Scorecard Layouts (Portfolio)
For a large conference presentation, the first part of the project was working with the technical specs for a multi-projection screen setup to create the custom slide size to match. For these slides, the page size is 45″x15″ and the presentation screen is almost 60′ wide!
These are layout concepts for one of the topics, a visual scorecard of how a number of programs and projects progressed throughout the year.
The first 2 slides show the 2012 data in vertical and horizontal layouts (it is really great working with content on these super wide screen setups!).
The bottom 3 slides show a variety of visual layouts, different imagery options, but all adhering to the Microsoft Metro styling.
– Troy @ TLC
Clark Consulting (Portfolio)
Clark Consulting asked TLC Creative Services to help with a presentation makeover on their slides for an important meeting presentation. After reviewing the files, we expanded the project to include an update to the PowerPoint template to set it up correctly, all formatting options preset, optimized and ready for real use. Here are a few before-and-after slides from the project.
– Troy @ TLC
What Has Been Happening at TLC?
As many have noticed the past month or so, ThePowerPointBlog has been a bit inconsistent in posts. It is definitely not for a lack of topics (actually I have a list of over 70 topics for posts!). We have been busy with so many great projects that there just has not been enough time in the days to get to everything. Leading up to Christmas, I am posting a series some of our recent projects (which is not as easy as I would like with all of the confidential company material we work with).
– Troy @ TLC
Themed Lorum Ipsum Text! Pirate – Corporate – Coffee – and More!!
Lorum Ipsum, or Greeked Text, is placeholder text that has no meaning. Its purpose is to demonstrate how text will look in a layout, in a specific font, size and color. It is also, very helpful for PowerPoint templates and foundation presentations.
Traditional Lorum Ipsum text is a nonsensical latin (created by a 1st century Latin text by Cicero), and looks like this:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In lacus nisi, tincidunt non purus vel, hendrerit imperdiet urna. Mauris in mattis eros. Nulla ligula arcu, pretium eget justo nec, cursus rhoncus lectus. Nullam eu est blandit, faucibus elit at, pellentesque lectus. Maecenas a vulputate mauris. Donec quis dictum metus. Phasellus at nisi tempus mauris sollicitudin fermentum. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus.
For the above text I used the Lorem Ipsum text generator at lipsum.com (see this January 2007 post).
But that can be boring and TLC is a creative company. So we were very excited about discovering “Meet the Ipsums!” MeetTheIpsums.com is a text generator for dozens of themed Lorum Ipsum text, such as coffee ipsum, cat ipsum, Zombie Ipsum, Canada Ipsum and more!
Here is a personal favorite – Pirate ipsum:
Belaying pin chase coxswain list transom gally pillage broadside furl capstan. Hail-shot aft fore Davy Jones’ Locker careen killick mutiny weigh anchor bilge rat Nelsons folly. Chandler poop deck Blimey six pounders Buccaneer clap of thunder ye Barbary Coast keel Gold Road. Cable doubloon avast grapple interloper hang the jib boom heave down Sea Legs barkadeer.
Even better – not from a productivity vantage, but definitely better for fun and amusement – is that each Ipsum webpage is themed. Here is the interface for generating the above Pirate Ipsum text:
Next time you have a project that needs themed Lorum Ipsum text, check out MeetTheIpsums.com!
– Troy @ TLC
Thanksgiving 2013 – We are Thankful!
This time of year has been full of many events for several of us here at TLC. Some sad, some happy. I am very thankful for the fantastic team we have, the incredible list of clients, and awesome office we create from!
Have a wonderful thanksgiving with family and friends,
Troy @ TLC
Oops – says the “designer”
DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a TLC project, just something left on the door of my residence.
Oops, guess the designer did not think the restaurant name would be missed when the door hanger die the printer spec’d was used.
This is printed really well: good stock, ink coverage, aqueous coating, trim and die. But the design obviously did not account for the die that put a hole where the company name was. Looking closer, other design questions come up: what is the capitalization standard? What is the punctuation standard? Were 7 font styles too many?
I hear it very often, about how someone’s nephew is great with the computer and designed the company brochure – the guy in the end cubicle on the 4th floor has Photoshop on his computer and can create the event banner – the IT department is setting up the webpage (the registration backend page) and has been asked to also create the PowerPoint template.
These people are great and often creative. The downside is when the general person does not know, or understand, the technical needs of the design, the company branding, or just good design principles the results are not ideal. A company’s image suffers, users with improperly setup files suffer, or money is just wasted….
– Troy @ TLC
Time at Microsoft with the PowerPoint Team
This week, I have been a guest at Microsoft’s corporate campus in Bellevue, WA for an MVP Summit. I have spent each day in meetings with the PowerPoint program managers, devs and other PowerPoint MVPs. This proves to always be an insightful time and a good investment of my time. Just a few photos from the past few days:
– Troy @ TLC