Tools & Tips
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Zach Grosser, Owner of Zacht Studios, shares 3 tips to make a Good Presentation and then 3 more steps to up-level your deck to be more Persuasive.
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Better brand logos. Vector versions of popular company wordmarks, lockups, and symbols.
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Owner and Managing Director of presentation design agency Zacht Studios, Zach Grosser, reviews design and collaboration tools used as of November 2021.
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Struggling to find logos with transparent backgrounds? Struggle no more! Better Logos is a new plugin for Figma from Karl Koch, Neef Rehman, and Zach Grosser: http://figma.com/@zacht
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Breaking down basic techniques to make creative uses of Shapes into buttons, backgrounds, and more.
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A quick walkthrough of setting up a slide template in Figma
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With new presentation tools coming on the market competing with legacy ones... which should you use and when? Here are the best-ofs and worst-ofs you need to know for 2021.
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Florent's step-by-step guide to help you build your own Swipe file.
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If you and your team are looking to up-level your presentations, I highly recommend checking out Pitch, an online collaborative presentation tool. It's not only easy, but also fun to use.
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Our favorite Pitch features for making the slide designing process faster and easier, for anyone from seasoned presentation designers to slide-creating beginners.
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Once a month, our team has an education-focused team meeting. This is a recording of our Google Slides Pro Tips session by Zach Grosser
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I'm betting on Figma to be a significant player in the presentation tool game. I wanted to update my 2017 article with new strategies I’ve learned for designing slides in Figma.
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Make a presentation showing off your Storytelling skills and win a free Premium Plan with Genially & $75!
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Learn more tips to make your text really stand out
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Save custom Google Slides templates for everyone in your company to use
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When designing a report, start by establishing an understanding of its general-purpose, don’t get lost in the minutiae of what the exact content will be early on, if you’re working with a combination of written content, sourced imagery, and data points, you’ll need to keep a wide perspective in order to wield it all effectively.
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Learn how to better combine images and text to make your slides pop