Summer in the office can be a pretty lazy time. There are fewer urgent projects running, it’s a low season for sales, fairs, or conferences. Half of the staff are on holiday anyway. However, for the marketing department, this is an ideal time to prepare for the busy last quarter.
(more…)Starting a business – Peter’s resources
Besides running our presentation design business, occasionally I do consulting on entrepreneurship and marketing.
Here are resources I usually recommend to check to get you into entrepreneur mindset: how to start finding business idea, inspirative case studies and recommended resources (podcasts, books). Enjoy
(more…)How to reduce PowerPoint file size even 10x
Are you struggling to email your presentation because PPTX file is too big? Experiencing sluggishness with large files on a slow computer? Then you’ve come to the right place to discover a solution!
(more…)4 Ways to use Generative AI (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini…) for Presentation Design
There are multiple specialized AI tools for presentations popping up. However, as professional presentation designers and heavy PowerPoint users we see that they still lack the stability that Microsoft Office tools offer. Especially for business people, stability is crucial, not depending on new cloud apps and frequent changes of AI tools. Therefore it’s good to know how to use the major AI players’ tools together with your “good-old” PowerPoint – in a marriage that offers the creativity of AI and stability of a tool you are familiar with, you can save and edit locally even if offline.
(more…)How to make a Creative Pie Chart in PowerPoint
Do you use pie charts in your presentations? I see them often in presentations I help to re-design. However, mostly they are in their default form. Let me show you how you can make this data chart much more attractive.
(more…)Five Data Chart Mistakes to Avoid in Presentation
How to present data on your slides while keeping clarity and professional look? Make sure you are not failing into one of the data visualization traps. I collected the most common mistakes I see people do in business presentations. Especially when they present data from various Excel charts copied to PowerPoint.
(more…)How to Present Company Roles in PowerPoint Using Icons
How should you present company roles and organization charts? Whether your goal is to illustrate the structure of your organization or to make a presentation about company roles and departments, you can accomplish either with modern, creative icons.
(more…)How to Build Creative Comparison Tables in PowerPoint
Do you need to present product comparisons? Are you struggling to make those comparisons in a creative way? You can make creative visualizations to accomplish this task. Making simple comparison tables in PowerPoint is easy. We will show you how.
(more…)How to create attractive, visual slides for webinars and remote training
Do you run online training or webinars? Let me suggest what you can do to make your slides attractive and easy to remember.
(more…)How to Make Coronavirus Info Materials in PowerPoint
You may be watching this disease development day to day, as I do. I am trying to extract facts and evaluate dangers considering my family and business. I see over various media that proper explaining the facts is so important especially now. It helps people react appropriately, it helps not to overlook what’s the important.
Therefore I’d like to share a few tips on preparing clear information materials about Covid-19 disease, be it leaflet, banner or presentation of company actions. All made using only PowerPoint. See examples below.
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