#189. PrezThanking 2025: What we’re thankful for (and how it can help you too)

Our third annual installment of “PrezThanking” brings you a Spice Cabinet brimming with presentation resources, tech tips, people to follow and highlights from this year in recording.Dig in with your pie and ice cream to this short n spicy episode.What’s in the Spice Cabinet?Presentation TOOLS n TIPS we’re thankful for Riverside technology! NOT AN AD but we’re loving itAudacity - forever free recording toolFigma Slides - it keeps growing! LIVE EDIT PowerPoint files in Dropbox - we use this hack all the timeData visualization is more important than ever in the age of AITED Talkin’: Ben Wellington’s NYC data story (Episode #174)Dr. Steven Franconeri tells data stories—and you can too(Episode #176)GhostRanch YouTube QuickTip Tutorial Series! Created by Technical Director Steve SheetsDon’t forget to GROUP objects!Presentation PEOPLE we’re thankful forJay Schwedelson - email marketing Guru and founder of Guru ConferenceTom Fishburne’s “Marketoonist” cartoonsIvan Wanis Ruiz - Presentation Coach & Founder of Public Speaking LabKrislam Chin - employing and enabling the next generation!! Looking for a career in design? Check her out Hello World StudioHayley Landsdorf for doodling by hand (not AI! Her clients particularly seek her out for this). Consider a “live scribe” at your next event! Thoughts Drawn OutCameron Magee for our “Some Guy from the Crew” series - founder of avad3, the AV and event production companyHattie the PMM - If you’re a product marketer, follow her immediately! Making marketing magic with Jimi Gibson (Episode #175) - the magician POV you didn’t’ know you needed for marketingPresentation BOOKS we’re thankful forSay it Well - Terry SzuplatPresence - Amy CuddyShoutouts!John Harton, our amazing editor bringing our mic settings in syncNoNo Flores, our episode illustrator giving our ideas visual life