Tag: PowerPoint
Power-Up Newsletter 09
Do you want to know a secret? I suck at creating slides from scratch. That blank slide with the cursor blinking ominously on the screen makes me break out into a nervous sweat 😭 I’m no artist. I studied finance and economics for crying out loud! These hands were made for Excel, not pretty pictures…
Power-Up Newsletter 08
It’s Tuesday and time to discover how to make your presentations pop✨ The Woodstock for Capitalists (aka the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting) closes our mini-series on Annual Shareholder meetings. Run by the greatest investors alive Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, the Berkshire Hathaway 2023 Annual Shareholder Meeting attracted close to 40,000 attendees! The weekend…
Power-Up Newsletter 07
It’s Tuesday and time to discover how to make your presentations pop✨ When thinking about the structure of Shareholder Meetings, what comes to mind is a stiff presentation with protocols and procedures to run a very formal event. The Amazon meeting we covered last week is a perfect example of this. Tesla took it a…
Power-Up Newsletter 06
It’s Tuesday and time to discover how to make your presentations pop✨ We look into the unconventional way Amazon tackles presentations by reviewing their 2023 Annual Shareholder Meeting. Get ready for your world of corporate communications to be rocked 🤯 In this edition: 💻 Presentation Breakdown: Amazon 2023 Annual Shareholder Meeting This week we analyse…
Set up your PowerPoint workspace like a pro
One of the quickest ways to generate an immediate increase in your PowerPoint efficiency is to set up your workspace. I have 2 changes that I apply whenever working on a new machine that I can’t live without. Let me show you how you can apply these to your set-up as well: Step 1: Show…
Power-Up Newsletter 05
It’s Tuesday and time to discover how to make your presentations pop✨ Investor presentations need a shake-up. They don’t exactly scream sexy and innovative. This month we’ll do a mini-series on how the biggest companies share results. In the spotlight today, we look at how Elon Musk shared the latest Tesla results at their Annual…
Next-level bullet point reveal used by big tech companies
You know something is good when it looks simple and natural when executed. Also, if both Google and Apple use it in their presentations, it’s another vote in the right direction 👍 I’m talking about this bullet point reveal: Let me show you how to build this for your PowerPoint presentations. How to: As simple…
Power-Up Newsletter 04
It’s Tuesday and time to discover how to make your presentations pop✨ Today we wrap up our mini-series on presentations from tech developer conferences. In the spotlight, today we analyse everyone’s favourite slide software maker… Microsoft 😉 Let’s go! In this edition: 🎓 Learn: 3 different ways to transform your image into a shape I…
3 different ways to transform your image into a shape
I know!?! You don’t have to be stuck with the default rectangular version that you copied into your slide. Here are 3 different ways to transform your picture into a shape. Find an image that you want to use and insert it into your slide. Now for the magic 🦄 Option 1: Picture Fill Option…
Power-Up Newsletter 03
It’s Tuesday and time to discover how to make your presentations pop✨ We continue our series on presentation secrets from big tech companies with this week’s focus on Google. Is there a formula for capturing that special ‘Googleyness’ in a presentation? Let’s find out! In this edition: 🎓 Learn: How to use Bento Layouts for…
