Avoid this Font

Avoid this Font. Trust us.

Picture this: The CEO of your company has asked you to whip up a deck for his upcoming keynote. You fire up your Mac and ...Continue Reading

Avoid the Stock Photo Cliché

How to Avoid the Stock Photo Cliché

Most of us have received the memo: dazzling visuals can punch up your presentation. And thanks to stock photo sites like shutterstock.com, istockphoto.com and Getty ...Continue Reading

Standard vs. Widescreen PowerPoint Templates

Standard vs. Widescreen PowerPoint Templates: The Guide to Designing for Any Display

Chances are, your company has at least two templates that you build presentations in: one standard template and one widescreen template. Do you ever wonder ...Continue Reading

Storytelling in Sales Presentations

How to Use Storytelling in Sales Presentations

Selling products and services is no longer about showing up with your slides and simply responding to client’s needs. Today, we know that top sales people approach ...Continue Reading

Cut Your Presentation-Building Time in Half

Cut Your Presentation-Building Time in Half with Corporate PowerPoint Templates

Want to build visual, story-driven presentations quickly? Get ahold of great plug-and-play corporate presentation templates.  Yeah, yeah, yeah… you’ve heard it before. Presentations that tell a ...Continue Reading

Present Your Ideas Like an Architectural Masterpiece

How to Present Your Ideas Like an Architectural Masterpiece

Do all great presenters have professional copywriters and graphic artists at their disposal? The reality is… no. And they don’t all possess some rare skill ...Continue Reading

Give Great Presentations

How to Give Great Presentations…When You’re Not There

Chances are, you’re probably emailing your proposals, executive summaries, or strategy reviews much more often than presenting them live. And if you’re worried this hampers ...Continue Reading

Save Time in PowerPoint

Want to Save Time in PowerPoint? Meet the F4 Button.

    Developing PowerPoint decks takes time… but probably less time than you’re spending now. Let’s fix that. We’ll start with all those functions that need to ...Continue Reading

A Tale of Two Presenters

A Tale of Two Presenters

On any random day, you will find two people, working for the same company, eagerly presenting their product updates, project reviews, and strategy pitches. They ...Continue Reading

Data Needs a Story

TPC Contributes to Forbes.com: Your Data Needs a Story

  Think of the last time you were in a presentation that was loaded up with charts and tables. Do you remember the key points? ...Continue Reading

Secret to Presenting To Executives

Secret to Presenting To Executives? Let ‘Em *Think* They Have Control…(Video)

You’re getting ready to present a great idea... supported by a whole bunch of data... to the boss… What could go wrong? A lot. Bosses are ...Continue Reading

3 Uber-simple Visual Layouts to Make a Boring PowerPoint More Engaging (Video)

    It’s no secret — it’s the visuals that get your message heard and retained. Pictures are processed 60 thousand times faster than text. Here are ...Continue Reading

Protect Your Corporate Brand with a Bullet-Proof PowerPoint Template

6 Ways to Protect Your Corporate Brand with a Bullet-Proof PowerPoint Template

Can you imagine buying clothes that are stylish, but have no buttons, zippers or pockets? This is how many companies attempt to build corporate PowerPoint templates: ...Continue Reading

Presenting Data More Powerfully

3 Tips for Presenting Data More Powerfully

We understand that presenting data in PowerPoint can be a daunting task, especially when you don't have time to get creative. Here are 3 easy tips for presenting ...Continue Reading

How to Design for Different Displays

PowerPoint: Widescreen | How to Design for Different Displays

We build a lot of custom PowerPoint templates for Fortune 500 customers and often we’re asked to create two versions: a standard template (4:3 aspect ...Continue Reading

Better PowerPoint Charts

3 Tips for Better PowerPoint Charts

Why use the Insert Chart feature in PowerPoint versus pasting Excel charts into a PowerPoint slide? What's the benefit? Well, if you're trying to manage file size, want to ...Continue Reading

Unforgettable emails tell a story

TPC Contributes to Forbes.com: What Do Unforgettable Emails Do? They Tell A Story

  Here’s the bitter truth: Your 800-word opus on the status of your upcoming product launch looks like a horrifying avalanche of words on your boss’s ...Continue Reading