Speed up your PPT workflow


Slides by Sander

9 January 2026

Speed up your PowerPoint workflow

Hey Reader,

If PowerPoint felt heavier than it should this week, you’re not alone.

Most professionals don’t struggle because they lack talent or effort.
They struggle because they’re constantly fixing slides instead of building momentum.

Each week, I share ideas, tools, and examples to help you work with more clarity, consistency, and control.

Here’s what stood out this week.


Recent Blog Posts

Shortcuts from a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP

The fastest way to speed up PowerPoint starts here.

​Read more →​

Why you need a PowerPoint System

You don’t need better slide design or creativity. You need a PowerPoint system that removes manual work.

​Read more →​

Coming Soon

New Blog posts will be added weekly. You are welcome to respond to this newsletter with a topic you'd like to see more of.


Video of the week

Nobody wants to work hours in PowerPoint. That's why you want to optimize it as much as possible. Learn how to work faster with my favourite shortcuts.

video preview​

Tutorial Highlight of the week

Here are my personal favorite Morph transitions of 2025, the ones I keep coming back to. Hope you enjoy them and get inspired. 🙏

video preview​

Free Guides & Tools

My Shortcut PDF

​Get PDF →​

PPT for beginners

​Watch video →​

Design Course: Slide Lay-outs

​Watch free class →​


Featured product of the month

PowerPoint Systems for Business

If PowerPoint is part of your job, this is for you.

PowerPoint Systems for Business shows you how to stop tweaking slides one by one and start working with a clear, reusable system. You’ll save time, stay consistent, and finally feel in control of every presentation you touch.

Especially in the age of A.I. tools.


If this was useful, save it for later or pass it on to someone who lives in PowerPoint as much as you do. If someone shared this email with you and you'd like to sign up yourself, click here.

And if you want to go beyond tips and start working with a clear, repeatable system, that’s exactly what I focus on in my programs and templates.

More next Friday.

Start Making Better Slides,
​
​
Sander Gijsbrechts
​
Slides by Sander
​
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP


Follow me on:

​

Here's how I can help:

​Ultimate Templates​

If you want professional slides fast, without thinking about design. Open, edit, present.

Presentation Design​

If your slides feel messy or unclear, learn how to improve any slide
with confidence.

​PPT for professionals​

For professionals who use PPT (templates) daily and need speed,
consistency and control.

​

Jozef de Bomstraat , Antwerp, 2018
​Unsubscribe · Preferences​

Slides by Sander

I am a presentation expert with over nine years of experience in corporate communications. I have built an audience of more than 480,000 subscribers on YouTube, where I have published over 450 tutorials on PowerPoint, design, and professional presentations. Over the course of my career, I have designed more than 10,000 slides for businesses and professionals. Through my website, I offer templates, training programs, and educational content that help people create clear, high impact presentations.

Read more from Slides by Sander

To be a great presenter, you have to get 3 things right… Story, Slides, & Delivery. If you miss one, your presentation won’t have the impact that it deserves. And yes, I’m also talking about your weekly meetings. It might surprise you, but even for me, opening PowerPoint is never the first thing I do. Let me break this down. Every great presentation starts with the story. This is your pre-work where you think hard about your message. When I talk about story, I don’t mean the “once upon a...

Hi Reader, You've seen it before... "PowerPoint is Dead" & someone who generates a "Finished presentation in seconds". It looks impressive for about three seconds, until you notice it looks like everyone else's. Generic layouts. Off-brand colors. Nothing that resembles your template or your standards. That's the trap with one-shot AI slides. Speed, but no control. I work differently. I use the Claude add-in DAILY inside PowerPoint as a design assistant that follows my system, my slide master,...

Slides by Sander 13 February 2026 The "Backend" secret 99% of PowerPoint users ignore. Hey Reader, Here is the brutal truth about how most people use PowerPoint: They start with the design first. You add an image here. You drag a text box there. Maybe you drop in a little icon to polish things up. It feels productive for about five minutes. But before you know it, you lose control. Your entire deck becomes a mess of misaligned boxes and inconsistent fonts. If we looked at your presentation...