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Presentation design trends

December 15, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 8 Comments

Mike Parkinson is an internationally recognized visual communication and presentation expert, trainer, and award-winning author. Over the last 22 years, he created thousands of presentations that results in improved success rates for his clients. Mike owns a creative services firm, 24 Hour Company (24hrco.com), authored a successful visual communication book (Do-It-Yourself Billion Dollar Graphics), and launched Get My Graphic (GetMyGraphic.com) that helps consultants, organizations and agencies achieve their training, education and sales goals with visual communication and proven communication techniques. Contact Mike at mike@24hrco.com.

This is a guest post by Mike Parkinson.  Mike is an internationally recognized visual communication and presentation expert, trainer, and award-winning author. Over the last 22 years, he created thousands of presentations that results in improved success rates for his clients. He owns a creative services firm, 24 Hour Company, authored a successful visual communication […]

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Filed Under: Design principles Tagged With: Design, flat design, infographics, skeuomorphism, trends, visual metaphors

Apply a slide master to a presentation

May 18, 2014 by Ellen Finkelstein 28 Comments

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I recently received this question. “I have a power point presentation (created in 2007 and recently moved into 2010) that I want to change the master slide with a new one my designer gave me. It was given to me as a regular slide and I want to make it a master slide so all […]

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Filed Under: Backgrounds & color Tagged With: Design, master, template, theme

Slide design rules for effective presentations

November 24, 2013 by Ellen Finkelstein 8 Comments

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Slide design can be very subjective but there are some rules that are objective. These rules ensure that your slide is easy to understand and remember. When you use these rules, you can create clear slides that no one will struggle to comprehend. You’ll find that these rules are general enough to allow for lots […]

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Filed Under: Charts, tables & diagrams, Design principles, Shapes & text boxes, Text & fonts Tagged With: Design, effective presentations, rules, slide design, slides

6 steps to create cool stickout photos in PowerPoint

February 22, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 8 Comments

A subscriber turned me on to a unique technique for creating stunning images with a “stickout” look. They were created in a high-end graphics program, so I decided to figure out how to get the same result in PowerPoint. Here’s the look we’re aiming for. How to create “stickouts” in PowerPoint How can you create […]

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Filed Under: Contests, Images Tagged With: Design, images, stickout

Discover 3 reasons most presentations fail and 3 easy ways to fix them

January 9, 2012 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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I did a webinar for Brainshark.com and mybrainshark.com, a presentation-sharing website. It was called “3 reasons most presentations fail and 3 ways to fix them.” Over 500 people attended! The 1-hour webinar included makeovers of slides that attendees submitted. You can watch the presentation for free here. Let me know what you think by leaving […]

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Filed Under: Design principles, Resources Tagged With: Design, webinar

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