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Next Slide Please is dedicated to the art of the killer deck - taking each slide from good to GREAT. Whether you love building presentations or you’re a reluctant builder, we’re on a mission to help you. Every episode, we dig into what makes a presentation GREAT. The storytelling, design, structure and tech. We promise to keep the discussion practical, honest and opinionated. Non-designers — we’ll help you build decks like a pro. Designers — we’ll help you dislike presentations less.

  1. 2d ago ·  Video

    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 react to your text, audio and video answers on one question: does PowerPoint need more shiny features, or better basics? Lyndon Nicholson nails it with "shiny gets attention, embedded gets adoption", and a LinkedIn poll lands 21 to 2 in favour of fixing what we love. What We Cover Why PowerPoint should ask what you're building before it opens a cover slide. Magic buttons, Hick's law and the fear of losing manual control. Charts, tables, placeholders and corner radii: the basics overdue a fix. The curse of knowledge in tool design development. Is Microsoft betting on AI over core fixes? A three-tier view of the future. Our top 10 PowerPoint fixes wishlist, plus masks and a saner shift nudge. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 03:22 Philippa: Ask Before You Build 05:35 Damon: PowerPoint Is Part of an Ecosystem 10:38 Designers Have Always Worked Across Tools 12:46 Lyndon Nicholson: Shiny Gets Attention, Embedded Gets Adoption 15:38 Nolan Haims: Charts Hidden Behind Prompts 19:57 Old Workflows and Overdue Chart Fixes 22:59 Magic Buttons Versus Manual Control 26:03 Sander: Lessons From Figma 28:31 Rounded Corners and Workarounds 32:11 Jacqui Wilkinson: Easy and Convenient 38:38 Training and the Missing Best Practice 42:55 Charlotte McBride: Get the Foundations Right 45:59 A Faster Horse? Microsoft and AI 50:55 Piotr Garlej: Betting on a Bigger Shift 55:43 Tony Batt: A Three-Tier Future 58:16 Camille Holden: Push and Pull 01:01:04 Top 10 PowerPoint Fixes Wishlist 01:04:28 Custom Workspaces and Deeper Zoom 01:06:05 Better Gradients and Smarter Defaults 01:08:52 One PowerPoint for Mac and PC 01:09:57 Smarter Placeholders 01:11:17 A Better Animation Pane 01:14:14 Bonus Fixes: Masks and Shift Nudge Links and resources Full community comments - https://www.nxtsldpls.com/s/Reality-Check-LinkedIn-Comments.pdf The Presentation Podcast - https://thepresentationpodcast.com/ BrightCarbon - https://www.brightcarbon.com/ Present to Succeed - https://www.presenttosucceed.co.uk/ Lyndon Nicholson, Nolan Haims, Jacqui Wilkinson, Charlotte McBride, Piotr Garlej, Tony Batt, Camille Holden can all be found on LinkedIn Listen, follow, and subscribe! Got a presentation challenge, story, or question? We'd love to hear it. Share your thoughts and ideas, and let us know what topics you'd like us to tackle in future episodes through our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nxtsldpls/ Follow your hosts Emma Pritchard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-birdboxdesigns/ | https://www.birdboxdesigns.com Andy Bundock - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andybundock/ | https://www.andybundock.com Mark Robson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sixmileshigh/ | https://www.sixmileshigh.com PK Steffen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pksteffen/ | https://www.pkdigital.net

  2. Oct 30 ·  Video

    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 you open PowerPoint to counting every element on the page. Best watched on YouTube, Apple or Spotify, as we share visual examples throughout. What we cover: - Why your message comes before your slides: the what, the why and the how - One idea per slide and revealing your story one beat at a time - Visual hierarchy, white space, and cutting instead of shrinking - Using images strategically, not on every slide - Designing for the back of the room and different screen shapes - Data storytelling: highlighting the one number that proves your point - Cognitive load, element audits and limiting your colour palette Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - 1. Start with what you want to say 02:26 - 2. One idea per slide 03:53 - 3. Don't fill the slide 05:00 - 4. If everything is important, nothing is 06:22 - 5. A picture isn't decoration 07:58 - 6. Your slide doesn't need to speak for itself 08:47 - 7. Consistency doesn't mean every slide looks the same 10:22 - 8. Design for the back of the room 12:12 - 9. Your chart doesn't need every number 14:23 - 10. Beautiful slides are never the goal 15:30 - 11. Every element is work 17:17 - 12. Rainbows belong in the sky 19:36 - The common thread: simplify 22:16 - Stop worrying about slide count 24:04 - Why AI won't do the thinking for you 25:13 - Creating moments, not slides 26:30 - Outro Listen, follow, and subscribe! Got a presentation challenge, story, or question? We'd love to hear it. Share your thoughts and ideas, and let us know what topics you'd like us to tackle in future episodes through our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nxtsldpls/ Follow your hosts Emma Pritchard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-birdboxdesigns/ Andy Bundock: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andybundock/ PK Steffen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pksteffen/ Mark Robson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sixmileshigh/

