely.
Should you embed or link media in PowerPoint presentations? Excel data, videos, audio and images are all options to embed within the presentation file, or link to external files. Troy, Sandy and Nolan discuss the merits of each option, cover many of the technical considerations and provide some great tips on whether to link or embed content.
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Episode, #73 – Presenting in a Non-Profit World (with Andy Goodman)
Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by Andy Goodman, a sought out expert on storytelling, communications and presentation in the world of non-profits, NGOs and foundations. We talk about his history and focus on his book Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes for a fantastic hour of amazing presentation philosophy and talk about what to do – and what not to do – for presentations.
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out the latest episode, #72 – No Formal Design Education (with Stephy Lewis, Bryan Jones and Lori Chollar)
Join Troy Chollar, Stephy Lewis, Brian Jones and Lori Chollar for a designer conversation about being a presentation designer – without a formal design education (note: Lori joined us to represent those with a formal design education) as we enjoyed finding an hour to talk during the 2018 Presentation Summit.
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out the latest episode, #71 – Revisions and File Versioning – How Many?
Join Troy, Nolan and Sandy as they talk about revisions for a project. Are they included in the project scope, are revisions billable beyond the project scope, what is a revision, how many revisions are included in a project agreement, is there a point of too many revisions and how do revisions impact the project invoice.
This is a portfolio piece, but not a design example. We work in PowerPoint a lot. And our live event projects often use presentations that are not the standard 16×9 setup. Our job as the design studio is to help the presenters understand the event staging and how their presentation will work.
This is a few slides from a presentation to the presenters on how their presentation will work in the meeting space – yes, a presentation about the presentation. It is part staging, part technical information, and part about being aware of how slide content needs to be laid out to work with the staging and be best for the audience.
Just a peek behind the design and some of our client communication efforts.
Troy @ TLC
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out the latest episode, #69 – The Presentation Design Brief
Every new presentation design project begins with gathering details – the Presentation Design Brief. Troy, Sandra and Nolan talk about what format these each use for their Design Briefs, along with what information is captured for presentation makeover projects.
Designing presentations and being a presenter require a base level of A/V knowledge to be a professional. One area of knowledge is knowing how your computer, with your amazing presentation, is going to connect to the video system so everyone can see the presentation. TLC Creative has put together a primer (ie. simple list) of all common video connectors used today, cable and port it connects to:
1. VGA
2. HDMI (most common)
3. DVI (legacy, but still great)
4. Full Size Displayport (our favorite connector)
5. Mini-displayport (also thunderbolt) (new, very common, and easy to become disconnected)
6. USB-C (aka, thunderbolt 3)
Troy @ TLC
A new episode of The Presentation Podcast with Troy, Nolan, and Sandy is available today! Check out the latest episode, #67 – There are no Mistakes (With Travis Thomas)
Presenting is a skill, an art, an act of being courageous and being the focus to a live audience. But, the secret is, the audience does not know your slides, your talking points or what you are going to say. Join an amazing conversation where Troy, Nolan and Sandy are joined by Travis Thomas, author and improv comedian, as we talk about how presenters, like an onstage comedian, need to continue presenting like there are no mistakes – because the audience only knows it was a mistake if you tell them.