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This simplistic presentation example employs several different colors and font weights, but instead of coming off as disconnected, the varied colors work with one another to create contrast and call out specific concepts.

What I like: The big, bold numbers help set the reader's expectations, as they clearly signify how far along the viewer is in the list of tips.

10. “Pixar's 22 Rules to Phenomenal Storytelling,” Gavin McMahon

This presentation by Gavin McMahon features color in all the right places. While each of the background images boasts a bright, spotlight-like design, all the characters are intentionally blacked out.

What I like: This helps keep the focus on the tips, while still incorporating visuals. Not to mention, it's still easy for me to identify each character without the details. (I found you on slide eight, Nemo.)

11. “Facebook Engagement and Activity Report,” We Are Social

Here's another great example of data visualization in the wild.

What I like: Rather than displaying numbers and statistics straight up, this presentation calls upon interesting, colorful graphs, and charts to present the information in a way that just makes sense.

12. “The GaryVee Content Model,” Gary Vaynerchuk

This wouldn‘t be a true Gary Vaynerchuk presentation if it wasn’t a little loud, am I right?

What I like: Aside from the fact that I love the eye-catching, bright yellow background, Vaynerchuk does a great job of incorporating screenshots on each slide to create a visual tutorial that coincides with the tips. He also does a great job including a visual table of contents that shows your progress as you go .

13. “20 Tweetable Quotes to Inspire Marketing & Design Creative Genius,” IMPACT Branding & Design

We‘ve all seen our fair share of quote-chronicling presentations but that isn’t to say they were all done well. Often the background images are poor quality, the text is too small, or there isn't enough contrast.

Well, this professional presentation from IMPACT Branding & Design suffers from none of said challenges.

What I like: The colorful filters over each background image create just enough contrast for the quotes to stand out.

14. “The Great State of Design,” Stacy Kvernmo

This presentation offers up a lot of information in a way that doesn't feel overwhelming.

What I like: The contrasting colors create visual interest and “pop,” and the comic images (slides 6 through 12) are used to make the information seem less buttoned-up and overwhelming.

15. “Clickbait: A Guide To Writing Un-Ignorable Headlines,” Ethos3

Not going to lie, it was the title that convinced me to click through to this presentation but the awesome design kept me there once I arrived.

What I like: This simple design adheres to a consistent color pattern and leverages bullet points and varied fonts to break up the text nicely.

16. “Digital Transformation in 50 Soundbites,” Julie Dodd

This design highlights a great alternative to the “text-over-image” display we've grown used to seeing.

What I like: By leveraging a split-screen approach to each presentation slide, Julie Dodd was able to serve up a clean, legible quote without sacrificing the power of a strong visual.

17. “Fix Your Really Bad PowerPoint,” Slide Comet

When you‘re creating a PowerPoint about how everyone’s PowerPoints stink, yours had better be terrific. The one above, based on the ebook by Seth Godin, keeps it simple without boring its audience.

What I like: Its clever combinations of fonts, together with consistent color across each slide, ensure you're neither overwhelmed nor unengaged.

18. “How Google Works,” Eric Schmidt

Simple, clever doodles tell the story of Google in a fun and creative way. This presentation reads almost like a storybook, making it easy to move from one slide to the next.

What I like: This uncluttered approach provides viewers with an easy-to-understand explanation of a complicated topic.

19. “What Really Differentiates the Best Content Marketers From The Rest,” Ross Simmonds

Let‘s be honest: These graphics are hard not to love. I especially appreciate the author’s cartoonified self-portrait that closes out the presentation. Well played, Ross Simmonds.

What I like: Rather than employing the same old stock photos, this unique design serves as a refreshing way to present information that's both valuable and fun.

20. “Be A Great Product Leader,” Adam Nash

This presentation by Adam Nash immediately draws attention by putting the company's logo first — a great move if your company is well known.

What I like: He uses popular images, such as ones of Megatron and Pinocchio, to drive his points home. In the same way, you can take advantage of popular images and media to keep your audience engaged.

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We’ll break down every step of the design process, from choosing colors and images to using whitespace properly. After reading through this you should be all set to design your own beautiful presentation slides that will put your coworkers to shame.

