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Get a designer look with abstract images to create backgrounds for slides and shapes

May 9, 2022 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

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You can use abstract images to create interesting, textured backgrounds for slides or shapes. For example, Nancy Duarte’s signature slide uses a textured image background. You can see an example here. Here’s an example, using abstract images as a fill for the shapes of a diagram. First, you have to find an abstract image. That’s fairly […]

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5 principles for easier and faster slide creation

June 9, 2017 by Ellen Finkelstein 2 Comments

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I recently made over some webinar slides for a client and I can honestly say that the slides were the most messed up of any I’d ever seen. It wasn’t the content; it was the way the slides were created. Now, my client was a PowerPoint newbie, so it wasn’t really her fault. In fact, she […]

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Use a texture as a frame for your slides

February 14, 2013 by Ellen Finkelstein 3 Comments

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Do you want an interesting background but fret that it is distracting from your message? One way to resolve this conflict is to use a textured background around the edges of your slides. Here’s an example. The slide provides the steps, but I’ll explain them in more detail. Take a photograph of something that has […]

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Free PowerPoint backgrounds and how to make your own

April 4, 2011 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

For several years, I created backgrounds and offered them as free downloads. Now, my emphasis is on training people to present more effectively, but the page with the backgrounds is still on my website. It’s hidden, because there aren’t any links to it, so I’m going to share the secret with you. Also, I used […]

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