Do you think you need a fleet of presentation designers to make your latest PowerPoint look good? Sometimes yes, but not always. Here are three design hacks you can use to convince your colleagues that your presentation has been to the experts.

1. Three easy hacks to
make your presentations
look more professional

2. Here is your
message.It’s super
important
Here is your
message.

3. Here is your
message.It’s super
important

4. But delivering it
with bad slides

5. But delivering it
with bad slides

6. But delivering it
with bad slides

12. People won’t pay
any attention
to it.

13. And they’ll get
disappointed when
they realise it’s not
fish and chips*

14. metaphorically speaking
of course
And they’ll get
disappointed when
they realise it’s not
fish and chips*

16. You don’t need to be
a designer to make
beautiful slides

17. Here are three easy hacks
to make your presentations
look more professional

18. But before we begin,
let’s have a look at the
ugly duckling

20. Gross isn’t it?

21. Gross isn’t it?
White Background

22. Gross isn’t it?
White Background
Bullet Points

23. Gross isn’t it?
White Background
Bullet Points
And shock of
all horrors

24. Clip art

25. Step
One

26. The background

27. White can be
really harsh

29. Make sure you use creative commons
images, or buy them from a stock
image site.

30. Don’t be
that guy

31. v
Choose an
image in-keeping
with your brand
Do

32. v
Choose a
busy picture
Don’t

34. Advanced
Duplicate your image

35. Advanced
Go to artistic effects,
choose blur
Add a Fade animation
after previous

36. Advanced
Classy
Huh!

37. Step
Two

38. Bullet Points

39. Just No!

40. Too much text,
all at once

41. Make each point its own
text box, and have them
fly in after previous or
on a click

42. Cut down
your text!
Do

43. Have your text
fill the box –
reduced the size!
Don’t

44. Create boxes that
are different sizes
Don’t

45. Don’t
We innovate
We care
We include you
We support you 24/7
We have expertise
We’re award winners

46. 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

47. Advanced
Right click your box
and choose Shape Fill
Drag the transparency
Slider to 25%

48. Yep!
That’s
sophistication.

49. Step
Three

50. Iconography

51. Say no
to clipart

52. It makes your
presentation look
like a child’s
IT project

53. Instead, get yourself
a set of icons.
Stock image website are great for this
– it’s definitely an investment

54. Icons provide an
easy-to-understand
visual language for
your audience

55. 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)

56. Group the objects and add
a zoom animation with
previous and in the animation
pane drag them to the
corresponding text box

57. Right.

58. Let’s see
this swan

59. Remember what
we had before?

62. Now look
at her!

63. Now look
at her

65. Three easy steps
and your presentation
looks aeons better

66. The best thing is that you
can use these principles
And use/re-use them all
over your presentations

67. And your super-important
message will always be
wrapped up in beautiful
paper with a big bow

68. Interested in finding out
more? Click here
Content:
Hannah Brownlow
Design:
Simon Cherry