From March 12–14, 2025, learn to create winning presentations with creative professionals like Mike Parkinson. The CreativePro Presentation Design Conference is the essential how-to event for designers. Whether you need to create compelling slide decks, interactive experiences, or impactful presentations,…
During the 2024 CreativePro Week, Mike Parkinson gave a “Three Minutes Max” presentation about the parallax effect in presentations. Using PowerPoint, he showed attendees how to easily level-up timeline graphics with this effect. See the GIF to the left for…
What makes a presentation bad? What makes a presentation amazing? Presentations are a synergy between content and aesthetics. This post is primarily about presentation aesthetics. However, I’ll also address content-related issues. We’ll review six problems that can lead to bad…
Mike Parkinson shares his graphics secrets with proposal pros. Use his graphic techniques to showcase your team’s strengths. Grab the evaluator’s attention with graphics that quickly communicate your solution and benefits. Watch Mike’s latest webinar hosted by the APMP Chesapeake…
PowerPoint Pro: New Solutions to 6 Common ProblemsSeptember 26, 20249 am (PT) • 12 pm (ET)Other timezones shown here._________________________________ The Training Magazine Network is hosting MIke Parkinson’s next free webinar on September 26. Almost all presentation decks could be better.…
Mike Parkinson is honored to speak again at TechLearn 2024 Conference from September 17–19 in Austin, TX (USA). Training magazine's TechLearn 2024 Conference is the annual learning technology conference for corporate trainers and elearning professionals. At the TechLearn Conference, participants receive the very best in skill-building…
In this “Three Minutes Max” video from CreativePro Week, Mike Parkinson shows how to create a scrolling timeline in PowerPoint with a parallax effect. He demonstrates that by moving the background image slightly between slides and the foreground timeline elements quite far,…