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A Word About Content

I usually make a big deal about content preceding design, and presentations are no exception. Ideally, you’ll have the topic and much or all of the content outlined before you even think about design. This will in every way shape the appearance of your design, which is why working from pre-built templates isn’t always the best move (though generic templates can and do work great in some circumstances).

The reason that I bring this up is that I don’t really have an actual presentation in mind for this project. I’ll be running with a basic theme, but the textual information will be entirely placeholder copy. Your image, font, color and layout selection shouldn’t necessarily match mine but instead reflect the topic and content you’re working with.

Choosing A Color Scheme

Before I even open Photoshop (yes, I design PowerPoint/Keynote slides in Photoshop and drop them in), I want to find a color scheme on which to base my entire design. When I need to quickly find several colors that go together I usually start with Adobe Color CC . Not only is it a great way to build your own color schemes, it’s an outstanding source to find schemes built by others that you can just grab for your projects.

As luck would have it, I liked the very first color scheme I saw upon opening Color. This scheme was featured on the home page and looked like a great place to start for our presentation design.

Now, if you wanted to get everything exactly right, you could make a list of the RGB or Hex values, but I prefer a quicker, more direct route. What I usually do is snap a screenshot of the color scheme, paste it into my document and stretch it across the canvas on its own layer for easy access. This way I can quickly activate the layer, eyedropper the color I want, then hide the layer and get back to work. It’s a bit like having a palette of colors to dip your paintbrush in.

Designing Your Cover Slide

Now that we have a color scheme, the design work is going to be much simpler. One trick that designers often use in presentations is to leverage the color scheme as heavily as possible. If you’re new to design, you’ll likely think that this is too easy, too plain or even that it’s cheating somehow, but trust me, it’ll be much more attractive and professional than that horrid Microsoft clipart library you love so much.

To start, simply grab one of your colors from the scheme you chose and flood the background of your slide with it (I chose #631c25). Good job, there’s your background. Don’t freak out. It’ll look great. Now let’s throw in some typography.

Choosing a Font

Font choice is a major issue for non-designers. The tendency is to think that most fonts are “boring” and to look around for something exciting and fun. This inevitably leads to the use of Comic Sans or some other equally hideous font.

Unless you’re an elementary school teacher, your presentations should never look like this. Instead, why don’t you try one of those “boring” fonts to see if you can come up with something you like.

Combining fonts can be a tricky task and can take a trained eye to pull off. Fortunately, font designers have already created collections that work well together and if you’re not a designer, they make it easy to pull off great typography. The trick is to just stay in a family. Again, I know this sounds lame, but it works really well if you make sure the two styles you choose are very different.

For instance, I chose a Helvetica Bold Condensed and a Helvetica Light for my cover slide. Notice how different the fonts are from each other in terms of thickness. Choosing two styles that are relatively close causes visual confusion and should be avoided as a general rule of thumb. Instead, what you want is contrast and plenty of it.

Alignment and Layout

Notice a few things about the way I set up this slide. First, I used a strong left alignment for the text. As I say in just about every design article I write, center alignment should be a last resort, not a first. It tends to be the weakest text alignment that you can choose, having a hard edge increases readability considerably (notice that book pages aren’t center-aligned).

Also, notice the generous whitespace that I used. Remember that you don’t have to eat up every inch of space. Giving your text room to breathe helps your layout immensely and gives the design a clean look.

Adding an Image

At this point you might be wondering why you wasted your time reading so I could give you such plain advice. The truth is, most people that create presentations could improve them by 100% from following the advice above. However, I realize minimalism may be too extreme for some folks so let’s throw in an image to make it look nice.

Since our text is on the left, I wanted to find something a little heavy on the right. The general theme that I’ll go for is “City photos” assuming I had some sort of architecture or city-centric presentation to give. Again, you’ll have to choose iamges relevant to your own topic.

I grabbed this Flickr Creative Commons image from photographer Ben Spreng .

Now, if we just made this image our background, the text would become unreadable and we would be ditching our color scheme. What we’re going to do instead is set it on top of the colored slide and set our blending mode to Overlay. Then throw your opacity to around 45%.

