It’s that time of year again (Thanksgiving in the United States) where Mikey and Molly gather the most epic Spice Cabinet and stuff it full of things they’re thankful for in the presentation community.

And we’re not just talking about nutmeg or pumpkin spice!

From inspirational people to PowerPoint tools to our trusty editor, Will Kommor, this is a short episode with a tall list of resources.

Tune in, turkeys!
This is an episode for: presentation designers, speakers and friends and fans of the pod.

What’s in the Spice Cabinet? (What are we thankful for?)

From Mikey…

A feature:

Selection pane. I think it wasn’t around until maybe like 2016, 2017? I really don’t know.

An animation breakthrough:

Morph transition (really thanks to Apple Keynote for magic move and for PPT trying to catch up. Google Slides, come on man)

PPT Mentors / sharing in general:

Glen Abrahams for showing me how to nudge objects granularly in PPT back in like 2014 – it felt so clunky before, was like 10px at a time. But he was like, “dude just hold control and then do it.”

My wife!

Megan has really let me pursue this passion, there’s no GhostRanch without her. She’s doing amazing stuff for Women for Riley, a children’s hospital in Indiana - check it out!

From Molly…

Fave tool for transcription and re-listening to meetings?

Descript

Some fave people on the pod this year:

Michelle Siracusa - voice coach extraordinaire!
Rick Altman - creator of Presentation Summit!

A newsletter

Punchline Copy’s Lianna Patch

A framework

The GhostRanch Pitch Planner

An “Aww” moment

Thankful for a company like GhostRanch that encourages you to ask questions!

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