The World of Presentations

Thomas Krafft is a Presentation Specialist and Trainer that teaches people and organizations what it takes to plan and deliver presentations that bring tangible results. He is also a Keynote Speaker and a fellow podcaster - he is co-host of The Presentation Boss Podcast.  In this episode, we talk about PowerPoint, how to use it better, share valuable tips and techniques to improve your presentation skills and design, and how to build slides that bring results and avoid the "Death by PowerPoint". Thomas' Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/presentation-skills-powerpoint-brisbane/ The Presentation Boss podcast: presentationboss.com.au/podcast Check out Present to Succeed at: https://presenttosucceed.com Contact us at: contact@356labs.com Find us all over the web: -- Website: 356labs.com Facebook: facebook.com/356labs Instagram: instagram.com/356labs LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/356labs Twitter: twitter.com/356labs YouTube: youtube.com/356labs Medium: medium.com/@356labs Meetup: meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: dribbble.com/356labs

David Beckett is an online presentation and pitch trainer, author of Pitch To Win, and creator of The Pitch Canvas©. In this episode, we discuss investor and sales pitches, the significance of slides in successful pitches, and how to improve your pitching skills. David's website is here: best3minutes.com David's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidbeckettpresentationcoach Watch The Pitch Canvas video: youtu.be/Z-4r1gg8a64 Or download it from here And the Company Edition from here Contact us at: contact@356labs.com  Find us all over the web: -- Website: 356labs.com Facebook: facebook.com/356labs Instagram: instagram.com/356labs LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/356labs Twitter: twitter.com/356labs YouTube: youtube.com/356labs Medium: medium.com/@356labs Meetup: meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: dribbble.com/356labs

"Is it accessible? Let's change this because it needs to be accessible," is something that Stephy Hogan often says as she is an accessibility advocate. She is also a UX/UI Engineering Supervisor and a founding board member and Vice President of the Presentation Guild.  In this episode, we discuss an essential issue that we haven't covered previously in our podcast: accessibility. We go through what accessibility is, what the standards are, and how you may apply them in PowerPoint or any other medium, digital, or not. Her website: presentationguild.org | presentationworkshop.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephyhogan/ The official rules to digital accessibility: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/ Tips for making PPT presentations accessible: https://webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/#check Her preferred colour contrast checker outside of BrightSlide: https://accessible-colors.com/ BrightSlide: https://www.brightcarbon.com/brightslide/ For Google Slides:https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6199477?hl=en Check out Present to Succeed at: https://presenttosucceed.com Contact us: contact@356labs.com Find us all over the web: Website: https://356labs.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/356labs Instagram: https://instagram.com/356labs/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/356labs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/356labs YouTube: https://youtube.com/356labs Medium: https://medium.com/@356labs Meetup: https://meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: https://behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/356labs

Marco Pesch is a Public Speaking Expert and the founder of the not-so-standard public speaking training agency Happy Good Talk. He and his team believe that your audience is fed up with standard speakers, tricks, and jokes. In this episode, we talk about energy and presence on stage, storytelling, and authenticity, and how you can acquire those skills. We also look at great public speakers and what makes them inspiring. Marco's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcopesch/ His agency's website: www.happygoodtalk.com Presence by Patsy Rodenburg: https://www.amazon.com/Presence-Positive-Energy-Success-Situation/dp/0141039477 Alberto Cairo's How Charts Lie: https://www.amazon.com/How-Charts-Lie-Getting-Information/dp/1324001569 Check out Present to Succeed at: https://presenttosucceed.com Contact us: contact@356labs.com Find us all over the web: Website: https://356labs.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/356labs Instagram: https://instagram.com/356labs/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/356labs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/356labs YouTube: https://youtube.com/356labs Medium: https://medium.com/@356labs Meetup: https://meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: https://behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/356labs

Bethany Auck, a Presentation and Visual Communication Expert, is the Founder and Creative Director of presentation agency SlideRabbit and the current president of the Presentation Guild.  In this episode, we talk about Google Slides, PowerPoint, their differences, and give a lot of practical advice for both tools and transferring content between them. Episode blog post: https://bit.ly/356Pep79 Contact Bethany at hello@sliderabbit.com Check out her agency https://sliderabbit.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bauckpresentationdesign/ The Presentation Guild: https://presentationguild.org/ Check out Present to Succeed at: https://presenttosucceed.com Contact us: contact@356labs.com Find us all over the web: Website: https://356labs.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/356labs Instagram: https://instagram.com/356labs/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/356labs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/356labs YouTube: https://youtube.com/356labs Medium: https://medium.com/@356labs Meetup: https://meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: https://behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/356labs