As you can see, this helps the slide look much more interesting but keeps the text and colors fairly intact. It’s a simple solution that adds a lot of interest to an otherwise plain design.

Adding Content Slides

The cover may seem like it’s only a tiny part of the battle, but you’ve actually already set the tone for the entire presentation. You’ve got your theme, color scheme and fonts already in place. Now you just need to set up a few different layouts for your content.

The thing to keep in mind is to keep everything extremely simple, and that includes the level of content that you include. Apart from design, these are just good presentation tactics that you’ll learn in every public speaking class. Filling your slides with everything you’re going to say makes you unnecessary. You could just email everyone the slides and shut up.

Instead, the slides are merely meant to be a visual aid. Show a slide with your overall topic or main point, then speak the rest, without reading. Nothing is worse than watching a guy read his note cards word-for-word for thirty minutes, except perhaps watching a guy turn his back to the audience so he can actually read his slides out loud to you the whole time! You may laugh, but I’ve seen it happen folks.

For our first content slide, we’ll grab another Flickr photo and set it to the bottom portion of our slide at full bleed. Then we’ll set the top to another color from our scheme and toss in some text using the same exact formatting that we used on the cover.

See how this closely resembles the theme we’ve already established while still looking significantly different? This is they key to good presentation design: cohesiveness without redundancy.

Now for our third slide, we can simply do the inverse of the second slide with a new color and a new image .

Adding Informational Elements

It would be nice if every slide ever presented could work in a full bleed image, but the truth is that this simply isn’t practical. It will often be the case that you’re presenting graphical information or some other item that isn’t necessarily a photo.

My advice here is to try to stick as close to your theme as possible. For the slide below I flooded the entire background with a solid color from our original scheme and made a quick 3D graph with white columns (I drew a few flat boxes in Illustrator and applied a 3D effect).

As you can see, this slide is very information-focused and yet it doesn’t sacrifice the aesthetics and simplicity we’ve already established.

You’re All Set

From here you might come up with one or two more alternate slide designs and then rotate between them for the duration of your speech. The result is a presentation that is beautiful, very readable and highly professional. The bonus is that the simple, straightforward design will probably result in less work than a clip-art-filled horror show.

Most of the time, great design doesn’t mean being particularly artistic or knowing how to create amazing complex layouts. Instead, it’s about presenting information in an attractive and user-friendly way. With this goal in mind you realize that you’re probably trying way too hard if your end result is ugly. Try cutting out half or more of the elements on one of your slides and giving what’s left a strong left or right alignment with plenty of whitespace.

I hope this article has convinced you to abandon that clip art gallery once and for all. The benefits of clean, minimal design in presentations are clear: the information is easier to take in and the end result is more professional than the mess of information you typically see in presentation slides.

Of course, if you’re looking to get started quickly, flick through our collection of the best PowerPoint templates to find a beautiful set of pre-made designs!

