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Dear PowerPoint - Please fix the things we love

Shiny new AI tools, or fix what we already love? You told us. We built a top 10 PowerPoint wishlist from it. This episode hands the mic to the presentation community. We

10 Things a Non-Designer Needs to Know

We set out to give you 10 practical tips. We ended up with 12. Simple things that make a big difference when creating a presentation, from knowing your message before yo

Boris, Lyndon And Present To Succeed London

Boris Hristov, co-founder of 356labs and Present to Succeed | Lyndon Nicholson, three-time agency founder and head of Future Group Two people who've built top agencies a

Close the Laptop

People often dump everything that's in their head onto slides. Don't. Think about how the audience is going to receive it, what the structure will be. Instead, close the

Is Your Brand Colour Killing Readability?

Contrast checker - Great slides need more than great colours. They need contrast! Use a contrast checker to make sure your text is clear, readable and accessible to every

Who Cares About Apostrophes?

If you want to set yourself apart from the rest, make sure you are using smart quotes in all of you communications. Using the correct apostrophes shows you know waht good

Your Slides Don't Matter

Take a tip from someone with 24M views — Brené Brown. Your message delivers more bang for your buck than your slides. Take the time to craft a story that lands. You can

Claude Slides & Gemini: Gamechangers?

Claude and Gemini can now copy your deck's style from one file. But can they do the thinking that wins the room? We tore up the schedule for this one. Last episode we br

Copilot: Is Your Brand Kit Ready?

Microsoft says Copilot's new brand kit will finally keep every deck on-brand. Here's what we think: Copilot's new Brand Kit and custom skills including interactive slides

Presentation Design as Career and Multimillion-Dollar Business

Two presentation designers, two very different routes in. Courtney Allen built 16x9 from a freelance side hustle into a multi-million dollar agency. Dekishea Gordon stumb

What Storytellers from Homer to Greta Gerwig Can Teach Us About Presentations

PK leads the team through the art and science of storytelling in presentations - from cave paintings to storyboards, from Aristotle's 3 act structure to a simple beginnin

20 Questions: No Script, No Mercy

What happens when four presentation designers stop talking about best practice and start telling the truth? This episode. No guests, no agenda, no carefully constructed t

The Font of All Knowledge

Fonts. You use them every day, you judge them before you've read a word, and yet most of us have never thought too hard about why they matter. In this episode, we do. We

Hola Sevilla! The Art of Winning the Room with Damon Nofar

What happens when one of the presentation industry's best designers is also one of its best presenters? We found out. In this episode, we chat with Damon Nofar, Founder

It’s Not Just Storytelling. It’s Chemistry: Present to Succeed Sofia 2026

Next Slide Please | It’s Not Just Storytelling. It’s Chemistry: Present to Succeed Sofia 2026 Emma and Andy spent a day streaming Present to Succeed 2026 live from Sofia

Can Claude Design?

Everyone's talking about Claude Design. But can it actually design?  Spoiler: it depends who's asking. In this episode, we put Claude Design under the microscope and ex

Meet Your Hosts… and a Dog Named Dave

This is where it all starts. In this first episode, we introduce the show, the hosts, and one unofficial team member called Dave. Four people who live and breathe present