All Episodes

#217. Montana von Fliss moves millions by finding her “one”

#216. Story Camp ‘26 is almost here. Join the mountain magic.

#215. How do museums present their stories?

#214. How to speak and stand out at a conference—no matter the environment

#213. Presentation Book Club: The Science of Storytelling

#212. Steve Jobs Introduces the iPod 2001—and changes music forever

#211. Andrea Pacini is a Timeless Presenter—and you can be too

#210. TED Talkin’ with Montana Von Fliss: Stand out with a “silent sentence”

#209. The virtual presentation help book you’ve been waiting for

#208. TED Talkin’: Angus Fletcher on the power of plot twists

#207. The big value of short films

#206. How to inspire students at your Alma Mater

#205. Harnessing humor with hilarious copywriter, Lianna Patch

#204. Book Club: Save the Cat! (Part 2)

#203. Book Club: Save the Cat! (Part 1)

#202. Tell an SKO story with Kaitlyn Hines

#201. TED Talkin’: How framing is used in the science of storytelling

#200. Transform your presentation into a performance with Carmen Sederino

#199. Storytelling, going stale and Super Bowl commercials

#198. Study shows: debate training increases confidence

#197. Studying every Steve Jobs keynote ever: Damage Control at MacWorld (1997)

#196. TED Talkin’: Why Sir Ken Robinson has the most-viewed TED ever

#195. “Some Guy From the Crew” Part 3: Budgeting & building a team

#194. Planning & Presenting for an Offsite

#193. 2025 Wrapped: B2B & storytelling trends

#192. Steve Jobs (2015) film: A story told in product launches

#191. Filmmaker Gerard Clarke on creating visual stories worth telling (and selling)

#190. Unlock the unknown of your product (and customer) with PMM Langley Barth

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

#188. “Some Guy From the Crew” Part 2: Live events with Cameron Magee

#187. Studying every Steve Jobs keynote ever: Introducing iMac (1998)

#186. “Some Guy From the Crew” Part 1: The importance of rehearsals with Cameron Magee

#185. TED Talkin’: Sugata Mitra’s quietly powerful challenge to education norms

#184. Presentation Book Club: Ivan Wanis Ruiz is re-writing the rulebook

#183. Founder Krislam Chin’s creative approach to teaching creative work

#182. TED Talkin’: Listen up! Sound researcher Julian Treasure teaches us how to be heard.

#181. What can music videos teach us about visual storytelling?

#180. Ivan Wanis Ruiz is here to revolutionize your public speaking

#179. The power of visual storytelling with “Chief Doodler” Hayley Langsdorf

#178. Building Story Camp: a retreat for presentation development and nostalgic camp joy

#177. Dr. Christopher Cummings on the high stakes (and universal value) of risk communication

#176. Dr. Steven Franconeri tells data stories—and you can too

#175. Making marketing magic with Jimi Gibson

#174. TED Talkin’: Ben Wellington’s NYC data story

#173. Presentation Party Time: Scott Hull and the importance of human-made stories

#172. Mikey's Resource Roundup: May 2025

#171. TED Talkin’: Hayley Langsdorf on the power of doodling during meetings

#170. 3 truths about AI and design with expert Mike Parkinson

#169. Establishing “rules” of Visual Storytelling to avoid Death by PowerPoint

#168. Aristotle’s “Poetics”: Presentation Thinking Book Club

#167. TED Talkin’: Christopher Cummings on assessing risk and creating dark magic with communication

#166. What is Visual Storytelling? With Creative Director Allie Wilson

#165. The evolution of soft skills, presentations & product management with April Thomas

#164. TED Talkin’: Will Storr’s take on the science of storytelling and everyone’s search for “Eudaemonic happiness”

#163. What Aaron Sorkin’s screenwriting Masterclass teaches us about storytelling everywhere

#162. Soft Skills Pay Bills: You’re Invited to Story Camp this summer!

#161. Elliott Rayner and the Science of Storytelling

#160. TED Talkin’: Drag queen Pattie Gonia is bringing joy to climate action (and presentations)

#159. Delta CES Keynote: Taking presentations to new heights

#158. How to beat Imposter Syndrome (and more!) from PMM expert and career coach Collette Ramage

#157. Making messaging PUNCHY with Emma Stratton

#156. Understand the value of Product Marketing with Hattie the PMM

#155. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang adds innovation to presentation

#154. “Act like a shepherd”: The importance of messaging buy-in with Steve Earl

#153. TED Talkin’: Maintain motivation and get your goals done with Ayelet Fishbach

#152. 2024 Wrapped: A Year-in-Review of Stories Beyond the Slides

#151. Presentations actually are all around: Post PMA-Summit presentation style breakdown

#150. How to be a better presenter—with Presentation Coach, Andrea Pacini

#149. Tom Fishburne on marketing & storytelling through cartoons

#148. PrezTHANKING: What we’re thankful for in the presentation community

#147. Connecting our Left & Right Brain for holistic presenting

#146. TED Talkin’: Malcolm Gladwell shares what he got wrong with The Tipping Point

#145. What GhostRanch learned from Presentation Summit

#144. Onsite event experience in Nashville with Sr. Designer Collin Herko

#143. TED Talkin’: DK gives the public speaking lesson you never had

#142. TED turns 40. How founder Richard Saul Wurman’s “horizontal” learning perspective helped it become what it is today.

