PowerPoint Design Templates, Tips, and Graphics
Read through our blog to find the best PowerPoint presentation graphics, design tips, templates, and graphics. In the age of presentation template bliss, you have no excuses for building a boring presentation ever again. We have useful topics to read through ranging from instructional design to PowerPoint template customization for our awesome collection of presentation graphics.
Bad PowerPoints Happen to Good People (But Not You)
We’ve all been there. Attended a conference session full of great info and tips, but the visuals, oh the visuals. It’s annoying at a minimum, and soul-sucking at its worst. And imagine being the person giving that presentation! Luckily, that will never happen to you....
Fresh New PowerPoint Template Styles for Spring
You’re probably giving a lot more virtual presentations these days. Whether you’re trying to engage college students or workers, online presentations require a little extra planning and design to make them engaging. We’re here to help, with new PowerPoint template...
How to Create Awesome Zoom Virtual Backgrounds
There is a new cultural obsession, and it’s Zoom backgrounds. The video conferencing app has experienced a huge surge in popularity as companies adjust to the particularities of working with a remote workforce and focus on keeping teams connected and communicating. ...
Why Color Contrast Matters in Your PowerPoint Presentations
Have you ever been sitting in the back of a conference room and unable to read a presentation because the text color was too light or the text was blending into the background? Frustrating, right? An important part of creating a good presentation is ensuring that your...
Creating Branching Scenarios in PowerPoint
PowerPoint is such a robust tool. You can create amazing-looking presentations and even interactive, branching scenarios. While in the typical presentation mode you can only click forward and back, there’s actually a way to let the viewer jump around from section to...
New Year, New PowerPoint Styles
The first month of 2020 is almost over. How long did you manage to stick to your resolutions? We always start the beginning of January full of optimism and determination and then...well, life happens. BUT. There’s still time. If your resolution was “Make cooler...
PowerPoint Presenter View Quick Tips
Are you giving an important presentation soon? You need to try using Presenter View in Microsoft PowerPoint! Presenter View lets you view your presentation with your speaker notes on one computer (your laptop, for example), while the audience views the notes-free...
New PowerPoint Layout Styles To Download ASAP
Admit it. You have a favorite PowerPoint template. One you turn to over and over again because you know it makes your presentations look good. It’s okay to have your own Old Faithful of PowerPoint templates. But what if there was an even better template that you...
10 Uncommon Educational Graphics
Research supports that visuals improves understanding, recollection and adoption. Many educators use stock photos and easily accessible educational graphics and infographic elements such as puzzles, bar charts, and flow charts. Don’t stop there. There is a sea of...
(Webinar) DIY PowerPoint Infographics…Fast!
Last week I had the chance to host a webinar with Mike Parkinson, a PowerPoint MVP and the founder of Billion Dollar Graphics. The purpose of the webinar was to show how easily you can create your own infographics. Here are the six steps (briefly outlined) you should...
5 Things You Didn’t Know PowerPoint Could Do
For so many people PowerPoint is that one tool that you used to make simple presentations in high school. And for so many people that is what it will always be. But as you look deeper (as it is in most cases in life), it will impress and continue to impress. Even...
5 PowerPoint Design Tips from a Graphic Designer
Presentation developers and designers cross over into a lot of different realms. For example, they need to know how to create content that will be effectively retained by the audience (which is in the realm of Instructional Design). Another big area that presentation...
Top 10 PowerPoint Blogs of 2016
As 2016 draws to a close, we are prompted to look back in retrospect and determine just how good the year has turned out to be. While we may be shocked because of the things that have transpired during the year, you are always sure to be impressed with the...
Polishing Your PowerPoint Presentation with Camtasia in 5 Steps (Webinar)
PowerPoint is known for its simple, easy to use format and captivating linear presentations. But combined with Techsmith’s Camtasia Plug-In, you can create interactive, non-linear presentation videos. Last week I had the opportunity to join Andrew Townsend, an...
Make Complex Content Simple—Use Visual Metaphors
Brilliant thinkers and orators use this technique to tout their ideas. Scientists instinctively do it when explaining theories to laypeople. Well-liked public figures are notorious for employing this method to generate support for their organizations and businesses....
Top Notch Presentation Graphics and How To Edit Them
To put together a top notch presentation, you need to pull in top notch assets. It is hard to create awesome presentation graphics with mediocre charts, stock images, infographics, and so on. GetMyGraphics has all three of these types of assets, and believe me when I...
