Let’s be frank: After all these years, PowerPoint still frustrates us left and right as we try to create engaging and effective slides. This session will address the most common problems and failings in the industry standard presentation program and provide practical solutions and workarounds to save you hours of wasted time and trips to Google asking, “Can PowerPoint do this…”

Participants will learn how to:

• Customize your UI so you never again go hunting for needed tools
• Manage file size
• Avoid lo-res images and squished logos
• Create team bio pages in seconds
• Banish Arial and Calibri and use professional fonts with confidence
• Make use of game-changing third party plug-ins
• Avoid and solve the dreaded missing Excel chart message
• And much more!

 

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With more than 20 years of experience in the field of visual communications, Nolan Haims is an industry leader in the world of presentation design, helping individuals and organizations tell better stories with fewer words.
  
As one of only 15 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the U.S., he regularly consults for and advises the PowerPoint development team on the industry standard software.

Nolan has created and overseen thousands of presentations including keynote addresses for Fortune 500 CEOs, TED Talks, and multi-million dollar winning agency pitches. As Vice President and Director of Presentation for Edelman, the world’s largest PR firm, he founded and ran an industry-first department dedicated to raising the agency’s bar on visual communication.
 
Nolan trains organizations of all sizes and in all industries. He speaks at national conferences and writes about visual storytelling for numerous groups including CreativePro and Training Mag Network. He is a co-host of the long-running Presentation Podcast, and is the author of best-selling The Better Deck Deck.