Hi,
this is Camille and if you're creating your business presentation in PowerPoint
from scratch without a template, then you're wasting a huge amount of time.
The question is where do you start.
Now to save you the trouble of combing the web for great professional templates
and risking getting a fake template which you can learn about in the description
down below,
I've compiled a list of my favorite nine PowerPoint templates for business
presentations.
The first template here is created by my friend Yo-Yo over at Slide Cow.
I love Slide Cow. I love, love, love Slide Cow. Why?
Because they create the highest quality professional PowerPoint templates I've
seen on the web bar none. They're affordable, gorgeous, fully editable,
easy to use, and are based on a well designed slide master.
This means that you can use any template Yo-Yo creates seamlessly with other
presentations and you can see that this Ream template is simply gorgeous.
It's a minimalist PowerPoint template that has everything you need to deliver a
stunning presentation.
It's so beautiful that it's creator named it after his lovely wife.
The template is built in black, white,
and dark red and is suitable for just about any corporate presentation you can
imagine. It also includes some beautiful photographs, icons, maps,
graphics and charts that you can use in your own slides.
I love the second template by Slide Cow because it's not only modern and fun
with it's cool custom font and hand drawn graphics,
but it's also built using a dark background.
This makes it easy for presenting in a large room because the dark color is
easier on the eyes than a bright white, which can be blinding.
This 65 slide professional template is guaranteed to make your business
presentation looks stylish and engaging. Also, it's designed as big,
bold and eye-catching.
Allowing you to present your information in chunks and keep your audience
engaged.
You can absolutely use this template for a slide doc type of presentation,
but you may want to double check the grey scale settings in case your
presentation needs to be printed.
That will save you a lot of black ink and toner.
My third favorite PowerPoint template is sold on the Envato marketplace,
a large platform where designers can share their presentation templates.
Now each template you find there is very different,
so do be careful to check the following before you use a template.
The color scheme, can you easily change the original color scheme to your own?
The font size?
Is it readable and whether the icons and fonts are free and if they come with
the template. Now,
this corporate PowerPoint template is one of my favorites because it's not only
beautifully designed, but it's very easy to use.
The designer has obviously put in a lot of effort to make the design elements
and picture placeholders all fit well together so that the design process is
smooth. Also, all the elements are colored it using the templates theme,
which means that you can easily switch to any colors you choose,
including your own custom color palette.
To learn how to create your own custom PowerPoint color Palette with a theme,
check out the description down below.
Another great thing about this professional template is that almost all of the
elements such as the gradient behind the presentation title are built directly
within PowerPoint, meaning that you can easily adjust and customize them.
This template would be great for presentations that are used as documents or
slide docs as Nancy Duarte calls them, which are meant to be emailed,
printed and or use as collateral rather than projected.
That's because the slides are fairly content heavy and the font size is quite
small.
This means that the viewers expect it to be able to read the content of the
slides from a relatively close distance.
I love the Unleashed template because it's a powerful template with 50 beautiful
and usable slides for any presentation.
What's cool about it is that is also animated with flair and taste. Also,
all the elements are colored using the templates theme,
meaning that you can easily switch to any colors you choose including your own
custom color palette.
Another great thing about this template is that almost all the elements are
built directly within PowerPoint,
meaning you can easily adjust and customize them with just a few clicks.
This professional template is quite versatile and contains slides from most
types of situations. However,
it's most likely a best fit for presentations that are used as documents or
slide docs as mentioned earlier.
That's because the slides are fairly content heavy and the font size is quite
small.
The Switch template is another example of a well built professional template
from the Envato marketplace that you can use in many different business
situations.
I love the colorful marketing elements and flair that make this presentation fit
nicely into the marketing design ethos of today.
This template is quite versatile and contains sides for many different kinds of
situations. However,
it's most likely a best fit for presentations that are used as documents or
slide docs, so documents that will be emailed or printed out to the audience.
That's because the slides are fairly content heavy and the font size is quite
small. This
next template by Slide Cow is a great professional template for a number of
reasons. Number one, it's sleek and minimalist as its name suggests,
giving it a modern and professional polish. Number two,
it's bold with its simple use of strong colors to highlight what's needed to be
emphasized. And number three,
it leaves ample room for lots of texts and data as is often needed in business
presentations.
I recommend you use this template for presentations that are used as documents
like slide docs because there's a fair amount of content here on the slides.
The font size is made quite small so that you can put in a lot of content,
but it may be difficult to present in front of a large audience because the font
size will be making the text a bit hard to read.
These next three templates are from a website called Slides Carnival,
which offers free and decent quality templates.
So if you're not ready to pay for your templates,
although you really should consider paying for quality templates,
I highly recommend that if you're not quite ready,
take a browse through Slide Carnival's templates, however,
be wary because most of them aren't real PowerPoint templates and you should
therefore use them only for one off situations.
If you want to learn the difference between a real PowerPoint template and a
fake PowerPoint template, check out the links in this description below. Now,
this Basset template is very simple and elegant,
yet cheerful and it allows for a range of types of content.
It stays professional and yet casual by incorporating sleek architectural images
and elements as well as bold colors and fun icons.
It would be best used for live training or Webinar presentation delivered by one
or two people. Alternatively,
it could be used as a training booklet for new customers or employees.
Keep in mind that to change the background images.
You'll need to change the background in the slide master and or format the
background of each slide. When you do so,
make sure to select a light picture or create white space at the side of the
pictures that you can read the text placed on top.
What I like about this template is it's versatility.
It works for just about any business presentation because it's very minimalistic
and was created in black and white. With that being said,
some of the design elements are still fun and cheerful,
such as the ripple effect and the use of icons.
I recommend you use as templates for presentations in small settings such as
webinars or in big live presentations.
That's because the slides are fairly sparse and minimalist and it will be hard
to fit a lot of content onto the slides without ruining the layout.
The Olivia template is a bright and fun template that allows you to showcase
your brand colors well, especially if you have one to start with.
I also like this design is centered around icons rather than pictures keeping it
flexible and sleek at the same time.
This means that template can easily be used to create a wide range of different
presentations from it.
I recommend you use this template for presentations in small settings such as
webinars or in large live audience presentations.
That's because the slides are fairly sparse and minimalist and it will be hard
to fit a lot of content onto the slides without messing up the layout.
Now make sure whenever you're getting a PowerPoint template that you haven't
built yourself, that you're checking it's not a fake PowerPoint template.
This can actually cause you more harm than good.
To learn what that is and also to learn how to create your own custom PowerPoint
templates from scratch, check out the links in the description down below.
Thanks for watching, and I'll see you at happy hour.