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How to Choose the Right Presentation Design Partner for High-Stakes Executive Presentations
Your executive presentation shouldn’t feel like a group project gone wrong. When investor meetings, leadership summits, sales kickoffs, or high-profile…
Ruby + Citrine acquires Infinitely Big.
Today we’re bringing Infinitely Big – a fellow agency we’ve long admired – the Ruby + Citrine. One studio, deeper content strategy, broader creative output, and the capacity to take on more.
The Executive Reset: How to Rebuild Your Presentation Strategy for Q2
Most teams don’t need better slides. They need a better system. By March, the pattern is clear. Q1 started with…
Designing the Moment: 5 Ways Presentation Strategy is Evolving
When was the last time your presentation actually made your audience lean in? Today‘s leaders don‘t just deliver data—they deliver…
A Letter to a Young Creative Who’s Just Getting Started
Dear Creative, You might be reading this with a half-finished idea open in another tab, or perhaps a presentation you’ve…
Minimalist Presentation Design Tips
3 Things to Cut + 3 Things to Add to Your PowerPoint Presentations Picture this. You finished drafting that message…
Presentation Cheer: It’s Not Just for Whoville
Presentation cheer has nothing to do with tinsel, glitter, or seasonal slide templates. It is not a holiday-only phenomenon. It…
A Slide Carol: Three Spirits of Better Presentations
Every December, teams revisit the same decks. The same slides. The same formatting shortcuts that somehow survived another year. As…
How to Turn a PowerPoint into a Video (Without Losing Your Sanity).
If you’ve ever wondered whether PowerPoint is just for slides… the answer is: yes. And also absolutely not. PowerPoint is,…
How to Outline a Kickass Presentation
Setting A Foundation for Presentation Success Outlines for Presentations Like any form of writing, when you’re drafting your presentation, you…
Slide of Terror: The Deck That Wouldn’t End
A Presentation Horror Story (and How to Escape It). The lights dim. The room settles. Someone clears their throat. Slide…
Beware the Frankendeck: Tips for Taming a Presentation that Refuses to Die
Every office has one: the dreaded Franken-Deck. Stitched together from mismatched slides, unpredictable animations, and rogue fonts, it’s a monster that refuses to die. Here’s how to spot one—and how to finally put it to rest.
Our Design Process
The Design Process from Start to Finish. What it’s like to work with Ruby + Citrine. Choosing to work with…
The Greek Tragedy for Corporate Storytelling… How to Rewrite the Script
Corporate storytelling shouldn’t feel like a Greek tragedy—confusing, drawn-out, and destined for failure. Yet too often, presentations lose their plot, leaving audiences disengaged. In this guide, we’ll explore how to rewrite the script with clarity, purpose, and a touch of drama—so your story lands every time.
We Performed a Corporate Deck as Shakespearean Theater (And It Actually Made More Sense)
ACT I, SCENE I: A modern boardroom. The deck is 47 slides long. The audience is weary. The brand manager…
Tip of the Month! Editing Photos in PowerPoint
How to resize, crop and add contrast to photos for your business presentations. Nobody wants to use multiple tools to…
Juice vs. Sauce: A Presentation Design Philosophy
Let’s talk about juice. Juice is flashy. It’s the energy burst. It’s your killer opener, your fancy transition, the jaw-dropping…
If Your Deck Were a Sundae, What Would It Say?
Imagine your pitch deck as a sundae. Is it a vibrant swirl of flavors, textures, and delight… or a sad…
How to send large PPT files without frustration
It’s not you. Your email platform of choice doesn’t hate you. It’s the size of your PowerPoint presentation. If you…
What Your Deck Says About You (If Your Deck Were an Omelette)
Here’s the thing about decks and omelettes: both are revealing, both are (potentially) a mess, and both say more about…
The PowerPoint File Naming Hall of Shame
Let’s be honest: you’ve done it. I’ve done it. We’ve all saved a slide deck with the filename FINAL_FINAL_USE_THIS_ONE_v7b2_EDITED.pptx. At…
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