When it has to be right.
VC pitch, keynote, all-hands meeting, sales deck, roadshow deck, TED talk, findings report, tradeshow animation, logo, naming, branding, workshop or website—when you need to establish your identity, change minds, rally troops, get supporters on board, motivate to buy or move an organization to adopt a new way of doing things, getting your visual communication right is extremely crucial. With over 24 years experience helping global corporate clients, organizations and speakers, we can help you connect meaningfully with your audience so that they will not only understand your ideas, but be motivated to take action and help bring it to life. By employing best-in-class storytelling and visual design methodologies, we can move you from, “I need a graphic communication,” to “That actually made a difference for my organization.”
We Get Things Done
Below are samples of projects we have completed for clients. Services provided are listed below each project description.
| EVP Global Sales Meeting and Strategic Leadership Offsite Keynotes Cisco |
While at Duarte, worked with Cisco Executive Vice President and his Executive Communication Director to create his keynote messages for the Cisco Global Sales Meeting and Strategic Leadership Offsite. Provided concept sketches, style options, keyframes and final visuals. Designed for ultra-wide backdrop graphics as well as main-monitor content. Developed closing cinematic animation within PowerPoint to allow SVP to clearly articulate his vision for his global sales team. Concepting, visual style options, graphic design (Photoshop, PowerPoint), cinematic animation, ultra-wide format slides, clear display of analytical information, moment design |
| PowerPoint Template Packaged with PowerPoint Microsoft |
Nancy Duarte was asked by Microsoft to create a template that would be packaged with the next release of PowerPoint, and which showcased the new features of the version. We executed Nancy’s vision of adding a compelling story which gave tips for creating great presentations. Served as project lead, taking on responsibilities of script advising, concept art design, asset creation, and animation. Script writing/editing, storyboarding, cinematic PowerPoint animation, graphic design (Photoshop, PowerPoint), audio/video/media integration, development of replicable in-PowerPoint styles |
Specialties
| Presentation Planning | Visual Design | Graphic Development |
| To create effective presentation communication you need a strategy for persuading your audience to adopt your view. We help companies, organizations and individuals unearth their core message and create a persuasive presentation plan. | We specialize in taking your words and transforming them into visuals using proven design and layout methodologies. Our goal is to provide a strong visual narrative which will complement your message and aid in audience engagement. | We’ve worked with Photoshop, Illustrator and PowerPoint for over 18 years and can execute any design, from simple to cinematic. We can work seamlessly within the attributes of your brand and ensure visual unity for your presentation and supporting media. |
Take a Look
Here are snapshots from projects we worked on.
PRDI Template, Presentation and Documents | Duarte
We developed a template and presentation, corresponding supporting documentation and website re-skin graphics for an example company used with tutorial videos. Responsibilities included new look and feel development, color palette creation, template/master construction, graphic creation, cross-collateral brand adherence.
eToken Composite Shot | Aladdin
Aladdin provided a physical prototype of their device and an image of a laptop. We created a composite image. Responsibilities included Photoshop compositing.
Meet the Principal
Eric Albertson brings over 24 years experience in the presentation industry and an engineering problem-solving mindset to bear as he helps companies develop effective, persuasive presentations. He is passionate about helping people tell their story visually, creating memorable, impactful moments, prototyping presentations quickly and creating visuals to enable a speaker’s message to be conveyed effectively. He has extensive experience working in and for global corporations and operates with an understanding of their business and presentation needs. Known for his problem solving, design, timing and humor, he balances creative solutions with technical artistry to ensure his clients have all they need to effectively communicate their ideas so that audiences can embrace a new vision, adopt a new mindset or champion a new cause.
Experience
Principal
BoonRaccoon Consulting
2017–2024
Designed high-stakes presentations, logos, branding materials, workshops and learning aids for authors, communication agencies, startups, corporations and international organizations.
Director of Instructional Design and Presentation Workshop Facilitator
Duarte, Inc.
2009–2016
Created presentation workshops based on Nancy Duarte’s books. Workshops equipped attendees to use best-in-class corporate storytelling and visual design methodologies to create effective, persuasive presentations. Workshops Developed: Resonate, Slide:ology, Visual Story, Slide Bootcamp, Persuasive Presentations eCourse.
Facilitated workshops in effective corporate presentation design and storytelling methodologies for companies such as BCG, Cisco, World Bank, Kaiser, TED, PopTech, Google, Ken Blanchard, Stanford, Oracle, Salesforce and more.
Senior Presentation Designer
Duarte, Inc.
2000–2009
Served as design lead for high-level corporate presentations for Fortune 1000 clients. Responsibilities included facilitating discovery meetings with speakers and executives, providing theme and visual style proposals, storyboarding visual narratives for presentations, developing in-brand supporting materials, creating cinematic animations and developing presentation graphics (PowerPoint and Photoshop).
Worked with executives, managers, sales, engineers, finance, analysts, marketing and others on keynotes, sales decks, marketing materials, analyst decks and more.
Certifications
Awards
Additional Skills
Microsoft PPT Application Specialist
IDEO—Innovation and Prototyping
Grove Graphic Facilitation Training
Horizon Interactive Award
(1st) Technical Presentation Contest
Six Technical Patents—IBM
Google Sprint Ideation Methodology
SAM Model Prototyping
Rapid Ideating Techniques
Extended Team
We engage with experienced designers and communication professionals to match your specific project needs.
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