  3. Oct 16 ·  Video

    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 around presentations. Lyndon explains why AI is making organizations "more stupid", and why clients who settled for AI slop are now coming back. Boris lifts the lid on Present to Succeed, with behind-the-scenes insights and the London masterclasses he admits he books for himself. We Cover - How Boris and Lyndon fell into presentation design - Present to Succeed is built for business people, not presentation designers - The "use AI, now remove the AI" trap hitting teams right now - Why letting AI write your deck leaves you exposed when someone challenges a number - Why organisations must train their people to present - The box of crayons that won a six-figure-a-year client 00:00 Intro 01:41 Origin Stories: How They Got Into Presentation Design 05:54 The Role of Passion and Psychology in Presentations 07:16 Audience-Centric Approach to Presentations 11:03 The Evolution of Present to Succeed 13:25 Finding the Right Audience for Presentation Events 17:54 Tapping into Business Professionals' Needs 22:24 Training teams in presentations 25:08 The Paradox of AI in Presentations 28:05 Critical Thinking vs. AI Assistance 30:50 The Future of Presentations in an AI World 36:08 Behind the Scenes of Presentation Events 42:51 Masterclasses in London 48:28 What's next? 53:00 The Future of Presentations 53:51 Outro and Closing Remarks Links Lyndon Nicholson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndonnicholson/ | https://fg.agency/ Boris Hristov - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brshristov/ | https://www.356labs.com/ Present to Succeed London, 12 November, Olympia - https://www.presenttosucceed.co.uk/ The Presentation Podcast - https://thepresentationpodcast.com/ The Presentation Summit - https://betterpresenting.com/ Presentation Guild - https://presentationguild.org/ Got a presentation challenge, story, or question? Share your thoughts through our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nxtsldpls/ Emma Pritchard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-birdboxdesigns/ | https://www.birdboxdesigns.com Andy Bundock: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andybundock/ | https://www.andybundock.com Mark Robson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sixmileshigh/ | https://www.sixmileshigh.com PK Steffen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pksteffen/ | https://www.pkdigital.net

  4. Oct 12 ·  Bonus Video

    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 laptop and get everything out of your head somewhere else — paper, dictate, tell AI. Whatever you need. Once it's all out, start to build your deck with just the best bits. You can follow Mark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sixmileshigh/ Website: http://www.sixmileshigh.com

  5. Oct 9 ·  Bonus Video

    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 everyone. A simple check that can make a big difference to your presentation design. You can follow Emma on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-birdboxdesigns/ Website: http://www.birdboxdesigns.com

  6. Oct 9 ·  Bonus Video

    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 looks like and most importantly, that you care. Attention to detail is where the magic happens. You can follow Andy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andybundock/ Website: http://andybundock.com

  7. Oct 9 ·  Bonus Video

    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 follow PK on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pksteffen Website: PKdigital.net

  8. Sep 25 ·  Video

    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 broke down Microsoft Copilot for PowerPoint. If you thought the AI presentation wars would settle down, think again. This episode we test how well Claude Slides and Gemini in Google Slides match an existing deck's style, as they make their bids for your presentation workflow. The craft is catching up fast. The thinking is not. What we cover: - Gemini in Google Slides: "match presentation style" from a reference deck - Claude Slides: turning an existing deck into a new editable PowerPoint - Is the skills file and brand kit era over? - Good in, good out. These tools don't design, they copy your homework. - Animations, custom fonts and licensing - Template decay: what happens when AI copies a copy of a copy - Why the thinking before the build still decides whether a deck wins Timestamps 00:00 Intro 04:33 Test driving Google Slides and Claude Slides 06:03 Google Slides 07:54 User Experiences and Outcomes 11:39 Limitations and Future of AI in Presentations 16:44 Exploring Font Uploads and Licensing Issues 18:48 Creating Presentations with Claude Slides 25:32 Another test deck 31:24 The Role of AI in Crafting Narratives 36:39 Understanding the Limitations of AI 39:21 AI gets 80%: check the results 47:07 The Importance of Critical Thinking in Presentation Design 51:40 AI in Presentation Design: A Double-Edged Sword 52:47 Speed vs. quality 56:31 Final Thoughts on Presentation Design and AI Resources Gemini in Google Slides - https://slides.new Claude Slides - https://claude.ai Meet Claude Slides, Claude Design and Claude Docs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To5nrYqvR44 Listen, follow, and subscribe! Got a presentation challenge, story, or question? We'd love to hear it. Share your thoughts and ideas, and let us know what topics you'd like us to tackle in future episodes through our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nxtsldpls/ Follow your hosts Emma Pritchard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-birdboxdesigns/ Andy Bundock: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andybundock/ PK Steffen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pksteffen/ Mark Robson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sixmileshigh/

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Next Slide Please is dedicated to the art of the killer deck - taking each slide from good to GREAT. Whether you love building presentations or you’re a reluctant builder, we’re on a mission to help you. Every episode, we dig into what makes a presentation GREAT. The storytelling, design, structure and tech. We promise to keep the discussion practical, honest and opinionated. Non-designers — we’ll help you build decks like a pro. Designers — we’ll help you dislike presentations less.

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