#141. Best of Product Marketing (so far) on Presentation Thinking

#140. How to work for (and trust) yourself with Nick Lafferty

#139. Reflecting on 22 years of Presentation Summit with Rick Altman, Dr. Carmen Simon and Mike Parkinson

#138. Presentation Thinking ties the knot: How to officiate a wedding

#137. TED Talkin’: Why simple messaging is stronger, with Niro Sivanathan

#136. Enhancing events through video production—in conversation with Phil Platt of First Sight Media

#135. Lightning Talk Stories from GhostRanch’s StoryCamp 2024

#134. Short-form storytelling with filmmaker Asha Alaji-Sharif

#133. Andrea Tomingas and the art of “information organization”

#132. Rad ads, storytelling & the evolution of visual communication: In conversation with Art Novak 

#131. TED Talkin’: Tom Fishburne and the power of humor at work

#130. Leveraging your voice as presentation power with vocal coach, Michelle Siracusa

#129. TED Talkin’: The tool Phil Waknell uses to make presentation magic

#128. From the stage to startups—Lorenzo Thione knows how to tell a story

#127. Jessica Malnik on remote work, presenting and starting your own business

#126. TED Talkin’: Karen Eber balances storytelling and data to improve leadership skills

#125. Mac Conwell on perfecting your personal story and pitch

#124. Finding authenticity in visual storytelling with Mohamed Danawi

#123. TED Talkin’: Porter Gale wants you to always be networking

#122. Mike Raab on startups, storytelling and manufacturing serendipity

#121. Presentation Preferred RE-RELEASE: PIXAR’s “22 Rules of Storytelling” and How To Use Them

#120. Pitch (deck) perfect: a conversation with VC expert Tom Fowler

#119. What’s new in the event industry? Notes from ETL Vegas 2024

#118. In conversation with Julie Terberg—presentation design expert and makeover maven

#117. Paul Graham’s “Do things that don’t scale”—a presentation POV

#116. Does Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 PowerPoint Rule still stand? (Micro episode!)

#115. TED Talkin’: Alicia Syrett knows why investors say ‘no’

#114. Tamara Grominsky of PMM Camp on personal positioning

#113. TJ Schaid on becoming a trauma surgeon and presenter

#112. Get Comfortable with Grief: Marisa Renee Lee on speaking publicly about the personal

#111. Marcus Andrews on crafting a new category through Narrative Design

#110. Yeehaw! Mikey’s Road to the TED Talk continues in Austin

#109. Women Talk Design’s CEO Danielle Barnes wants you to present yourself

#108. Harvey Lee on leveraging personal experiences for professional growth

#107. How New Belgium Brewery raised the craft brew bar and created new categories

#106. Lessons in web design (and more) with Hype Legal Co-founder Micah Kohne

#105. TED Talkin': Yara Shahidi wants you to prioritize curiosity

#104. Presentation Book Club: April Dunford’s “Sales Pitch” wants you to put your “Differentiated Value” forward

#103. The Good Story Checklist (Best & Worst Films of 2023)

#102. TED Talkin’: How Diana Nyad never gave up on her epic swim story

#101. Shark Tankin’: Takeaways from 3 investor pitches that landed big deals

#100. One hundred episodes. Countless lessons in storytelling, presentations and podcasting.

#99. 6 Tips & Tricks to Survive (and Thrive) SKO 2024 (with Ashima Bhatt)

#98. Designer takeaways from the annual PowerPoint Party, Presentation Summit

#97. VP of Marketing Garrett Denney on broadcast media, presentation soft skills and SKOs

#96. Thankful Thinking

#95. Building strategic & successful webinars with Kaarin Howard

#94. TED Talkin’: Eat, Pray, Love & PRESENT

#93. Supporting startup stories at 1871 with Jenna Blaszczykiewicz

#92. Day-in-the-life: On-site presentation design with Tamara Jarvi

#91. Rebranding and lessons in shifting a story

#90. Breaking down the best of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2023

#89. TED Talkin’: Ancient cave signs & the dawn of visual communication

#88. TED Talkin’: The power of Brené Brown’s “Power of vulnerability”

#87. All About Apple: How Apple’s presentations create an iconic story

#86. TED Talkin’: Catherine Molloy & (Sub)Conscious Communication

#85. Road to the TED Talk: Mikey’s “Bump, Set, Spike” Keynote Debut

#84. Book Club: The Referable Speaker

#83. The 5 Deadly Sins of Presenting Creative Work (Presentation Book Club)

#82. Kerry Feuerman on the value of a great presenter

#81. TED Talkin: How David Christian fits “Big History” into a short presentation.

