Here are 10 good examples that will inspire you to design better slides. Inspiration is everywhere. Let us see what we can pick from home pages of websites around the world. Example 1 . Text over Image The image is in sync with the message. Ready for Growth? A strong headline. The all caps font looks strong. Few words and clean design. Example 2 . Text over Image This is another good example of text over image. The text is in white and the background is darker. This increases the contrast and makes it look good. We see all caps here as well. When using few words in a headline - go for all caps.  Example 3 . Image and Text This example uses bold colors and very less text. The image is large and contains what they do. Notice the font color inside the image is mostly blue. It syncs with the blue in the background. Example 4 . Use of Image We do not need to write over the image all the time. Try this option. Cover the entire slide with the image and...

What is flat design and how you can visually improve your slides using it? Flat design is extremely popular among UI/UX designers who work on mobile apps and websites. Many of the popular apps you use are made using flat designs and colors. This post is a primer on flat designs and colors and how to use them in your presentations.  Welcome to Flat Design for Presentations 101. What is flat design? Flat design is 'flat', which means it does not have any shadow, bevel, emboss and gradient (color becoming lighter / darker). No special effects - effects which were very popular few years back with designers. Flat design looks simple, minimalistic and it is the contemporary way of design. If your presentation is going to be viewed on mobile devices, flat design will do an even better job for you. More than anything else, it is about being in touch with the times. Flat design is characterised by 3 main things Flat colors without any gradient and shadows Flat ...

Does your agenda slide look like this? If yes, then it is time for you to look at some new ways of designing this slide. Today we share 3 contemporary ways to redesign your agenda slide and make it look professional. Style 1 - Linear This is very simple to create and looks very nice. For the serial number - Insert a square text box and write down the numbers in big and bold For the text -  Insert a rectangular text box Style 2 - Photograph Choose an image which depicts 'an agenda' or relates to the topic of your presentation. Insert a text box in a colour of your choice. Prefer a colour which is in stark contrast with the background image. Blur the image - Click on the image. Go to format (you can see it up there in MS PowerPoint 2013). Choose BLUR under Artistic Effect. The image will become slightly hazy. This will bring the text in focus. Transparent text box - Right click on the text box and choose Format Shape. Under FILL, choose transpa...