Presentation design blog

You've probably been here before: someone from the sales team sends over a deck for review and it looks nothing like your set brand. Wrong blue. A font you don't recognize. A chart style that belongs in a 2014 annual report. You ask how it happened, and the answer is always the same: "I just used the template." And that's the real problem with most PowerPoint templates. Sure, they look great when they leave the design team, but then they hit the hands of 10, 20, or 50 differe

The best corporate programs are built around your team's actual work. That means using real decks from your organization, not generic examples. It means training sales teams on pitch decks and QBRs specifically, not generic "presentation skills." And it means building in accountability: teams practice, get feedback, and apply what they've learned before the next high-stakes moment arrives.