Please note: this list is a work in progress. I will be adding to this list as time goes on, trying to add names from both the business and academic community. Inclusion on this list does not mean I am recommending the person, company, institution, book, or product (though I do recommend many on this list). This list is just an attempt at an inclusive list of people and companies dedicated to the practice, the use, the abuse, and the art of PowerPoint. If you feel a name should appear in this list who does not, please DM me on Twitter. Thank you!
Authors (Books)
- Nancy Duarte, author of Slide:ology, and many other books
- Dr. Carmen Simon, author of Impossible to Ignore
- Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen, and many other books
- Echo Swinford; Julie Terburg, authors of Building PowerPoint Templates
- Robert Gaskins, author of Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint
- Jonathan Schwabish, author of Better Presentations
- Cliff Atkinson, author of Beyond Bullets
- Rick Altman, author of Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck…
- Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint: The New Language of Business
- (to be continued…)
Notable Critics to PowerPoint (Who We Can’t and Shouldn’t Ignore)
- Edward Tufte, author of “The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint”
- Frank Frommer, author of How PowerPoint Makes You Stupid
- (to be continued…)
YouTubers (PowerPoint video tutorials and demos)
- Heather Ackmann (me)
- Lia Barnakova (aka P-Spice)
- Nuts & Bolts Speed Training
- Angelo Kadusale
- Nahiduz Zaman (aka PowerPoint School)
- Abhinav Rawal
- Powerpoint Pro
- Kasparas a.k.a One Skill
- Creative Venus
- The Teacher
- Andrzej Pach
- PowerPoint PD
- Ramgopal, Presentation Process
- Dr Eugene OLoughlin
- Jeff Kortenbosch
- Presentation Process
- (to be continued…)
PowerPoint Conferences
- The Presentation Summit, led by Rick Altman
Non-Profit Organizations (who support those who make PowerPoint presentations)
No-ad Websites and Blogs
(yep, these guys spend a lot of time and money on hosting, aren’t paid, and provide this service–all for PowerPoint!)
- The PowerPoint FAQ
- PresentYourStory.com
- more coming soon…
Podcasts and Webinars
- The Presentation Podcast
- PresentationXpert, hosted by Sharyn Fitzpatrick
- This Moved Me Podcast, hosted by Sally Koering Zimney
This one is more about presenting, but does on occasion talk about PowerPoint (episode #151 with Rick Altman, for example).
Academics
- Alan Ackmann, DePaul University (my husband)
author of “Redefining PowerPoint in the College Classroom,” video course at Lynda.com and LinkedIn Learning - David K. Farkas, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
One of the few early and leading academic PowerPoint voices–many articles listed on his university faculty page. - Demetrios J. Halazonetis, University of Athens
Halazonetis wrote articles on Advanced PowerPoint animation, as PowerPoint is used as “the main software for constructing presentations for Orthodontic meetings” (Advanced PowerPoint animation techniques: Part II, p.236). - Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google, Inc.
- Robert A. Bartsch, University of Houston, Clear Lake
co-author of paper “Effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations in lectures“ - Kristi M. Cobern
co-author of paper “Effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations in lectures“ - Mark R. Stoner, Sacramento State
author of “PowerPoint in a New Key” - Nathan Garrett, Woodbury University
author of How Do Academic Disciplines Use PowerPoint? - Brigitte Hertz, Peter Kerkhof, Cees van Woerkum, authors of “Why Do Scholars Use PowerPoint the Way They Do?” and “PowerPoint Slides as Speaking Notes”
- Rick Penciner, MD, author of “Does PowerPoint enhance learning?“
- Alexander Maxwell, author of “Ban the Bullet-Point! Content-Based PowerPoint for Historians”
- Dale Cyphert, author of “The Problem of PowerPoint: Visual Aid or Visual Rhetoric?”
- Jungheum Park and Sangjin Lee, authors of “Forensic investigation of Microsoft PowerPoint files”
This is a vastly different article than those listed above that deal with content or design. This one deals more so with security and meta-data. It’s a fascinating (technical) read. - (many, many more coming soon)
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The PowerPoint MVPs
This list is subject to change, as the Microsoft MVP award is an annual award and each individual is re-awarded based on their community contributions in their award category in each given year.
- Heather Ackmann (me)
- Geetesh Bajaj
- Juno Bea
- Chantal Bossé
- Ric Bretschneider
- Ying Cao
- JongSeo Chae
- Troy Chollar
- Nancy Duarte
- Ellen Finkelstein
- Jean-Pierre Forestier
- Nolan Haims
- Ming Wen Han
- Tom Howell
- Kyung Ho Jang
- Sandra Johnson
- KIM Jong Oh
- Tomoya Kato
- Hiroyuki Kawai
- JiHoon Kim
- Bong Jeong Kim
- Dave Paradi
- Mike Parkinson
- Shyam Pillai
- Steve Rindsberg
- WooSung Seok
- Glenna R. Shaw
- Ute Simon
- Echo Swinford
- Julie Terberg
- Lucy Thomson
- John Wilson
- Shinichi Yamada
- Miho Yamahashi
- 通太 稲葉
- Hyekang
For-Profit Professionals, Consultants, Bloggers, and Businesses
- Synapsis Creative
- TLC Creative Services, Inc
- Echosvoice
- Terberg Design
- Echo Rivera
- PolicyViz
- Nuts & Bolts Speed Training
- eLearning Art
- PresentationXpert
- Presentation Studio
- Indezine
- SkpHub
(this site might not look might much but this guy sells some awesome PowerPoint add-ins; he also includes free ones too) - PPTools
- Presentation Wiz
- Nolan Haims Creative
- more coming soon…
Microsoft Links and Employees Who Talk about PowerPoint
- Doug Thomas
- more coming soon…
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