1. https://templates.office.com/en-GB/Retrospect-TM00001236
This slide deck is from

2. Some title here It comes with horrible bullets Calibri font
And lots of orange

3. Look at Slide Master
What are the options for layouts?

4. How to get those layouts?
Right click on slide in the slide sorter
Choose Layout
Apply layout

5. But it’s still pretty boring
Fix bullet indentation
Make text bigger
Hide background graphics to get rid of your corporate branding elements (don’t do on all slides)
Full page colour and or image – this slide deck has that option

7. Insert a picture full screen, then put a colour overlay on the top

8. My Presentation

9. QUESTIONS? Blank slide + full colour background + white text
Good for signposting where you are in a presentation, moving between sections

10. What if you can’t go full size?

11. Add icons Here is my list List item 2 List item 3
This list is about my project brainstorming session
Let’s add an icon now

12. Call out boxes Some text here More text
We are writing a lot on this slide
Issue will be resolved by Friday

13. Frame photos
If you have to include a photo slapped on the slide, add a frame or a drop shadow
Let’s add a frame now
Issue will be resolved by Friday

14. More options without images

15. Title on the side in bold
Some text here
More text
We are writing a lot on this slide
Title on the side in bold

16. Here is the text that describes my first point or the beginning of the project.
We don’t have to use any graphics, we are just making the font do the work 1

17. Align the bottom of the number with the page or the bottom of the text box
Here is the text that describes my first point or the beginning of the project.
We don’t have to use any graphics, we are just making the font do the work 1

18. My Title is here Some more interesting text here
But we should make it bigger

19. My Title is here Some more interesting text here
But we should make it bigger

20. 10 42 change requests Project in numbers 64 days of effort
Some kind of status update in here 10
Cups of coffee drunk: 1,213
Lessons learned:
Another interesting fact here, did you know our project was the second-most talked about project of the year?
Interesting fact in here
Team spanning 3 departments

21. Some kind of status update in here
Project in numbers
42 change requests
64 days of effort 10
Some kind of status update in here
Cups of coffee drunk  1,213
Lessons learned:
Another interesting fact here, did you know our project was the second-most talked about project of the year?
Team spanning 3 departments
Interesting fact here

22. Animations and transitions
Don’t do it!

23. Quick fixes
Be bold with colour but stick to corporate colours/single colour palette
Be big
Use boxes
Add an extra slide for notes/handouts
Make a ‘show’ deck and a ‘handout’ deck so you aren’t presenting with too many words on the screen
Sharing slide decks: If the person receiving the deck does not have your specific font, the computer will default the font to something else. Your beautiful slides may look awful when laid out in Arial or Calibri. Choose standard fonts or PDF your slides to retain the formatting.

24. Places to get slides
If you have the option to not use your corporate deck (or you don’t have one)
then choose a great template
Microsoft Office website – not so good
creativemarket.com – sign up to their mailing list and get ed about their weekly free items. They have slide decks for PPT and Keynote and sometimes Google Slides every other month or so. Or you can buy direct from the site if you see one that you like
Or just look on Creative Market for slide inspiration and edit your own slides!

25. Places to get images Don’t take images off the internet.
Use corporate-sanctioned pictures or images you are sure can be used for corporate purposes for no fee e.g.
- you can customise the
colours on these
has mock ups and
backgrounds

26. Places to get icons Don’t take icons off the internet.
It’s hard to find free icon sets with enough images in to give your presentation a cohesive look.
Drawing packages have them included e.g. Picmonkey, Visme – create an image of just the icon and download it.
Icon websites may not have permission to pass on the icons – go to the designer.
Try these:
I like the Business and Jolly packs
(.psd files)