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...
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...
by John Polk | Feb 13, 2023 | Presentation Design
I have invented a unique art form – the Barf-Bag Haiku. To kill time on a plane, especially when my devices must be in Airplane Mode, I will write a haiku poem on the barf bag. The subject of my first haiku was a barf bag (meta, I know), but I have since branched out...
by John Polk | Nov 13, 2022 | Presentation Design, Presentation Tips
Titivillus as represented by Diego de la Cruz in his painting La Virgen de la Misericordia con los Reyes Católicos y su Familia, circa 1486; Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons. First published on “Nightingale: Journal of the Data Visualization Society” Meet Titivillus....
by John Polk | Apr 8, 2022 | Presentation Design
I start every “Presentations That Drive Action” workshop by asking participants about their presentation pet peeves and best practices. Often the pet peeves are simply the opposite of the best practices. But asking for pet peeves lets the PowerPoint haters get it out...
by John Polk | Jul 20, 2021 | Presentation Coaching, Presentation Design
Clue logo by SantaMinion Do you like to read mystery novels? Watch mystery movies? The fun is in guessing whodunnit while the author throws red herrings at you. You don’t want your audience guessing “whodunnit” in a business presentation because...
