In my “Create an Outstanding Presentation” workshops and self-study course, I teach four layouts that always look good. I taught them again recently in a presentation skills class for college students.
I find that many presenters who create their own slides struggle with slide design. Not being artists, their efforts are clunky. They usually know this, [...]
If you don’t know or have other graphics software, you can use PowerPoint — and many people do. It’s not high end, but if your needs are simple, the fact that you know and have it is a great plus. PowerPoint 2007 improved the graphics engine and you can add many more effects, such as soft edges, beveled edges, and soft shadows…
Olivia Mitchell, who writes the Speaking about Presenting blog, has organized a group blogging event on what we’d like to see in PowerPoint design in 2009. (And “design” rhymes with “2009!”)
Her inspiration was a blog post by Laura Bergells, called “PowerPoint, Propaganda, and You,” in which Laura talked about what she’d like to see in [...]
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