In this episode with Mike Parkinson, we talk about visuals and persuasion in presentations, what happens in the human brain, how design sells, virtual presentations, his book, and some simple rules you can follow to make slides work for you.  Mike Parkinson is an internationally recognized visual communication expert, author, and highly rated speaker. He is also a fellow Microsoft PowerPoint MVP. Mike is the owner of the 24 Hour Company (a premier creative services firm) and Billion Dollar Graphics (a training and graphic solutions company). Both of his companies are deeply rooted in the world of developing presentations and training people on how to communicate effectively. Contact Mike at info@billiondollargraphics.com Billion Dollar Graphics website: https://billiondollargraphics.com/ 24 Hour Company: http://www.24hrco.com Twitter: @Mike_Parkinson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-parkinson-microsoft-mvp-apmp-fellow-bb364/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BillionDollarGraphics/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeparkinson_bdg/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDQaYfze62MYQ_CO5rjo1w He also shares -  Build-a-Graphic (turn text into professional graphics in PowerPoint and use anywhere): https://billiondollargraphics.com/build-a-graphic Graphic Cheat Sheet (PDF to help you pick the best graphic for your needs): https://www.billiondollargraphics.com/GCS.pdf Graphic Cheat Sheet (examples of different graphic types to get ideas): https://billiondollargraphics.com/graphic-cheat-sheet Billion Dollar Graphics ebook (+200 graphics): https://billiondollargraphics.com/ebook PowerPoint book (+100 graphics): https://billiondollargraphics.com/powerpoint_book Check out Present to Succeed at: https://presenttosucceed.com Contact us: contact@356labs.com Find us all over the web: Website: https://356labs.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/356labs Instagram: https://instagram.com/356labs/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/356labs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/356labs YouTube: https://youtube.com/356labs Medium: https://medium.com/@356labs Meetup: https://meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: https://behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/356labs

In this episode with Amy Balliett, we talk about what makes audiences different today, the difference between leading with text and visuals, why visual content is so much in demand, what visual communication will look like in the future, and how brand communicators should leverage the science of visual communication.  Episode blog post: https://bit.ly/356Pep77 Check out her company's website: https://killervisualstrategies.com/ Her book Killer Visual Strategies: https://www.amazon.com/Killer-Visual-Strategies-Amy-Balliett/dp/1119680220 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyballiett/ VideoHive: https://videohive.net/ Envato: https://envato.com/ Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/ Check out Present to Succeed at: https://presenttosucceed.com Contact us: contact@356labs.com Find us all over the web: Website: https://356labs.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/356labs Instagram: https://instagram.com/356labs/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/356labs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/356labs YouTube: https://youtube.com/356labs Medium: https://medium.com/@356labs Meetup: https://meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: https://behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/356labs

In this episode with Mark Heaps, а Professional Creative that has been in the industry for over 15 years, we talk about Apple, Duarte Design, advice for non-designers, best practices for presentation wireframing, success stories and why charm is not enough, how the future of presentations is in live streaming, and how being live, real and credible is the most important for success nowadays. Episode blog post: https://bit.ly/356Pep76 His website: http://markheaps.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markheaps/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifebypixels Behance: https://www.behance.net/markheaps/ Check out Present to Succeed at: https://presenttosucceed.com Contact us: contact@356labs.com Find us all over the web: Website: https://356labs.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/356labs Instagram: https://instagram.com/356labs/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/356labs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/356labs YouTube: https://youtube.com/356labs Medium: https://medium.com/@356labs Meetup: https://meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: https://behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/356labs

In this episode with Katya Kovalenko, we talk about presentation design, data visualization, the basic design principles, how less is more, do you need to be a designer to build beautiful and effective slides and tools and resources for brainstorming and designing. Katya Kovalenko is a Barcelona-based Presentation & Data Designer with a background in advertising and communication. She is also the author of several courses on Presentation Design for the now very popular online platform Domestika. She was also one of the speakers of the Present to Succeed 2021 conference. Episode blog post: https://bit.ly/356Pep75 Katya Kovalenko's courses on Domestika: https://www.domestika.org/en/katyakovalenko Her website: https://kkovalenko.com/ Her Behance: https://www.behance.net/kkovalenko22dd37 Her dribbble: https://dribbble.com/katyakovalenko Her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyakovalenko/ And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katyakovalenkodesign/ Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/ Streamline: https://streamlinehq.com/ Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/ Adobe Color: https://color.adobe.com/ Color Hunt: https://colorhunt.co/ Check out Present to Succeed at: https://presenttosucceed.com Contact us: contact@356labs.com Find us all over the web: Website: https://356labs.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/356labs Instagram: https://instagram.com/356labs/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/356labs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/356labs YouTube: https://youtube.com/356labs Medium: https://medium.com/@356labs Meetup: https://meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: https://behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/356labs

In this episode with Johnny Quinn, a Presentation Consultant, and a Presentation Technologist, we talk about presentation tools, presenting online, the gadgets every presenter should have, the latest PowerPoint developments, and the best software tools for audience engagement. Episode blog post: https://bit.ly/356Pep74 Johnny Quinn's website: https://audiencealive.com/ His LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnyquinny/ Resources from Johnny Quinn -  Presentology and Audience Engagement Solutions pdf file: http://bit.ly/356Pep74r1  The ultimate PowerPoint guide ppsx file: http://bit.ly/356Pep74r2  Check out Present to Succeed at: https://presenttosucceed.com Contact us: contact@356labs.com Find us all over the web: Website: https://356labs.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/356labs Instagram: https://instagram.com/356labs/ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/356labs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/356labs YouTube: https://youtube.com/356labs Medium: https://medium.com/@356labs Meetup: https://meetup.com/356labs-Presentation-Meetups Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/euewr9i4mpwf3z4wubjc7owzb Behance: https://behance.net/356labs.com Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/356labs