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Excerpt: “Conclusion”

Excerpt: “Conclusion”

by Justin Hunsaker | Oct 1, 2025 | Presentation Coaching, Presentation Design, Presentation Tips, Presentation Training

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! 👀

Don’t Buy Our Book … Yet! 👀

by Justin Hunsaker | Sep 1, 2025 | Presentation Design, Presentation Templates, Presentation Tips

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!

Special Edition: Attributions, Permissions, and Sourcing, Oh My!

by Justin Hunsaker | Aug 25, 2025 | Presentation Design, Presentation Templates, Presentation Tips

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...
Special Edition: Attributions, Permissions, and Sourcing, Oh My!

Praise for Presentation Pitfalls

by John Polk | Aug 20, 2025 | Presentation Coaching, Presentation Design, Presentation Templates, Presentation Tips

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: Countdown to Launch for Presentation Pitfalls

Special Edition: Countdown to Launch for Presentation Pitfalls

by Justin Hunsaker | Jul 30, 2025 | Presentation Design, Presentation Templates, Presentation Tips

Things are heating up! Presentation Pitfalls hits shelves on September 3, 2025, and we’ve got a lot to share. So yes, you’ll be hearing from us a bit more often. We’re proud of this book and want to use every channel to reach the people it can help. We would...
A Conversation with the Creator of the SPICE Add-in

A Conversation with the Creator of the SPICE Add-in

by John Polk | Jul 14, 2025 | Presentation Design

Thomas Hager, creator of the SPICE PowerPoint add-in, recently interviewed John. Here’s an excerpt. John, with all your years delivering training and services to business leaders in the art of making crisp presentations for decision-making – what are some of the...
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