December 29, 2015 / by Marcie Braden / Design, Presentations / 0 comments
What is a presentation? That’s probably not a question you’ve ever asked yourself. We make presentations all the time for work. We make them to sell potential customers, onboard new employees, present data to students in our classroom, make pitches to our Board, fill in our investors on financial updates, and for a million other reasons. They’re so […]
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The Top 5 Presentation Design Mistakes
December 31, 2015 / by Marcie Braden / Design, Presentations / 0 comments
Design has come a long way in the last decade. The tools to create beautiful things are more accessible than ever (and there are more YouTube videos teaching you how to use them too). Here are the top 5 mistakes I consistently see in self-made presentations when I’m called in as a “fixer.” 1. Failing to Consider Your […]
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Table Design Tips for Presentations
December 31, 2015 / by Marcie Braden / Data Visualization, Design, Table Design / 0 comments
Presentation table design isn’t the most exciting topic in the world. But it’s actually super important and one of the weakest points I see in a lot of presentations, so let’s dive in! The world would be a better place if we didn’t need tables to display information. Why? Tables inherently contain a lot of […]
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What is a Presentation? Part 1
December 29, 2015 / by Marcie Braden / Design, Presentations / 0 comments
What is a presentation? That’s probably not a question you’ve ever asked yourself. We make presentations all the time for work. We make them to sell potential customers, onboard new employees, present data to students in our classroom, make pitches to our Board, fill in our investors on financial updates, and for a million other reasons. They’re so […]
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Why Cross-Audience Presentations Are Necessary
December 28, 2015 / by Marcie Braden / Design / 0 comments
What are cross-audience presentations? They sound intimidating, but really, they’re not. It’s just how I describe presentations that can easily be adapted for a new target audience without a lot of reorganization/redesign and new slide creation. Let’s look at the two typical presentation-creation approaches: In the past, I’ve worked with a client who would have to present […]
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