ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Storyboarding and Crafting Visual Stories for Presentations

Thursday, 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

There’s much research that shows people remember more from presentations when visuals are used. Yet most of the time you, and everyone else, experience “bullet point hell.” This session looks at ways to improve your slides visually and get away from Death by PowerPoint (or any other presentation tool). Learn how to make your content more visual, using the right diagram to illustrate and bring your points to life. That means your audience starts paying attention, and understands what you want to tell them, even when it’s pretty complicated. And ultimately it means that your communication is more effective.

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Presentation Design and eLearning

Thursday, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Presentation and eLearning design may seem like distinctly different careers at first glance, but the core skills that go into them have a surprising amount of overlap with each other—and also the world of graphic design. Because of that, both these areas can prove to be intriguing alternative career paths for a person with strong visual design skills. But what other skills do you need to build to work successfully in these fields and what different challenges might you face in them?

In this session you’ll get a behind the scenes look at what careers in presentation and eLearning design entail. You’ll find out what defines these fields and the variety of ways one can work within them. You’ll discover what graphic, presentation, and eLearning design have in common and where they differ. You’ll also get a preview of some of the most frequent roadblocks designers face when working in these fields and what strategies can help you overcome them. Whether you’re new to presentation and eLearning design or have already started working in those fields, you’ll walk away with a better understanding of how to use your design skills in both of these worlds and position them to help you to stand out from the crowd.

In this session you will learn:

• What gaps in the presentation and eLearning design fields graphic designers have the unique skills to fill
• What additional skills graphics designers may want to build to better succeed in these fields
• How the ways people learn may shift your eLearning and presentation design decisions
• What resources can help you go even deeper into the worlds of presentation and eLearning design

ARCHIVE: This session was presented at CreativePro Week 2019 in Seattle.

Designing Drool-Worthy Presentations

Thursday, 10:15 am – 11:00 am

“I love dry, boring presentations!” said no one, ever.



So let’s change that! In this session, Jole will teach you how to take those average, mundane slides built to bore and transform them into slides that will keep your audience engaged, entertained and informed.

This session includes:

• How to put the bullet points to bed and introduce you to cleaner ways to present your message without all that text.
• How to create “showstopper slides” — the crowning jewel of every awesome presentation.
• And most importantly, since time is money, how to do these things quickly and easily.