All Episodes

#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