It's long overdue, but as we're in a new year and hopefully very new age, we have completely redesigned and relaunched NolanHaimsCreative.com, the business arm of this whole presentation thing we do.Take a look and learn how we work with brands big and small to communicate more visually and with fewer words.
I'm beyond excited for a brand new add-in for PowerPoint called Slidewise from the good folks at Neuxpower.com. Finally, you now have the ability to analyze your PowerPoint file for bloated images and video AND replace fonts painlessly without frustrating errors.Slidewise is being early-released in a pre-1.0 version at a reduced cost, because the creators just want it in as many hands as possible as soon as possible. I already have made this a part of my regular workflows for client projects, and I would urge everyone who has ever wondered why their PowerPoint file is so large or why they just can't get rid of that instance of Arial, to take a look and try it out.This is the kind of add-in that pays for itself pretty quickly, but if you would like an opportunity to win a free license, listen to episode of #109 of The Presentation Podcast (releasing today) as we have licenses to give away!At this point, it is PC-only. Here's a little tutorial I put together on Slidewise.
Episode #106: Resources for Presentation Designers is up!This week we're gathering together a huge list of resources for presentation design covering conferences, social media channels, books, forums and even other podcasts.Take a listen!Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your Podcasts, and check out the show notes for more info.
I recently discovered a fantastic podcast on speaking and presentation from down under called The Presentation Podcast, hosted by Thomas Krafft and Kate Norris.In a unique approach, they rotate weekly among three different formats: An interview with a figure in the presentation or speech world, a speech breakdown in which they play a speech by a public figure and critique it, and an topic episode in which they cover a particular aspect of presentation.I was on this week's installment, Episode #64. Check it out here!
Episode #104: How Are the Remote Presentations Going? is up!This week it's a casual conversation about how all of our remote presentations and meetings are going.Take a listen!Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your Podcasts, and check out the show notes for more info.
Episode #103: Presenting With Your Voice (with Jackie Gartner-Schmidt is up!Troy, Sandy and I welcome Jackie Gartner-Schmidt of Voice Now to chat all about how to use and not misuse our voice when presenting.Take a listen!Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your Podcasts, and check out the show notes for more info.
Episode #102, It's 2020, Does PowerPoint Co-authoring Work? is up!Google has long been ahead of PowerPoint in terms of collaboration and simultaneous editing of presentations, but Microsoft has done a lot of hard work on catching up. How smooth is the process of co-editing and collaborating on a PowerPoint deck these days? Let's find out as Troy, Sandy and I do just that and tell you all about our experience.Take a listen!Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your Podcasts, and check out the show notes for more info.
Episode #101, Slide Design for Remote Presenting is up!We're continuing our conversation on presenting in a remote world, this week inviting on PowerPoint MVPs Richard Goring of BrightCarbon, Mike Parkinson of Billion Dollar Graphics, and Cliff Kennedy. We have a spirited conversation about the differences between live and remote slide design.Take a listen!Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your Podcasts, and check out the show notes for more info.
Episode #100, 100 from 100: Our favorite tips and moments from the first 100 episodes is up!
I can't believe we made it 100 episodes, but we're still going strong. Every couple of weeks, I get to spend some time with two great friends and co-hosts talking about this kind of weird and definitely niche industry we all find ourselves working in.Troy, Sandy and I look back at over four years of memorable moments, episodes and guests in this week's podcast.Take a listen!
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The The Let's Hear It! Podcast is covers the world of foundation and nonprofit communications, and I have known Eric Brown, one of the hosts for more years than I can count. So I was excited to be asked on as a guest to talk about effective presentation design with a particular bent towards the nonprofit world which I have been working in for as many years as I have known Eric.
It's a great and funny conversation that has covering a lot including why you want to "make your content like a Twinkie."
Take a listen!
As we all communicate online more and more, I see some people nervous about "doing it right."While you should try for clear sound, well-lit video and a clean shirt, you don't necessarily have to set your home office up like the evening news. I've been coalescing around the idea that there is a continuum of communications and a lot of gray areas even within the same software platform. And it's okay to slide along this continuum and ramp up your effort accordingly:
Episode #99, Being a Remote Presenter (with Ken Molay) is up!We've got a rather timely conversation in this edition of the podcast as we talk to online meeting and webinar expert, Ken Molay of Webinar Success.As communications so quickly and completely moved online in recent weeks, everyone is scrambling to "do it right." Ken, Troy, Sandy and I discuss best practices for slide design, hardware, audience management and connecting with our audiences across screens.Take a listen!Subscribe on iTunes and check out the show notes for more info.
Episode #93, Investing in Our Presentation Design Business is up!Troy, Sandy and I kick the new year off with a discussion on just where we put our money to invest in our presentation businesses—everything from what's physically in our offices to software and subscriptions.Take a listen!Subscribe on iTunes and check out the show notes for more info.
Episode #92, Our Presentation Year in Review 2019 is up!Troy, Sandy and I run down the best and worst of 2019 in the world of presentation and talk about our favorite books, add-ins, projects and events.Take a listen!
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Episode #87, When Scientists Present (Conversation w/ Mike Morrison) is up.
Troy, Sandy and I welcome Mike Morrison, someone who has been making some waves in the world of scientific presentation with his proposals for better and differently designed science posters.We have a wide ranging talk about how scientists present, how they can present better and why graphic design might be the key to curing cancer—well, kind of. But you'll have to listen to hear more about that.Take a listen!
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Episode #84, Presentation Professional Certifications are Here! (with Echo Swinford and Glenna Shaw) is up.Last time we talked about the brand new Presentation Guild Professional Certification with some of the beta testers. Today we talk to Echo Swinford and Glenna Shaw from the Presentation Guild on how it all came to be and what it's really all about.Take a listen!
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Episode #83, We Took The Presentation Professional Certification – and Survived! is up.The Presentation Guild will soon launch their Professional Certification, and a few hearty souls have already beta tested the test. Join Richard Goring of Brightcarbon, Tara Sheffield of SlideRabbit, Lori Chollar of TLC Creative Services, and Troy Chollar of TLC Creative Services as they discuss the process of the test and certification.Take a listen!Subscribe on iTunes and check out the show notes for more info.
Episode #80, Should You Use Canva for Presentations? is up.Troy, Sandy and I get our hands dirty playing with Canva and creating a sample presentation. Is the online software ready for primetime when it comes to presentation or is it still best left as a social media graphics creator? Tune in to find out our thoughts...Take a listen!Subscribe on iTunes and check out the show notes for more info.
Episode #79, Writing for Presentation with our guest, Mort Milder, is up!Troy, Sandy and I welcome an old friend and colleague of mine, and we talk all about what a professional writer can bring to a presentation.Take a listen!
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When you need to include a news headline or an article in your presentation, very often we turn to the jagged newspaper tear style.Here's a tutorial on how to create and work with these newspaper tears all within PowerPoint—no Photoshop necessary.
