Sessions

Crafting Navigational and Non-Linear Presentations

Instead of a one-way linear slideshow, what if you could navigate your presentation content based on the audience’s interests?

Enter Navigational Slideshows!

In this session, we’ll show you how to strategize presentation content to maximize alignment between what your speakers have to say and what your audience wants to hear. Then, we’ll show you how to create menus and links directly in PowerPoint and Google Slides so you can quickly navigate to the section of the slideshow that’s most useful.

Advantages of Navigational Slideshows:

  • Provide a custom experience for every audience
  • Avoid wasting time on topics your audience isn’t interested in
  • Minimize the amount of slide customization you have to do before every meeting

Sales meetings and trainings should be about conversations and engagement. Don’t let linear, one-way slideshows get in the way of connections and deeper learning experiences!

Quick Fixes for Bad Slides

You’ve been given a PowerPoint deck and told to improve it before the big meeting this afternoon… Don’t panic! Instead, make use of these simple yet highly effective techniques for making bad slides look great.

Diversity and Design

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 designers. Diversity, inclusion, and equity is a critical component of a healthy design community and workplace. Learn what you can do to do the right thing.

Accessibility for PowerPoint

Yes, PowerPoint can accessible. It doesn’t matter if you are just presenting or exporting to PDF. There are specific accessibility considerations you must use to have an inclusive presentation. This session will explore the built-in accessibility tools, some “hidden features” and the best way to get the most accessible PPT documents into PDF or for presenting to a live audience.

  • Accessibility barriers in PowerPoint
  • Setting the Read Order
  • Writing effective alt-text
  • Using the Accessibility Checker
  • How to handle video and audio content
  • Tables, charts and graphs
  • Exporting to PDF and beyond

Making Type Look Great in PowerPoint

Still feeling limited by the type tools in PowerPoint? It’s time to take another look. In this session, we’ll explore ways of making your type shine, even when you’re stuck using system fonts.

Topics include:

  • Arranging type for improved legibility
  • How to make system fonts feel more sophisticated
  • Formatting tips and techniques
  • Replicating today’s typography trends in PowerPoint
  • “Thinking outside the template” for refreshing type layouts

Repurposing Content in PowerPoint

You’ve built a PowerPoint presentation — so that’s where all your content is! So what do you do when you need to repurpose that content? In this session, learn how to repurpose your content into infographics, print, handouts/PDFs, interactive handbooks, slide docs, downloadables, HTML5, and more!

10 Essential PowerPoint Productivity Tips

Anyone can use PowerPoint, but can you use it well? Learn the secrets of the PowerPoint masters in order to become more efficient and productive with this important tool.

Topics include:

  • Essential keyboard shortcuts you have to commit to muscle memory
  • The add-ons you just have to have
  • Three key PowerPoint features you may not be using correctly

Creating Effective Story Structures

It’s fun to jump right in with both feet, but it’s rarely the most effective or efficient approach in the long run! In this session, we’ll get you started from the ground up, focusing on everything that needs to happen before you begin building the deck, including:

  • Getting clear
  • Establishing a presentation structure
  • Preparing and editing written content
  • Outlining your message

Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 3

Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 3

Wednesday, 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm Pacific

Let’s face it: PowerPoint is different from other apps that we’re used to. But different isn’t necessarily bad! In Part 1 and Part 2 of this three-session tutorial, we learned how to get up to speed quickly and find all the core features we’ll need to create awesome presentations. Now, in Part 3, we’ll see what makes PowerPoint shine, including some features that Adobe apps only dream of!


Learn to Love PowerPoint, Part 2

In Part 1 of this three-part session, we learned how to get up to speed fast, navigate PowerPoint like a pro, and set up masters. Now, we face the hardest task of all: Figuring out why Microsoft hid all the most important tools (and discover where they hid them!)

By the end of the hour, you’ll be ready to face PowerPoint with confidence! Next up, see Part 3 here.