PowerPoint tip 15

PowerPoint tip 15.

Have a visual theme, but avoid using PowerPoint templates
You clearly need a consistent visual theme throughout your presentation, but most
templates included in PowerPoint have been seen by your audience countless times
(and besides, the templates are not all that great to begin with). Your audience
expects a unique presentation with new (at least to them) content, otherwise why
would they be attending your talk? No audience will be excited about a cookie-cutter
presentation, and we must therefore shy away from any supporting visuals, such as
the ubiquitous PowerPoint Design Template, that suggests your presentation is
formulaic or prepackaged.
You can make your own background templates which will be more tailored to your
needs. You can then save the PowerPoint file as a Design Template (.pot) and the
new template will appear among your standard Microsoft templates for your future
use. You can also purchase professional templates on-line (for example:
www.powerpointtemplatespro.com).