Tag: powerpoint

• Wake Up Your Audience with Interactivity

  

  A presentation should not feel like something the audience has to struggle to stay awake, especially in a remote environment. Adding a little interaction can keep people involved, improve attention, and help you see whether anyone is actually following along. 1. Run a Live Poll Tools like Slido, Mentimeter, and Poll Everywhere let the audience…

  Matthew Serwedes

  August 15, 2026

  Business

  business communication, communication, gamification, Google Slides, instructional design, interactivity, meetings, office culture, powerpoint, presentations, slide decks, slide shows, small business, technology, training

• Your Slide Is Not a Document. Please Stop Treating It Like One.

  

  There is a special kind of panic that happens when someone opens a slide deck and the first slide has twelve bullet points, three paragraphs, two screenshots, a footnote, and a quote in 9 point font. That is not a slide. That is a cry for help with a title. Text on slides can be…

  Matthew Serwedes

  May 18, 2026

  Business

  design, education, instructional design, powerpoint, slide decks, slide shows, teaching, technology, text, training, writing