Created by the team at Twenty20. Since you wouldn't want to be caught dead using any of the free PowerPoint templates out there that look like they were made on Microsoft Paint in the 90s, here's 6 top tips to create simple, effective, and beautiful PowerPoint designs that will make you look like a pro.

1. 6 POWERPOINT
Design Tips
TO IMPRESS IN 2015

2. Avoid 90s era, ugly
presentations with
7 simple PowerPoint
design tricks

3. USE GREAT FONTS
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4. It’s easy to look modern by using a
simple sans-serif font.
Experiment with different weights of the same font
family to add some variety:
Look for free fonts on to find some popular
and versatile options that will feel unique, like these:

5. GIVE THE DESIGN
ROOM TO BREATHE
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6. Healthy margins around your
content makes your PowerPoint
designs more digestible.

7. SKIP THE ANIMATION
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8. Motion effects and transitions are
stuck in the past, making your content
feel overly staged and forced.

9. USE A STRONG
COLOR PALLETTE
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10. Strong complementary and supplementary
colors will keep your PowerPoint design
feeling professional.
ColorWizard is great tool to take your brand’s #HEX
color and find perfectly matching colors.

11. BE SIMPLE
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12. BE SIMPLE
Try to stick to Guy Kawasaki’s proven
10/20/30 Rule
• aim for 10 slides
• maximum presentation length of 20 minutes
• 30 pt font-size minimum

13. USE ENGAGING
IMAGES
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14. Avoid staged, boring stock photos.

15. Use authentic images to
bring your content to life.
Engage your audience and feel more credible.

16. Authentic, real-world photos
drive engagement.
NEED PHOTOS FOR YOUR
NEXT POWERPOINT?
SEE THE DIFFERENCE

17. Your source for real-world, authentic images.
No more boring stock.
Created by the team at Twenty20.

18. Drive engagement on PowerPoint designs.
REAL WORLD STOCK PHOTOS
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