#80. Tips on Presenting LIVE (from Story Camp)

#79. TED Talkin’: Amy Cuddy’s “Power Poses” and the impact of body language

#78. UX Designer Daijah Reese on storytelling through user journeys

#77. Presentation Coach Andrea Pacini on presenting, confidently.

#76. Problems, Solutions and Slides—Oh My!

#75. Storytelling Through A Movie Score

#74. PIXAR’s “22 Rules of Storytelling” and How To Use Them

#73. What’s in a workshop? The making of “Presentation Design for the NON Designer”

#72. What makes Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech so powerful?

#71. Bringing a presentation party to life - Rick Altman on Presentation Summit

#70. Steve Earl on the Work BEFORE your Presentation Starting Line

#69. Shark Tankin': What presenters can learn from high stakes pitches

#68. How Brand Collabs are the ultimate Storytelling Hack

#67. TED Talkin’: How to avoid death by PowerPoint

#66. 40 Reasons Mikey Loves Being a Presentation Designer (and why you might consider a career here, too!)

#65. Rain Bennett on Finding your Story Hub (and Spokes!)

#64. The (Creative) Presentation Process with Chris Lynch

#63. Teleprompter Jill Richardson tells all

#62. TED Talkin’: How Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie leverages personal stories to create a powerful impact

#61. Mikey’s first keynote speaker experience

#60. Leading with empathy - with CMO Jen Jones

#59. The tale of Superhero Product Marketing Leader, Esther Yoon

#58. The intersection of improv and storytelling with Jonathan Pitts

#57. Rukma Sen: On finding stories, public speaking & becoming a Google Product Marketing Manager

#56. What sticks out in a sea of Super Bowl ads? (with Creative Director Jeff Thomas)

#55. Presentation Forecast for 2023

#54. Boris Hristov on directing the largest presentation skills event on earth

#53. Expert presentation advice - LIVE from Palm Springs

#52. TED Talkin': How Tony Fadell replaces habituation with innovation

#51. Find your Red Thread with Tamsen Webster

#49. Looking back on 2022 - The making of Presentation Thinking

#48. Presenting at your Alma Mater: How to engage & inspire

#47. Strategic Color in Presentations—with Color Commentator Lindsay Hadley

#46. TED Talkin’: A Simon Sinek presentation study

#45. Telling stories of everyday life in the Dominican Republic [English & Spanish]

#45. Telling stories of everyday life in the Dominican Republic [w/ ENGLISH translation]

#44. Finding Neverland - Molly’s STORY Conference experience

#43. What can presenters learn from a NYT illustrator?

#42. Candid Canvas - A conversation with Designer Isabela Humphrey

#41. Making Numbers Count (Presentation Book Club)

#40. “Rebirth” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)

#39. Comedic Copywriter Lianna Patch on the intersection of copy, comedy & presenting with humor

#38. “The Tragedy” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)

#37. Todd Henry on how to connect creative dots and win over an audience

#36. “Comedy” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)

#35. “Voyage and Return” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)

#34. How humor can help us: Humor, Seriously (Presentation Book Club)

#33. “The Quest” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)

#32. What GhostRanch learned at StoryCamp (and where we think it can go)

#31. Pitch Perfect: The 8 Step Checklist for Flawless Presentation QA

#30. Richard Goring, BrightCarbon Co-Founder & Presentation Expert, wants to help you (and us) be better presenters.

#29. “Rags to Riches” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)

#28. "Overcoming the Monster" - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)

#27. Stories from A Presentation Pioneer - Phil Charron of Think Company

#26. Your Story Is Your Strategy: What we’ve learned from Andy Raskin.

#25. "Editor Will" on Presentation Thinking, Podcasts & Story Pirates

#24. Nspire: Breathing Life into Pediatric Innovation

#23. Founder Series: Zuri Fertility’s pitch to help couples everywhere

#22. Founder Series: Inside InfernoGuard's Winning Pitch

#21. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Storytelling through art and life

#20. Finding our niche in the world of webinars

#19. Why do PIXAR movies make us cry? (Animator Matthew Luhn talks storytelling in business)

#18. Presentation Book Club: Made to Stick (Part 3)

#17. Presentation Book Club: Made to Stick (Part 2)

#16. What’s the shape of a great story? Nancy Duarte gives us the answers

#15. “Will you be sharing these slides?” Steve Sheets helps with the age-old Pitch Problem

#13. On-site Event Presentation Design: Notes from the road

#12. Prez Olympics - How to prep for your presentation like an athlete

#11. TED Talkin': You Are Contagious—now what to do about it?

#10. Presentation Book Club: "The Tipping Point," revisited.

#9. Founder Series: Spirit Sox USA's Lisa Riggs

#8. The Artist's Way; A Presenter's Toolbox

#7. Presentation Skills in Non-Profit Places

#6. TED Talkin': Matt Abrahams tells us about "Speaking Up Without Freaking Out"

#5. We Break Down Canva's How I Built This Episode

#4. Mini Masterclass: Daniel Pink on Sales & Persuasion

#3. The André with a Thousand Faces

#2. Mini Masterclass: Judd Apatow's take on pitching comedy

#1. Down the Storytelling Rabbit Hole We Go