| In my line of work, I find myself
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| | carried through to stationary, trade show
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| constantly producing PowerPoint
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| | graphics, packaging, advertising and yes,
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| presentations. Sometimes these are just
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| | PowerPoint.The software has become so
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| individual slides (like a diagram or case
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| | ubiquitous that I consider it part of a
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| study), sometimes they are templates, and
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| | greater paradigm shift in mainstream
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| sometimes they are whole, individual
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| | communication. The only problem is that
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| presentations. Most of my PowerPoint work
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| | this evolution is hindering
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| is completed at my day job where I am an
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| | communication. Like text messaging or
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| in-house designer, but my freelancing
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| | 200-pixel banner ads, the information is
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| alter ego occasionally comes across a
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| | compressed to a set of key buzzwords,
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| client needing some presentational
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| | crippling the message by stripping the
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| pick-up. Over the years, I have built and
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| | skeleton of any meat. Bullet points
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| edited hundreds of PowerPoint files.I
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| | become rapid-fire metadata. I give you
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| know a lot of people think PowerPoint is
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| | the words "purple" and "fish" -- you
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| the devil incarnate, but in the corporate
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| | figure out what I am trying to say.*
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| world, it is an ubiquitous evil. To shake
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| | Leverage your existing technology
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| some of the negative stereotypes, I apply
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| | * Realize rapid ROI
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| traditional design principals to make my
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| | * Streamlined implementationIs about as
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| company and clients look better than the
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| | meaningful as:* Parsed cabbage flux
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| competition.We go to 120 trade shows a
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| | capacitor
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| year, and we present at every single one.
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| | * Disco glitter manifestation
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| We also use Macromedia's Breeze for
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| | * Expressive giraffe BLTMaybe a hundred
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| hundreds of online demos. Our PowerPoint
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| | years ago those phrases denoted
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| is often the first thing a potential
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| | something, but by sheer repetition and
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| customer will see from us, so it is
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| | abuse, the PowerPoint generation has
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| critical (and easy) to make a good
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| | crushed the meaning like 200,000 people
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| impression before they even receive a
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| | at a Stones concert trampling through a
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| brochure.PowerPoint is used by nearly
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| | flower garden.In the same way a good logo
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| sales guy on the planet, with a whole
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| | supports a successful identity program,
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| industry of accessories built around the
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| | good PowerPoint transcends half-assed
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| presentation guru / road warrior concept.
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| | bullet points and reinforces the speaker
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| It is employed for downloadable or live
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| | -- their personality, message and
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| web demos, and it is even used (or
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| | purpose. It doesn't recycle the same,
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| abused, depending on your point of view)
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| | tired messaging over and over. Not only
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| to pass along copy, concepts and notes
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| | does it look awesome, good PowerPoint
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| between internal team members. With this
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| | hammers home the presenter's message with
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| volume of use, PowerPoint slide design
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| | unique phrasing, interesting design
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| becomes just another facet of a company's
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| | elements and a certain disregard for the
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| identity program.From Chuck's
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| | status quo bullshit buzz-speak.All the
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| Neighborhood PeeCee Warehouse to Apple
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| | flashy backgrounds, painstaking
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| Computer, the local cafe with the amazing
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| | animations and intense clipart research
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| bagels to Starbucks Coffee, every
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| | are for nothing if the message has been
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| business benefits from a unique identity,
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| | gutted from the shell. So while I
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| a look and feel that separates them from
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| | "design" PowerPoint, I design for the
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| competition. The company logo is only a
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| | audience because I am focused on how they
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| small part. Corporate colors, type
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| | will react to the information.Kevin Potts
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| treatments, illustration styles and
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| | is a successful freelance designer and is
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| repeated graphic elements are all parts
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| | the webmaster of Blogging Articles and
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| of the greater whole. This identity is
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| | ConsumerFriendly.org.
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