Renowned presentation expert, Garr Reynolds runs a blog called Presentation Zen where he shares tips and insights on presentation design. He advocates for the use of more minimalist visuals, challenging us to create presentations that are simple but impactful. He provides more details about this presentation design philosophy in his book.
If you’re curious about learning more about his presentation design philosophy, see it in action with these Before and After slides.
Presentation Design Inspiration
Check out how the following slides have transitioned from PowerPoint Hell to Presentation Zen:
These prove that PowerPoint slides don’t have to be long and detailed in order to embody the core of your message. Reynolds makes use of interesting images and minimal text without losing the key points of the slides.
A few lessons you can pick up from these examples:
- Add meaningful images that will ‘show’ without having to ‘tell’
- Think of catchy, one-sentence headlines instead of using generic titles for your slides
- Condense several bullet points into a brief but meaningful sentence
View the rest of the Before and After slides in Garr Reynolds’ SlideShare presentation. He has several other presentations that you can view. Browse through his profile to learn more about ‘zen’ presentation design.
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