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Work Smarter, Not Harder! Our Favorite PowerPoint and Google Slides Software Add-Ins
Image Source: Copilot Create (you know we would never create something this cheesy, and our text would have parallel construction) In our book, Presentation Pitfalls, we purposefully minimized our references to software to focus on the timeless presentation strategies...
Podcasts, Conferences, and LinkedIn (Oh My!)
I was happy to be a guest on the January 20th episode of The Presentation Podcast, https://thepresentationpodcast.com/2026/e238/. We talked about three traps from our book, Presentation Pitfalls: The Frankenstein Trap, The Black Hole Trap, and The Virtual Fatigue...
Unbox Your Frameworks
In “The Expert Trap” chapter, we discuss the power of frameworks to organize information. The simplest frameworks categorize content into groups, assign each group a title, and list the related elements within each group. We call these frameworks “n-boxers,” like in...
Excerpt: “Conclusion”
The final chapter, “Conclusion,” brings together the book’s core lessons, showing how storytelling, visuals, clarity, and confident delivery work in harmony to create impactful presentations. We compare this to learning to ride a bike, where you must master each skill...
Don’t Buy Our Book … Yet! 👀
Order it on Labor Day as we start our Launch Week push. If you absolutely can’t wait (we don’t blame you), go ahead and order on Amazon. Send us a screenshot of your receipt, and we’ll send you the book content that was the hardest to cut. As a bonus, we’ll enter you...
Special Edition: Attributions, Permissions, and Sourcing, Oh My!
When one of our early readers, Emily Troiano, SHRM-SCP, marked a quotation we attributed to Henry Ford: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” She asked a simple question that made my heart race: Did he really say this? A quick...
Praise for Presentation Pitfalls
We’re proud of our book and know it can improve your presentations and supercharge your career. But don’t take our word for it. Check out the endorsements below from leaders in industry and academia. Thanks, Matt Abrahams, John Chen, CSP®, Sharon McGinty, Randy...
Special Edition: Presentation Pitfalls is a #1 Amazon Bestseller!
Presentation Pitfalls: 10 Traps Business Professionals Fall Into and How to Avoid Them hits shelves on September 3, 2025. Thanks to those who've pre-ordered a copy for making it #1 on Amazon's Best Sellers in Business Communication list. Bulk order Presentation...
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