3 Tips For Inventing Incredible Infographics
I surveyed educational professionals about their biggest challenges when including infographics in their learning materials. Know-how was typically their top answer. So to help my fellow educational professionals, I have compiled three tips that kickstart the...
5 Ways to Get Your Presentation to Stand Out
When was the last time you saw a memorable presentation that raised your eyebrows? Most presentations look and sound similar. So, how do you differentiate? The secret is to do things that are obviously helpful. The following are five proven ways to ensure your...
7 Instructional Design Tips For Your Next Presentation
Presenters often go to presenters to learn how to improve the presentations that they present (so much presenting!). Presenters don’t often go to an Instructional Designer (who deals with more eLearning than presenting) to learn how to take their presentations to the...
(Webinar) Back to Basics: A Beginner’s Webinar on PowerPoint
We all need to throw it back to simpler days once in awhile, and last Thursday was one of those days. I held a webinar on getting back to the basics of PowerPoint aimed at beginners and pre-beginners to help them get the most out of PowerPoint and jump right in...
Get Rolling with these 40 New Hub and Spoke Graphics
In this month's asset release, we have uploaded 40 new hub and spoke graphics for you to edit and bend to your will. These hub and spoke graphics are built to be simple and easy to customize. These graphics are built for those who want colors, designs, and formats...
Let’s Talk About Advanced Animations in PowerPoint
There are two distinct classes of presentation makers who create animations in PowerPoint: basic, and advanced. You can choose to add a simple transition to a slide and a mediocre pulse animation on an object, or you can spice up your presentations with advanced...
(Webinar) You Probably Didn’t Know These 10 Things Killed Your PowerPoint Presentation
Last Tuesday, Jenn Fairbanks, an instructional designer at eLearning Brothers, walked us through 10 things that ruin a PowerPoint presentation and how to fix them. The first few steps that Jenn focused on had to do with the pre- and post- project production. Jenn...
How To Convert PowerPoint to Google Slides – 5 Things To Consider
In a world that is becoming more connected via The Cloud, programs are now letting you create and share projects and presentations without downloading software. This means you don’t need to worry and fret with the idea that someone in your company or team doesn’t have...
10 Best PowerPoint Graphics of All Time
Making an intriguing, content filled presentation is tough, especially when dollar bills and hard deadlines are involved. But with these 10 most downloaded graphics, your job just got a whole lot easier. Let me introduce you to the 10 Best PowerPoint Graphics of all...
Breaking Borders with Masking in PowerPoint
PowerPoint is known for being the “go to” platform for creating awesome presentations. And most of their user base uses it for that reason and that reason alone. But what you didn’t know is that PowerPoint can be a powerful graphics editor. Masking in PowerPoint, one...
GetMyGraphics Monthly Survey: How Do You Use Graphics?
In order to better help you amazing presenters/teachers/HR representitives/whomever it may be with better graphics and library options, we at GetMyGraphics want you to answer this simple 3-question survey on how you use graphics in your presentations. Thank you for...
2 Ways to Get Your Presentations Into the Big Leagues
With the competition rising in the presentation software world, companies are being forced to continuously develop new features that will draw people to their product. Microsoft PowerPoint, being one of the most prestigious presentation softwares in the world, is...
PowerPoint Zoom: A Better Way to Present
Since the release of PowerPoint 2016, Microsoft has been constantly adding new features that help you in designing and creating awesome presentations. One of these features is PowerPoint Zoom. Don’t mistake it for the simple zoom feature that has been in PowerPoint...
Tips for Tweaking Your PowerPoint Presentation
The guideline that states, “measure twice, cut once” should always be in full force in every aspect of your life. It happens to be a very good guideline to follow while developing in PowerPoint. You should always be double-checking and verifying with yourself and with...
(Webinar) 5 Presentation Silver Bullets
On last Thursday's Webinar, guest speaker Mike Parkinson, A PowerPoint MVP and Founder of Billion Dollar Graphics, gave a great presentation on five ways that you can improve your presentations. Mike brought a lot of knowledge to the table concerning presentations...
How to Use PowerPoint: A 10-point Beginner’s Guide
Whenever you start something new, there is always the stress to get caught up or to be on the same level as the people who started before you. This is especially stressful when the need to get caught up is directly linked to your job security and paycheck. More often...
Optimizing Your PowerPoint Workspace
When moving to a new home, job location, and even cubicle, it can be difficult to get used to the new layout. And even this sometimes gets in the way of your productivity. The same goes when using someone else's computer instead of your own. Microsoft PowerPoint has...
