How To Create a Professional

Slideshare for Absolute Beginners!

Learn How To…

1. Create an Outline in Powerpoint2. Create a Solid Base Design 3. Create Main Headers that are simple, consistent and stylish. 4. Create Image-centred slides for the body of your Slideshare.5. Create a CTA that’s relevant to your Slideshare & your

business. 6. Put the finishing touches on your Slideshare that will make it

stand out from the rest. 7. Convert to the appropriate format to be uploaded on to

Slideshare.

…All in One Day!

Step 1:Create an Outline

Simple Subheadings

Create A Very General Outline of Slides You Want to Include.

Step 2:How to Create a Solid

Base DesignColour Schemes. Fonts. Background Styles.

Keeping in With Your Brand

Remember that all your design choices should be in keeping with the feel of your brand.

Is your brand casual or formal? Laid back or energetic?

Funny or serious?

Choosing Your Base Design

Choose Your Colour Palette

• If you don’t have an eye for colour, use one of PowerPoint’s ready made colour themes.

• There’s also an option to customize colors for those of you for an eye for that type of stuff!

Background Styles

Dark, Light or Gradient?

Your choice.

Unique Fonts Add to the Aesthetic Appeal of a Presentation

For a really unique look in the end product, download a fontDa Font and Font Space.

Step 3:The Perfect Main Headers

Simplicity. Consistency. Style.

Design Your Headers First

Create your headers first to ensure that they will all look the same. The headers will act as markers for your audience to let them know that you’re moving on to

another sub-topic.

Leave your title slide blank for now.

All headers are designed at the same time to ensure that they resemble each other perfectly.

Step 4:Fill in the Body Slides

… can be used as …

…Text!… backgrounds

to your…

Shapes…

Use Powerful Images Instead of Words

Top Tip

Don’t be afraid to allow the image to

take up the majority of the slide.

Visualize Your Text with Smart Art

For Slides that have to have a lot of written information on it, make it visual with smart art.

Smart Art can be found in the “insert tab” in Powerpoint beside “shapes”.

Smart Art makes your information more visual, and therefore, easier to understand in a slideshare.

You can use them for lists, processes, hierarchies, relationships, cycles and much more!

Step 5:Intro & Conclusion

Change up your Title Slide

Go through your Slideshare and write down what you covered in a list format

Step 6:The Finishing Touches

Add Details to Slides to Make Them More

PolishedFormat images so that they

stand out more. Use the “text shadow” option

on titles to make them more apparent. Add borders to slides. Add additional images to

slides.Play around with the layout of

your slides.

Step 7:Create Your Call To Action

Your CTA should stand out from the rest of your Slideshare!

(and be really on-brand)

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