From Inspiration to Presentation


Jole Simmons

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

From Inspiration to Presentation

Thursday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Central

Have you ever been on a website and saw some amazing animation or something that really caught your eye? Or maybe even watched a movie with some super cool opening credits? Don’t just admire them and move on… use them for inspiration!

Inclusive Presentations


Nolan Haims

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

Inclusive Presentations

Thursday, 11:15 am – 12:00 pm Central

Audiences are changing and becoming more diverse by the day, and their wants and needs of are evolving—as are the expectations of us as presentation designers. This session will address how design, communication, and software techniques can help speakers take into account age, gender, ethnicity, physical abilities, language barriers, and even attention spans.

Topics include:

  • Selecting more mindful imagery and iconography
  • Balancing text and visuals for older and younger audiences
  • Easy social sharing
  • Making your PowerPoint accessible and 508-compliant
  • Live transcription and subtitles with just a click!

Amazing PowerPoint Features that will Leave You Speechless


Richard Goring

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

Amazing PowerPoint Features that will Leave You Speechless

Thursday, 10:15 am – 11:00 am Central

PowerPoint has a reputation for being boring, and sometimes it seems its features really haven’t changed since flint was at the cutting edge of cutting edges! But that all changed since Office 365 came along. Now, there are new tools added every few weeks, and there are tremendous gains to be had from a host of functions. Sadly, these features are all too often hidden away, out of sight, and out of mind.

In this session, you’ll see all the amazing things you can now do with PowerPoint to bring your presentations, eLearning, and other content to life, by telling visual stories in an engaging and interactive way.

Topics include:

  • How to access graphics seamlessly
  • Adding live heatmaps and all sorts of new charts
  • Incorporating 3D models
  • Capturing video and screen recording
  • Converting sketches into slides
  • Generating live subtitles as you talk
  • Using the terrific new Morph transition to do completely astounding things in so easily that you’ll be amazed you ever tried to live without it.

If you gave up on PowerPoint long ago, now’s the time to try again. No, really. It’s amazing what you’ll be able to achieve.

The Presentation Designer as Visual Translator, with Ryan Orcutt


Ryan Orcutt
Creative Director, Duarte



Mark Heaps

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

The Presentation Designer as Visual Translator

An Interview with Ryan Orcutt, Creative Director, Duarte

Thursday, 9:15 am – 10:00 am Central

The role of the presentation designer is similar to being a translator standing between two people who don’t speak the same language. Your job is to understand both sides and find a way to help them communicate. Join Mark Heaps as he interviews Duarte Creative Director Ryan Orcutt in this fascinating and insightful interview!

Click: Welcome


Mark Heaps

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

Click: Welcome

Thursday, 9:00 am – 9:15 am Central

Presentation design is about telling a story: communicating, expressing, teaching, arguing, explaining… And it’s only successful when it is received and understood by the audience. Welcome to Click: The Presentation Design Conference, where we explore how to construct a user/audience experience through the power of design.

Interactive Documents with InDesign and in5

Keith Gilbert

Keith Gilbert

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Interactive Documents with InDesign and in5

Thursday, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Central

Attend this session to learn how to build a complete, content-rich interactive, digital document! We will use InDesign and in5 to export several HTML-based documents that can be used for micro-sites, digital magazines, sales material, animated Google ads, and more.

You will learn how to:

  • Identify if your project is a good fit for this type of workflow
  • Add interactivity to your InDesign document, including slideshows and multi-state objects
  • Turn documents into presentations for slide decks, sales tools,  and more
  • Export HTML output from InDesign using the in5 plug-in
  • Explore converting exported HTML to mobile apps

InDesign: Long Documents, Reports, and Proposals


Russell Viers

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InDesign: Long Documents, Reports, and Proposals

Thursday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Central

Russell Viers has learned a thing-or-two about working with longer documents in InDesign! In this session, he’ll share some of the valuable tips and techniques he’s learned over the years to make designing and producing long, repetitive, or complex documents easier, faster, and with less headaches.

Topics will include:

  • General shortcuts for speed you should be using
  • Really useful Master Page tricks
  • Why “Keep Options” should be your best friend
  • Tips for anchoring objects to the text flow
  • Table of content tips
  • Best practices for creating and applying styles
  • Using Object styles, Snippets, and Libraries for repetitive page elements

Building PowerPoint Templates for Your Team and Clients


Mark Heaps

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

Building PowerPoint Templates for Your Team and Clients

Wednesday, 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm Central

Imagine sharing your beautifully designed and painstakingly crafted files with your client, knowing that they will edit the files on their own. Sounds like a nightmare, right? But for presentation designers, this is the reality for almost every project. You hand over your work knowing full well that it may be changed by someone else—sometimes dramatically!

In this session, you’ll learn how to construct and prepare presentations for sharing and editing beyond your system. We’ll focus on PowerPoint files, with some specific tips for Keynote and Google Slides users.

This session will include:

  • The difference between final files and templates
  • Choosing fonts for different scenarios
  • Setting up theme elements
  • Creating custom layouts and off-slide instructions
  • Building solid masters

Learn to Love PowerPoint: 0–60 for Adobe Users


Nolan Haims

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

Learn to Love PowerPoint: 0–60 for Adobe Users

Wednesday, 9:00 am – 11:30 am Central

PowerPoint is the app that creative pros love to hate. And yet, we all have to use it sooner or later! The dirty secret is that once you learn how PowerPoint works, you’ll find it’s actually incredibly powerful and can perform some tasks even better than Adobe’s tools.

If you’ve ever feared or hated PowerPoint, take this opportunity to get to know it a little better. The more you know, the more fun it is!

Scripts Every InDesign User Needs


Chad Chelius

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2020.

Scripts Every InDesign User Needs

Wednesday, 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm Central

If you’re not using scripts with InDesign, you are not being efficient. And scripts are really easy! In fact, a bunch of useful scripts even ship with InDesign—you just need to know where to look for them.

Join us in this fast-paced session to learn:

  • Where to find must-have scripts
  • The fastest and easiest way to install a script and run it
  • Free scripts for managing your layouts, building calendars, and
  • How to use a free script to build a useful font… honest!

Plus: Enter your script idea… winner will have a professional scripter write a script for you!