PowerPoint: Your Swiss Army Design Tool

PowerPoint might be the most underestimated design tool on your computer. In this session, Amanda Dalton shows how to turn a familiar app into a surprisingly powerful instrument for real-world design. Learn how to create polished layouts, simple graphics, and fast visual mockups. Amanda focuses on practical techniques that work with PowerPoint’s strengths.

With humor, clarity, and high energy, Amanda makes designing in PowerPoint feel approachable and genuinely fun. You’ll leave with a fresh perspective on what’s possible, and new confidence when using PowerPoint for design work that goes far beyond the slide deck.

Key takeaways:

• Rethink PowerPoint as a practical design tool for real-world deliverables
• Design polished layouts and graphics using PowerPoint’s built-in strengths
• Create quick mockups and visuals without over-engineering the process
• Share designs with your colleagues when PowerPoint is the only tool they have