The Presentation Lab
Stop designing slides. Start designing presentations that teach. A course, a toolkit, and a PowerPoint template — built on how people actually learn and remember.
Three tools. One workflow.
Whether you start with the template or the course, everything connects. Each piece makes the others more useful.
The Course
Self-paced lessons on memory science, presentation structure, and slide design. The methodology behind every tool in the Studio.
The Design Studio
A pages calculator, an objective builder, a brainstorm board, and a slide builder — all in one browser-based workspace.
The Template
A 21-slide PowerPoint template with coaching in every speaker note. Download it, open it, and start building immediately.
21 slides with a built-in coach
Every slide has a purpose. Every speaker note has advice. The structure is based on the chunks and bits method — a proven approach to organising complex content so your audience can follow and remember it.
Every slide includes coaching tips and design advice drawn from The Presentation Lab course. Open the Notes pane in PowerPoint and you’ll find guidance on why each slide exists, what to write, and how to make better design decisions as you build.
Plan before you build
Four browser-based tools that help you think through your presentation before you touch a slide. Everything works together in one workspace.
Pages Estimator — how many pages of content do you actually need for your time slot?
Objective Builder — write a presentation objective that starts with an action verb and drives every design decision
Brainstorm Board — sticky notes you can drag into chunks, then copy directly into the slide builder
Design & PowerPoint Builder — preview your slides, edit content, and download a branded .pptx file
The methodology behind every tool
A self-paced course that teaches you why most presentations fail and what to do instead. Built on memory science, cognitive load research, and 30 years of teaching adults how to teach.
Why most presentations fail — the redundancy effect and what it means for your slides
Writing objectives that work — if it doesn’t start with an action verb, it’s not an objective
The chunks and bits method — organise complex content into sections your audience can hold onto
Visuals, pause points, and pacing — how to hold attention and reset the curve
Opening and closing — the recency effect and why your last slide matters most
Ready to build a presentation that teaches?
Get the course, the Design Studio, and the PowerPoint template — everything you need to design presentations grounded in how people actually learn.
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