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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...
Perfektenschlag! A Wellbeing Grand Slam

Perfektenschlag! A Wellbeing Grand Slam

by John Polk | Sep 16, 2024 | Presentation Coaching, Presentation Templates, Presentation Tips

Article by John Polk I recently had the antithesis of a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. As Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) from The Office would say, it was “perfektenschlag” – the Schrutes’ word for when everything in life comes together perfectly. I want to...
What Amtrak Can Teach Us About Presentation Standards: How to Create Professional Presentations in Less Time

What Amtrak Can Teach Us About Presentation Standards: How to Create Professional Presentations in Less Time

by John Polk | Aug 30, 2018 | Presentation Design, Presentation Templates

I took the train from Richmond to New York twice last summer. It’s doesn’t take much longer than flying, it’s a lot less hassle, and you can get more work done. But there’s one thing that drives me crazy. When you get to Washington, DC, you wait in the dark with no...
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