ᱪᱮᱫ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱢᱤᱛ ᱯᱮᱥᱮᱣᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱣᱚᱨᱯᱳᱭᱮᱱᱴ ᱯᱨᱟᱥᱛᱩᱛᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱭ

ᱯᱮᱥᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱯᱟᱣᱟᱨ ᱯᱚᱤᱸᱴ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱡᱚᱦ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨᱟ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱨᱚᱲ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱦᱚᱪᱚ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱮᱴᱟᱠ ᱵᱤᱥᱮᱭ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱩᱨ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱟᱸᱡᱷᱟᱴ ᱦᱩᱫᱤᱥ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱩᱭᱦᱟᱹᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱯᱨᱚᱵᱷᱟᱣ ᱮᱢ ᱩᱯᱠᱚᱨᱚᱱ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ. Whether you want to get your message across to the employees, impress your company’s senior management into taking specific decisions, get funds from a venture capitalist, or strike a partnership deal with potential business partners, a successful PowerPoint presentation can help. No wonder why they are considered important for business success.

Ready to create PowerPoint slide designs that pack a punch? Here’s how to proceed.

Since your content shapes your PowerPoint slide designs, it pays to have a clear idea about your content before you begin designing. Though generic templates can work in some specific cases, you will need to start designing your presentation from scratch in most cases to make them match your content instead of relying on pre-built templates.

Selecting a color scheme

Deciding on a color scheme on which your PowerPoint slide designs will be based is the next step. You can use Kuler to find schemes others have created, which can be used for your projects too. To get started quickly, you can take a screenshot of the color scheme you like, insert it into your document and enlarge it across the canvas on its own layer to get easy access. This will help you activate the layer fast, eyedropper the color you choose, and then get back to work after hiding the layer.

ᱠᱚᱣᱚᱨ ᱥᱞᱟᱭᱤᱰ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ - ᱯᱷᱹᱚᱱᱴ, ᱮᱞᱟᱭᱢᱮᱸᱴ, ᱞᱮᱟᱣᱩᱴ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱤᱛᱚᱨ

ᱢᱤᱛ ᱫᱚᱢ ᱡᱚᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱟᱢ ᱢᱤᱛ ᱨᱚᱝ ᱭᱚᱡᱱᱟᱢ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱱ, ᱛᱚᱵᱮ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱟᱯᱱᱟᱨ ᱮᱥᱞᱟᱤᱰ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱮᱠᱜᱨᱟᱩᱱᱰ ᱨᱮᱢ ᱧᱟᱢᱟ. The next step is to bring in some typography. ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱟᱰᱤ ᱜᱟᱱ ᱦᱚᱲ “ᱟᱲᱤᱥ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱩ” ᱯᱷᱹᱚᱱᱴ ᱠᱟᱨᱚᱱ ᱠᱚᱢᱤᱠ ᱥᱮᱸᱥ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱹᱚᱱᱴ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱠᱩ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣᱟ, ᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱹᱚᱱᱴ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱨᱮᱢ ᱛᱤᱱᱜᱩᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ “ᱟᱲᱤᱥ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱩ” ᱯᱷᱹᱚᱱᱴ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱡᱟᱯᱟᱫ ᱞᱟᱜᱛᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱥᱮᱞᱤ ᱠᱩ ᱨᱮ (ᱡᱮᱞᱤᱠᱟ, ᱢᱤᱛ ᱦᱮᱞᱣᱮᱴᱤᱠᱟ ᱞᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱛ ᱦᱮᱞᱣᱮᱴᱤᱠᱟ ᱵᱳᱞᱰ ᱠᱮᱸᱰᱮᱸᱥᱰ) ᱠᱩ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣ ᱞᱟᱜᱛᱤ.  

ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱢᱤᱛ ᱠᱟᱴᱳᱨ ᱯᱟᱥᱴᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱠᱷᱚᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱰᱤ ᱥᱩᱫᱷᱮᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟᱭ, ᱟᱢ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱛ ᱠᱮᱴᱮᱡᱽ ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱥᱟᱸᱨᱮᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱥᱚᱛᱮᱜ ᱯᱚᱨᱩᱯᱤᱛ ᱫᱟᱲᱤᱭᱟᱜ-ᱟᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱞᱮᱟᱣᱩᱴ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱛ ᱥᱟᱯᱷᱹᱟ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱩᱫᱟᱨ ᱠᱷᱟᱞᱤ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱮᱢ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭᱟ.

ᱟᱢ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱫ ᱵᱤᱥᱚᱭ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱫᱮᱨ ᱟᱠᱟᱫ ᱪᱤᱛᱚᱨ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱠᱚᱣᱚᱨ ᱮᱥᱞᱟᱤᱰ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱞᱮᱣ ᱢᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱭ ᱢᱮ ᱡᱮ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱫᱟᱲᱤᱭᱟᱜ-ᱟ. ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱪᱚᱴ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱥᱚᱜᱮ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟ, ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱢᱮᱥᱟ ᱚᱵᱚᱥᱛᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱚᱵᱟᱨ ᱞᱮ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣ ᱢᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱩᱦᱤ ᱛᱟᱦ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱯᱟᱨᱚᱢᱟᱠ ᱥᱟᱡᱟᱣ ᱢᱮ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱨᱚᱝᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱚᱲ ᱵᱤᱨᱩᱫ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱫᱟᱲᱮ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱛᱤᱱᱜ ᱜᱟᱱ ᱱᱟᱴᱚᱠ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱥᱟᱫᱟ ᱡᱚᱦ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱹᱜᱩᱭᱟ.

Bringing in the content slides

You don’t need your content slides to have everything you are going to speak. Just have the main points to serve as a visual aid and speak the rest. Use the same color scheme you have already established for your cover slide and the exact formatting for text you have previously used. According to experts offering PowerPoint services, you can use different images on your slides that match your context and color scheme, which will make your presentation consistent without appearing redundant.

ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ, ᱟᱢ ᱡᱟᱣᱜᱮ ᱜᱨᱟᱯᱷ ᱯᱟᱤ ᱪᱟᱨᱴ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱮᱵᱚᱦᱟᱨ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱟ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱞᱟᱠᱛᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ. ᱱᱚᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱟᱢᱞᱟ ᱠᱩ ᱨᱮ, ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱥᱞᱟᱭᱩᱰ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱟᱫᱜᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱪᱨᱚᱠᱥᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱞᱤᱫᱟᱱ ᱮᱢ ᱵᱮᱜᱚᱨ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱥᱞᱟᱭᱤᱰ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱛ ᱴᱳᱥ ᱨᱚᱝ ᱵᱮᱜᱨᱟᱩᱰ (ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱨᱚᱝ ᱭᱚᱡᱱᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱢᱤᱞᱮᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱᱟᱜ) ᱨᱮ ᱮᱥᱛᱷᱟᱯᱤᱛ ᱞᱟᱜᱤᱫ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱮᱥ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ.

Moving forward

ᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱟᱦᱤᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱱᱟᱢᱤᱱᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱷᱚᱲᱟ ᱣᱤᱠᱟᱞᱚᱯ ᱯᱟᱣᱚᱨᱯᱳᱭᱮᱸᱴ ᱥᱞᱟᱭᱤᱰ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱞᱟᱜᱛᱤ ᱟᱢᱟ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱟ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱫᱟᱲᱤᱭᱟᱜ-ᱟ. Professional PowerPoint designs aren’t about complex layouts or artistic images. ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱱᱤᱛ ᱦᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱥᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱱ ᱢᱚᱸᱡ, ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜ, ᱴᱟᱱᱟᱜᱟᱜ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱮᱵᱚᱦᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱵᱮᱥ ᱦᱚᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱡᱚᱥ ᱦᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱥᱮᱴᱮᱨᱚᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱟ.

Stay away from the clip art gallery you love so much and instead, focus on creating minimal, clean PowerPoint slide designs that will make your presentations appear as if they have been designed by professional PowerPoint designers.

By Jitendra Surve, Founder & CEO, PowerPoint Geek