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January Slide Makeover of the Month
This month’s slide was adapted from a real presentation I worked on in December. So as not to reveal proprietary information, the data have been changed but the slide layout is essentially the same....
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How do you show bad news in PowerPoint?
Sometimes it’s necessary to tell your audience something that’s not so great. Most presenters really don’t want to be the Bad Guy, but it’s important that their audiences have all the facts about...
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February Slide Makeover of the Month
With February comes Valentine’s Day so I thought I’d draw inspiration from William Shakespeare to address a common problem in slide layout: How do you format a quotation? Before Snore. Apart from the...
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How much does it cost to redesign a PowerPoint deck?
People always ask me “How much is will it cost to redesign my presentation?” Every design job is different so the costs vary from project to project. I’m not trying to hide a trade secret here, it’s...
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Six reasons you should pay for PowerPoint design
I make a lot of prospecting calls to tell people about my presentation design services and to ask for their business, so I hear many variations on “We don’t want any,” such as, “We already have a...
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March Slide Makeover of the Month
This month’s slide comes from Design Dispatch subscriber Bob Carpenter of BidRx. His company wants to become the eBay or the Priceline of the pharmaceutical business. By logging on to BidRx, people...
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Good presentations start with good scripts
A gentleman once asked me to provide a quote on redoing a PowerPoint presentation. He provided a link to the presentation, which included a voiceover narration. I had to explain to him that he’d be...
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Great Design Goes Mainstream
For the past several years, I have been working with people who share my conviction that the same design principles that are used to create award-winning websites, compelling logos, and stunning...
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Egocentric PowerPoints fail the “WIIFM?” test
The other day, a friend of mine wanted my advice on pricing the redesign of her client’s pitch deck, the initial presentation shown to a prospect to get hired. When I opened the presentation, my jaw...
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Where can I get free photos for PowerPoint?
Boring PowerPoint’s for chumps, and by now we all know that photographs can really elevate a presentation. What they can also elevate are your expenses, because royalty-free photographs can run into...
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