Tools & Tips

When Good Could Be Better, 3 Steps to Persuasive Presentations

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.

New Resource: Better Logos

Better brand logos. Vector versions of popular company wordmarks, lockups, and symbols.

Tools to Run a Design Agency

Owner and Managing Director of presentation design agency Zacht Studios, Zach Grosser, reviews design and collaboration tools used as of November 2021.

Logos with Transparent Backgrounds: Better Logos is now a Figma plugin

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

Beginner to Advance Use of Shapes in PPT

Breaking down basic techniques to make creative uses of Shapes into buttons, backgrounds, and more.

Template Slides in Figma (Video)

A quick walkthrough of setting up a slide template in Figma

What Presentation Tool Should I Choose!? 2021 Edition

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.

How We Built a Swipe File with Pitch

Florent's step-by-step guide to help you build your own Swipe file.

Building design presentation templates with Pitch (Video)

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.

Pitch Pro Tips for Quick, Quality Presentations

Our favorite Pitch features for making the slide designing process faster and easier, for anyone from seasoned presentation designers to slide-creating beginners.

Google Slides Pro Tips (Video)

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

Using Figma for Presentations: 2021 Update

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.

Genially Storytelling Contest

Make a presentation showing off your Storytelling skills and win a free Premium Plan with Genially & $75!

Quick Tip: Global Footer in Keynote

Update text with tables in Keynote!

Distributing a Google Slides Template to an Entire Google Workspace Organization

Save custom Google Slides templates for everyone in your company to use

Designing the Design in Tech Report (2017)

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.

How to Create Presentation Slides with Text on Images that Pop (Part 1)

Learn how to better combine images and text to make your slides pop