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• Add 3D Depth to a Shape in PowerPoint
• Add 3D Rotation to a Shape in PowerPoint and Customize it
• Tips & Tricks in PowerPoint Grouping
• Essential Design Skills Quiz 2
• Add Google fonts & Custom fonts in your PowerPoint Presentation
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• Add Icons in PowerPoint Presentation
• PowerPoint Resource: Text Icons
• Learn Resizing Shortcuts in PowerPoint
• Essential Design Skills Quiz 3
• Format Background & Change Default Color Scheme in PowerPoint
• Slide 1: Four Cuboid Slide Design
• Essential Design Skills Quiz 4
• Design a Modern Slide in PowerPoint
• Add Entrance Animation effect in PowerPoint
• Adjust Animation Timing in PowerPoint
• Add Special Effects to Animations in PowerPoint
• Reorder Animations & Assign Various Trigger Options to Animations in PowerPoint
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• Create and Edit Slide Layout in PowerPoint
• Fragment a Shape into Pieces in PowerPoint
• Design 4 fragment triangle slide
• Add Glass Reflection effect in PowerPoint Shapes
• Elbow Arrow and Connecting End Points in PowerPoint
• How to use the Align tool in PowerPoint
• Slide 2: Four Fragment Triangle Slide Design
• How to use Animation Painter in PowerPoint
• Design Slide 3 - Four Steps Slide
• How to Arrange Objects in PowerPoint
• Size and Properties feature in PowerPoint
• How to use Format Painter Tool
• Slide 3: Four Steps Slide Design in PowerPoint
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• Duplicating a Slide in PowerPoint
• Flip and Group Feature in PowerPoint
• How to Import & Edit Vector Image in PowerPoint
• Design Slide 4 - Vector Tree Slide
• PowerPoint Resource: Vector Images
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• Animate Vector Tree Slide in PowerPoint
• Design a Beaker in PowerPoint
• Design Contents of Beaker and Bubbles coming out in PowerPoint
• Slide 5: Four Beakers Slide Design in PowerPoint
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• Embed WordArt inside Shapes in PowerPoint
• Add Hexagonal Style Icons in PowerPoint
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• Insert Pie Chart & Simplify it for slide design in PowerPoint
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• Design 4 Slides designed in this section
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• Design 3 Step Process Flow Slide in PowerPoint
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• Design 4 Step Business Process Slide in PowerPoint
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• Design Launch Event Slide in PowerPoint
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• Designing PowerPoint 3 Step Tree Slide in PowerPoint
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• Designing & Animating PowerPoint Title Slide
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Arun Nagarathanam

Digital marketing executive. seo expert.

Arun Nagarathanam is a top online instructor, who has got expertise in various fields and software such as search engine optimization, WordPress web development, digital graphic design & animation. He teaches online courses to over 100,000 students across 190 countries. His SEO, web development courses have received high admiration for the comprehensive tutorials and practical approach with lots of hands on examples.

He is an Electrical & Electronics Engineer, a Computer expert, a Blogger and a budding Chartered Accountant from India. His teaching style is, breaking-down complex concepts through simple examples and animations. 

That's why, his students call him a VERSATILE teacher!

For his consistent and timely support to his students in Udemy, he was awarded " Lightning responder " badge.

Areas of Expertise

Adobe Audition, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Camtasia Studio, Cyberlink Power Director

Windows 8, 10 Pro

Programming in C, C++, Java, php, Python, HTML

Data Structures

Desktop & Laptop Software Troubleshooting, Hardware repair

Android Smartphone Custom ROM installation & rooting

Privacy Protection & Securing PC, Smartphone from threats

Setup, Maintenance, Security & SEO in WordPress

PIC Micro-controller Programming

Arduino Programming

Applied Electronics, Power Electronics & Medical Electronics

High Voltage Engineering, Transmission & Distribution

Strategic Financial Management

Photography

Indian Yogasanam

Budding Chartered Accountant  [August 2012 - Present]   

He has been presenting so many captivating presentations. These presentations, they speak for themselves through custom motion path animations and that's his secret of keeping his audience engaged. He is specialized in 'Financial Management'.   

His job is to:   

> Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.   

> Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and cancelled checks to confirm records are accurate.   

> Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.   

> Collect and analyse data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.   

> Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.   

> Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.   

Blogger / WordPress Admin  [January 2011 - May 2012]   

His work was to:   

> Publish news, reviews on latest and upcoming computer hardware components.   

> Implement updates, upgrades, and patches in a timely manner to limit loss of service.   

> Back up or modify applications and related data to provide for disaster recovery.   

> Collaborate with development teams to discuss, analyse, or resolve usability issues.   

> Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.   

> Assign topics, events and stories to individual writers or reporters for coverage.   

> Review or update web page content or links in a timely manner, using appropriate tools.   

He also helped his followers to manage WordPress blogs, optimize SEO, design logos, create animations, customize the look of their themes, secure their websites and ultimately to monetize them.  

Freelance Writer  [June 2010 - December 2010]   

He started his career as a part time Freelance Writer. His responsibilities were:   

> Organize material and complete writing assignment according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology.   

> Review published materials and recommend revisions or changes in scope, format, content, and methods of reproduction and binding.   

> Edit, standardize, or make changes to material prepared by other writers or establishment personnel.   

