9 Cool PowerPoint Slides You Can Make From Scratch
The idea of having the coolest PowerPoint slides in the office is getting trendier by the year, which I think is great. People are finally acknowledging that SmartArt and bullet points just won’t do it anymore. It makes sense too; as the years go by, we witness more and more stunning presentations at our meetings, conferences […]
Here’s How To Make a Stunning Venn Diagram in PowerPoint
Thanks to PowerPoint’s SmartArt, creating a Venn diagram is a painless process. You can get the whole thing done in about 10 seconds and call it a day. The problem, however, is that the different models and infographics that SmartArt provides look like crap. Sure, you’ll have a functional slide and all, but it won’t […]
Why Being Perfect Sucks and Being Good is Good Enough
Many of us just want to be perfect at everything we do. It’s like we’re almost burdened with the desire for absolute faultlessness. You know what’s weird, though? Although the pursuit for perfection is a widely accepted idea, nobody realizes just how insane (and therefore, incredibly ineffective) it is. Stop Chasing Unicorns Let me make […]
How To (Correctly) Add a DRAFT Watermark to Your PowerPoint Slides
Watermarks are great for indicating the status of your PowerPoint deck. I mean, we’ve all been asked to send our slides over to someone before they’re actually “ready” at some point, right? And adding a text-based watermark like “DRAFT,” “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “DO NOT COPY” to our slides is a fantastic way to remind readers of the deck’s […]
How A Single Presentation Made My Client Hate Me
Five years ago, I was asked to put together a deck for a client. What the deck contained doesn’t exactly matter; how I developed that deck, however, does. The premise of this was simple; I already had all the information in hand and didn’t exactly need to do anything but make the slides look “good.” […]
How to Make A Fancy Triangle Infographic Slide in PowerPoint
We’re going to keep things simple this week and create a fancy triangle infographic slide in PowerPoint. The whole idea of this slide is to make something valuable using just one shape. It just goes to show that simplicity can be really effective in PowerPoint. The Fancy Triangle Infographic PowerPoint Slide Tutorial Do not be […]