2 Ways to Insert a PowerPoint Add-In
One of the most ingenious moves by Microsoft was to allow third-party modifications to their products. They knew that they have created a great product; but they also realized that millions of people have wonderful ideas that could improve an already outstanding...
Mastering PowerPoint with Master Views
To master something means to acquire complete knowledge or skill pertaining to that thing. Which means in order to be a master of PowerPoint, you need to acquire all the knowledge and or skills that come along with PowerPoint. This may seem a bit daunting, but I will...
Preparing the Perfect PowerPoint Presentation
Whether creating a PowerPoint to be displayed to a board of executives or a group of kids in a high school history class, most of your attention is put on the content of the PowerPoint presentation. This isn’t bad, but what if I told you that you are forgetting a...
Your Guide to Exporting in PowerPoint
PowerPoint is a flexible tool that allows for versatility in exporting and publishing your content. Most people settle with the normal format and style of exporting their projects (which is simply saving their projects as a .pptx). But PowerPoint offers so much in...
PowerPoint Tips: Over 25 Ways to Save a Presentation
PowerPoint, and frankly lots of other programs, allow you to save out, export, publish, etc. in numerous ways. Many of the ways will have complete relevance to you and some of them won’t. But most of them will have perfect relevance to you and you didn’t even know!...
A PowerPoint Guide to Themes and SmartArt
Microsoft, over the period of 26 years, has molded PowerPoint into perfection. They have added and refined tools that help you craft and present projects in an aesthetically appealing manner. Two of these amazing tools are Themes and SmartArt. These features don’t...
2 Ways to Get Your PowerPoint Projects Moving
Fluidity and motion are two of the best ways to catch someone’s eye and hold their attention. In PowerPoint, it is necessary that you catch the attention of your users and keep it long enough to teach and test their knowledge. PowerPoint is a powerfully simple tool....
Getting a Great Graph Into Your PowerPoint Diagrams
One of the first features you think of when discussing PowerPoint diagrams are their amazing built-in graphs. Graphs are incredibly effective at showcasing and explaining to a group of people where you stand in relation to an aspect of the world around you. For that...
Taking Stock of Your PowerPoint Presentations
We've all seen a PowerPoint presentation or two that were, to put it gently, "lacking in the aesthetic department." Often, this is because the presenter didn't know what on earth they were doing, graphically speaking, and focused all their efforts on content. While...
Building a Network with PowerPoint Diagrams
Though we often take it for granted or trivialize its utility, the internet is one of the most important inventions of the modern world. It has increased the scope of our communications, making the world a little bit smaller and spawning new ways of connecting over...
These PowerPoint Diagrams Are No Risky Business
Every decision, personal or professional, carries with it an inherent risk. Knowing the pros and cons before taking a leap can help you make an informed, calculated choice. One way to weigh your options is to create a risk matrix diagram. It's an easy method of...
4 Ways to Save a Bad PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint has become a large component of modern life. If you're a grown up, chances are that you've witnessed a number of bad PowerPoint presentation experiences and probably created a few in your lifetime. We would like to help you learn how to avoid doing so....
Building Up Your Presentations with PowerPoint Diagrams
"Building blocks" is a common term used to describe something relatively small that groups together to create something bigger and more complex. For example, "atoms are the building blocks of matter," or "cells are the building blocks of living things," etc. With our...
Put a Positive Spin on your PowerPoint Presentations with Spiral Charts
The spiral is one of the oldest symbols in human artwork, with examples dating back to at least the Neolithic period. It represents cycles, rebirth, nature, and even spirituality. Having an enduring lineage, this very natural symbol continues to appear in artwork and...
Step Up Your Presentations with PowerPoint Stair Diagrams
Staircases and other similar structures are ingeniously simple inventions that most of us make use of every single day. It's an easy way of changing your altitude using the power of your own body. Stairs are also a hotbed for metaphors, naturally bringing to mind...
The Perfect Pie Chart for PowerPoint
Apple 42%. Cherry 18%. Pumpkin 30%. Pizza? 100%, if you ask me. Pie charts are a common way to show how statistical data is broken up into individual parts, and they are a PowerPoint staple. When you want to talk percentages, pie charts are an effective way to give a...
Telling a Story in PowerPoint with Cutout People
A good way to spruce up a PowerPoint presentation is to add a narrative structure. A common mistake of beginning presenters is to forget structure completely and just rattle off a bunch of information, regardless of flow, timing, or good sense. A nice way to combat...