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[Video] How to Remove Stress from Your Presentation Design Process

Working on a presentation should be fun and not stressful. Whether it's for a lecture, conference, or lab meeting, if creating a presentation is causing you stress then it's time to take a look at your workflow.

In this video, I go over the 4 steps of my workflow that has made me more efficient and taken the stress out of designing a presentation. 

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[VIDEO + BLOG] SLIDE MAKEOVER #1: How to improve your slide design even if you use visuals and minimal text

This is the first slide makeover in my new mini-series. I really enjoyed this one because the topic was about program evaluation! 

I recently asked my email list readers to submit their slides for a possible makeover. The deal was this: if I selected their slides for a makeover, they would get the revised PowerPoint or Keynote file back and I would publish it on my new YouTube Channel.

So here is the first makeover of this mini series. It was submitted by Dr. Sue Griffey, who by the way you should totally connect with because she's really nice and mentors people like us on LinkedIn and other important topics.

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