“Some problems…are not bullet-izable.”

Wow. That about says it all, doesn’t it? “Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable.” Quoted in a New York Times article, by Brig. General H. R. McMaster, (who, according to the article, “banned PowerPoint presentations when he led the successful effort to secure the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar in 2005…. by [...]

Where do I start?

This question is asked a lot – Where do I start? “I have this template and I’ve dropped in some text but I am not sure how to make this more lively. The template isn’t working well and how do I add charts that look good? Oh, and I have these 20 other slides that [...]

Word — templates & design

Now why would a PowerPoint Queen (who is also well versed in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), be taking the time to talk about creating Word templates? Or (gasp!) actually designing in Word?? Perhaps it is because this has become a new passion of mine. ‘No way!’ you say. ‘How can that be? Who is passionate about [...]

Photography vs Illustrations

Do not use clip art in your PowerPoint, please. Wait. Not strong enough. Do NOT use clip art in your PowerPoint, OKAY?! I am not sure what happens when someone is putting together a presentation. Do YOU like to look at those dinky, poorly drawn drawings? No? Well then, why would you think that someone [...]

Creating graphs & charts

PowerPoint has one main function: to tell the viewer a story. There is a message that needs to be conveyed. And most times, it is a complicated concept that needs images, graphs, charts and lots of verbiage to get the point across.

I know of some other PowerPoint designers that prefer to use mostly images, less [...]