Clouds in PowerPoint

The standard cloud shape in PowerPoint is not very pretty. Especially if you need a different aspect ratio, there is no option but to stretch the shape, making it look even worse. My solution is to combine multiple cloud shapes into one to get a decent new shape (SHAPE FORMAT, MERGE SHAPES…

Brief memo by Churchill on brevity

Still relevant today:

The competitor analysis first

Whenever I need to get my head around a new presentation I often start with scribbling a map of competitors and the differentiation that my client has versus them. The result is a messy table full of scribbles which is definitely not the right end product to put in a…

Conference booth slides

Presentations that run in conference booths have a few special requirements

• Smaller screens, probably a 16:9 aspect ratio. One set of people will stand close to watch it, the other will see the screens far in the distance. The screens become part of the overall…

Why many vendors find it hard to sell to the “C-suite”

Many of my high tech clients hire me to design a product presentation that gets them higher up in the client organisation, the so called C-suite (CEO, CTO, CFO, etc.). The IT department buys features and equipment in a tight budget…

Searching for images inside one specific site

In order to make a nice profile slide about a company, you need to find good images of their products, ads, head office building (no, not the reception desk). One good trick to mine one specific web site for images is to go to the main Google Image…