Powerful PowerPoint Book

Occasionally, I come across a book or two that offers up some great PowerPoint content. Most recently, I started to read:

“Presentation Zen Design” by Garr Renyolds

There were some information nuggets that were helpful to a fellow graphic designer who is seeking to create powerful PowerPoints for clients. As seen on the jacket of this book, [...]

Community Event Highlight

All work and no play makes… well, you know how that goes.

The way that the PowerPoint Queen likes to play is through giving back to the community. Creating posters for events, volunteering to host booths at relays, serve food, get donations, organize – whatever it takes. Most recently, we will be involved in a [...]

Just a Reminder…

…to all of you clients out there who are always in a rush….

What version are you using?

Year after year, as a graphic designer who works on a Mac, I am asked if I have learned, or embraced KeyNote (the Mac equivalent of PowerPoint). Now believe me – I would LOVE to. I have tooled around in that program enough to know that it is very powerful, easy-to-use and has so many [...]

Why spend money on a PowerPoint?

Over the years, I have spend a many hours prepping bids and creating estimates for clients interested in a PowerPoint. Sometimes it’s a new, fresh design. Sometimes it’s a redesign or an “upgrade.” Either way, the time spent is still time spent but there are obviously varying degrees of energy exerted on projects based on [...]

Portland Creative Conference

Each year, the Portland Creative Conference comes to town. Last year (2008), I had the honor of working with Steve Gehlen on the main presenter presentation and actually received a few calls from the event from those who saw my name in the program and enjoyed the show. That was very exciting! It was rewarding [...]

Quick brag – Check your local Costco!

After nearly 20 year in the design biz, I have been lucky enough to see my work printed in magazines, splashed onto huge screens at trade shows and events, on local college and hospital shelves.

Well, most recently, a package design that I have been working on for Color Me House made it onto the shelves [...]