Electrical & Electronics Engineer  - [2006 - 2010]   

He has done several simulations and hardware projects.   

To name a few,   

> 'Portable heartbeat calculator' in 2008   

> 'MPPT based solar charge controller' in 2010   

> 'Hybrid & Intelligent Power Supply Unit for PCs' in 2012   

> 'Low cost audio amplifier' which provides stereo Output, with enhanced pre-set equalizer with bass, treble and supports Virtual environment effects.

> 'U – Bend accident preventer' which displays warning signal on alternative sides of roads in hills and glows traffic lamp based on speed of the incoming vehicle.   

Moreover, he guided several students, to write coding for micro-controllers. His areas of interest are 'Applied electronics' and 'Micro-controllers programming and interfacing'.   

Computer Expert  - [From unknown time - future]   

He loves to troubleshoot software issues and repair / replace hardware issues. He provides consultancy on what software to buy / use, what computer hardware to buy, what laptop to opt for etc.

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Elevating Your Presentation: The Benefits of Cool Animation Effects in PowerPoint

In the world of presentations and slide decks, captivating your audience’s attention and effectively conveying your message is vital. While content is and will always be king, the way you deliver that content also plays a crucial role. If the most impressive tree in the forest falls, but there’s no one paying attention to it; did it even fall? Quick, Eye-catching animation effects in PowerPoint can be a game-changer. They not only make your presentation visually appealing but also enhance your storytelling capabilities. Here are some reasons for incorporating good animation effects into your PowerPoint presentations.

1. Engagement and Attention-Grabbing

One of the primary advantages of using animation effects is their ability to engage your audience and grab their attention. Eye-catching animations, such as entrance or emphasis effects, can immediately draw the viewer’s eye to key points or content.

2. Improved Information Retention

Animations can help improve information retention. By using effects like “Appear” or “Fade In,” you can introduce content progressively. This prevents overwhelming your audience with too much information at once, making it easier for them to absorb and remember the key points.

3. Visual Storytelling

Animations can enhance your storytelling capabilities. Instead of presenting static slides, you can create dynamic narratives by using transitions that mimic real-life movements or actions. This makes your story more engaging and relatable.

4. Emphasis and Focus

Animation effects can be used to emphasize specific points or elements on a slide. For instance, you can apply a “Zoom” effect to magnify an important detail, ensuring your audience doesn’t miss it. This is particularly valuable in data-driven or technical presentations.

5. Smooth Transition

Transition effects, such as “Fade”, “Morph”, “Wipe” or “Push”, can create smooth transitions between slides or sections. This prevents abrupt jumps and maintains a cohesive flow throughout your presentation.

6. Interactive Elements

Animations can introduce interactive elements into your presentation. You can use “Action” animations to trigger events, like revealing additional information when a button is clicked. This level of interactivity keeps your audience engaged and involved.

7. Visual Hierarchy

By strategically applying animation effects, you can establish a visual hierarchy within your slides. Important elements can be animated to stand out, guiding your audience’s attention to the most critical information.

8. Professionalism

Well-executed animation effects can add a level of professionalism to your presentation. They showcase your attention to detail and commitment to delivering a polished, engaging presentation.

Use consistent animations across all of your slides and make sure to emphasize the key points that need focus.

9. Focus on Key Messages

Animations allow you to control the pacing of your presentation. You can time animations to coincide with your key messages, ensuring they receive the spotlight when needed.

10. Visual Appeal

Simply put, cool animation effects make your presentation visually appealing. They break the monotony of static slides and add an element of surprise and delight to your content.

There is a fine line between subtle and elegant animations that lift up your content and an out of control animation overload.

Incorporating simple and cool animation effects into your PowerPoint presentations is a powerful way to elevate your communication and captivate your audience. These effects not only enhance engagement and information retention but also enable you to tell more compelling stories. Whether you’re delivering a sales pitch, a training session, or an educational lecture, the benefits of animation effects are clear: they make your presentation more engaging, memorable, and impactful. So, the next time you’re preparing a PowerPoint presentation, consider leveraging the creative potential of animation effects to leave a lasting impression on your audience.

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