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Three easy hacks to
make your presentations
look more professional
Here is your
message.It’s super
important
Here is your
message.
Here is your
message.It’s super
important
But delivering it
with bad slides
But delivering it
with bad slides
But delivering it
with bad slides
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
People won’t pay
any attention
to it.
And they’ll get
disappointed when
they realise it’s not
fish and chips*
metaphorically speaking
of course
And they’ll get
disappointed when
they realise it’s not
fish and chips*
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
You don’t need to be
a designer to make
beautiful slides
Here are three easy hacks
to make your presentations
look more professional
But before we begin,
let’s have a look at the
ugly duckling
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
Gross isn’t it?
Gross isn’t it?
White Background
Gross isn’t it?
White Background
Bullet Points
Gross isn’t it?
White Background
Bullet Points
And shock of
all horrors
Clip art
Step
One
The background
White can be
really harsh
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
Make sure you use creative commons
images, or buy them from a stock
image site.
Don’t be
that guy
v
Choose an
image in-keeping
with your brand
Do
v
Choose a
busy picture
Don’t
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
Advanced
Duplicate your image
Advanced
Go to artistic effects,
choose blur
Add a Fade animation
after previous
Advanced
Classy
Huh!
Step
Two
Bullet Points
Just No!
Too much text,
all at once
Make each point its own
text box, and have them
fly in after previous or
on a click
Cut down
your text!
Do
Have your text
fill the box –
reduced the size!
Don’t
Create boxes that
are different sizes
Don’t
Don’t
We innovate
We care
We include you
We support you 24/7
We have expertise
We’re award winners
Don’t
We innovate
We care
We include you
We support you 24/7
We have expertise
We’re award winners
forget to line them
all up
Advanced
Right click your box
and choose Shape Fill
Drag the transparency
Slider to 25%
Yep!
That’s
sophistication.
Step
Three
Iconography
Say no
to clipart
It makes your
presentation look
like a child’s
IT project
Instead, get yourself
a set of icons.
Stock image website are great for this
– it’s definitely an investment
Icons provide an
easy-to-understand
visual language for
your audience
We innovate
We care
We include you
We support you 24/7
We have expertise
We’re award winners
Once you have your icons pop
them in a box the same height
as your points
Copy the formatting of your points to
your new boxes (ctrl+shift+c to
copy and ctrl+shift+v to paste)
Group the objects and add
a zoom animation with
previous and in the animation
pane drag them to the
corresponding text box
Right.
Let’s see
this swan
Remember what
we had before?
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
Now look
at her!
Now look
at her
3 Design Hacks to Make Your Presentations Look More Professional
Three easy steps
and your presentation
looks aeons better
The best thing is that you
can use these principles
And use/re-use them all
over your presentations
And your super-important
message will always be
wrapped up in beautiful
paper with a big bow
Interested in finding out
more? Click here
Content:
Hannah Brownlow
Design:
Simon Cherry

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