Introduction to Presentation Design
Are you not a designer, but want to know how to create stunning slides that will help you communicate your message effectively and stand out from the competition? This course will teach you the step-by-step process of how to make that a reality!
What you'll learn
Designing beautiful slides is hard, especially if you are not a designer. In this course, Introduction to Presentation Design, you will learn the steps you can follow and the tricks you need to know to create presentations to not only help you communicate effectively, but wow your audience. First, you will discover the three crucial questions you need to answer to. Next, you will learn how to use fonts, colors, images, icons, and charts as professional presentation designers do. Finally, you will explore advanced concepts like the Principles of Gestalt, Contrast, and Hierarchy. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of presentation design needed to build stunning slideshows with any presentation software.
Table of contents
- Module Overview 1m
- Fonts and Their Voices 5m
- Font Types 4m
- Examples: Using Fonts Effectively 2m
- Considerations Before Downloading a Font 1m
- Demo: Downloading Fonts 4m
- Demo: Installing and Working with Fonts 4m
- Demo: Inserting Special Symbols and Letters Easily 2m
- Combining and Mixing Fonts 1m
- Demo: Combining and Mixing Fonts 3m
- Wrap Up 1m
- Module Overview 2m
- Mistakes with Photos 4m
- Searching for Photos 2m
- Demo: Searching for Photos 6m
- Using Images Effectively 4m
- Demo: Cropping Effectively 2m
- Demo: Resizing Properly 1m
- Demo: Color Filters 2m
- Demo: Image Gradients 3m
- Demo: Slide Background Tricks 3m
- Mistakes with Icons 2m
- Searching for Icons 2m
- Demo: Searching for Icons 5m
- Using Icons Effectively 3m
- Wrap Up 1m
About the author
Boris is the Founder of presentation agency 356labs and a PowerPoint MVP. He has presented in 25+ countries and has been rated as the top speaker numerous times. Boris has years of experience as a trainer, mentor and consultant and he and his team are working with companies like Deutsche Telekom, KPMG, Renault, Societe Generale, Roche, Publicis, Experian, Bosch, VMWARE, adidas and a many, many more to help them write, design and deliver truly effective presentations. His agency is also the only ... more