One of the most common challenges for anyone designing slides for presentations or elearning projects is what do with text content. Not only can too much text can be boring, it can distract your audience from the message you want them to take away. In many projects it is difficult, if not impossible to getContinueContinue reading “Better Than Bullet Points: Alternative Text Slide Designs”
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Friday Finds | May 11, 2018
“Intelligent individuals learn from everything and everyone; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.” — Socrates I love quotes. And I love learning quotes best of all. Last night the #lrnchat crew laid down a treasure trove of learning quotes. It is too hard for me to pick only one favoriteContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | May 11, 2018”
Friday Finds | March 23, 2018
In every walk with nature ,one receives far more than he seeks. – John Muir Is your basketball bracket busted? Hello, UMBC! Knock on wood. Three of my Final Four picks are still alive. I hope that still holds after I get back from spring break in Yosemite. Regardless of how you’re doing in yourContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | March 23, 2018”
From Bullet Points to Beautiful with Beautiful.AI
In short, anyone can find something to like in beautiful.ai. Especially non-designers who can start making kick-ass slides right away!
Friday Finds | March 16, 2018
It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. – John Wooden It is March Madness time here in the U.S. when lots of people are focused on basketball. If that’s not your thing or if you need something to make you feel better after your team loses, here are aContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | March 16, 2018”
How to Supercharge Your #PowerPoint Workflow
Do you know that you can upgrade your PowerPoint workflow with add-ins that put additional capabilities right at your fingertips? From finding great stock photos and icons to searching Wikipedia and adding an online map there are a lot of ways to upgrade your slides without ever needing to leave PowerPoint. Think about how niceContinueContinue reading “How to Supercharge Your #PowerPoint Workflow”
Friday Finds | February 9, 2018
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt As we continue our slog through winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, my family took advantage of a snow day to get a nice day out on the ski slopes. Wherever you are I hope you’ll find something you can take advantage of in the thingsContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | February 9, 2018”
How to Fill a Horizontal Slide With a Vertical Image
While working on a workshop deck recently, I came to this slide. This isn’t bad — I’ve definitely seen MUCH worse. I wanted to give it a more powerful visual impact and didn’t have time to launch a quest for a new ‘perfect’ image. I like this image…it just doesn’t fill the slide. So whatContinueContinue reading “How to Fill a Horizontal Slide With a Vertical Image”
The Sanity Saving PowerPoint Secret You Should Know!
Around here, it is pretty common to have a lot of cooks in our slide deck kitchen. In most places, it is a rare deck that results from a totally solo effort. Even if you only share slides occasionally, you can still benefit from a little time and sanity-saving knowledge. At a minimum, most peopleContinueContinue reading “The Sanity Saving PowerPoint Secret You Should Know!”
Friday Finds | January 12, 2018
So much great stuff this week, it was hard to keep this short. If 2018 continues at this pace it is going to be an amazing year. I think one of the most amazing of all things is the opportunity to meet awesome people like you in person. Fortunately, I’ll be at the ATD TechKnowledgeContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | January 12, 2018”
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