Create Your Own PowerPoint Template

Are you looking for a way for your audience to remember you and your message? Of course you need to deliver an outstanding presentation, but a custom look to your slides also gets you remembered. You may think it requires a degree in graphic design and special training on high-end graphic software to create a custom template. That’s what the template design industry wants you to believe. But the fact is, you can easily do it yourself and create a clean, clear, appealing template that sets your slides apart from everyone else.

The most searched for topic in PowerPoint are backgrounds, another term for templates. People are looking for ways to make their slides unique. They spend time searching for a template that is just OK, pay for it, and then realize that since others are already using it, they won’t be as unique as they hoped. Don’t join that crowd. Set yourself apart with your own unique template that no one else is using.

"I make a lot of business presentations inside the bank, and over time I have found the pre-made templates to be both distracting and annoying. Once in awhile I make a presentation for entertainment purposes only, and will use a pre-made for that (like at Christmas time). But for business presentations, I much prefer my own straight forward and matter-of-fact graduated background and branded templates that your e-book helped me develop.

I could have eventually figured out how to do it, but I didn’t want to take the time. In a half hour I had my templates built and saved.  If you want to cut to the chase and get your own templates built in a hurry, and learn a few related tips and tricks along the way, this e-book will do that."
Bill Hill

How can you learn to create your own template? You don’t need any long, complicated courses. You just need this simple e-book that you can be using as soon as your order is approved. In it, you will learn:

  • Why should you have your own look when PowerPoint has so many already provided? The answer to this question will directly impact the impression your audience has of you and your information – don’t make a mistake by giving the wrong answer to this question.
  • Even though there are thousands of templates available for download, I’ll show you why almost all of them should be avoided if you want your audience to clearly understand your slides.
  • What colors look best for slides? I’ll show you which colors will work together and why some color combinations are guaranteed to cause your audience to recoil in horror.
  • How can you add a professional looking gradient background to give your slides even more depth? I’ll show you the simple trick to using this advanced technique.
  • Should you use a white background? I’ll explain why the answer is almost always a resounding "NO" and what you can do if you are forced to use a white background by your boss or organization.
  • To be unique, your slides should enhance your brand. I’ll show you exactly how to add logos, websites and other branding elements easily and in ways that reinforce your brand message. I’ll even show you some advanced secrets to getting faded graphics on your slides.
  • Fonts don’t matter that much, do they? You bet they do! And I’ll show you which fonts are the best to choose – backed up by research – and what sizes those fonts should be.
  • If you set the look of each slide individually, stop right now! I’ll show you how to set the colors and fonts so that every slide is consistent and you save hours of preparation time. It also makes last minute changes easier and reduces risk.
  • Save your template so that you can use it in any other presentations and even share it with others in your organization.
  • And after I show you all of the above best practices, I’ll give you step-by-step instructions on how to do all that I explained, with screen shots so you can easily follow along to create your own unique template.
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    My name is Dave Paradi and I am an expert who helps presenters strategically use PowerPoint visuals to enhance their presentations. I have quickly created templates for professional speakers using the techniques I share in this e-book. You will be learning from someone who knows what he is talking about. I am also the co-author of "Guide to PowerPoint" from Prentice Hall.

    "Just wanted to say thank you for the best resource I have found on electronic presentations in a long time. I have conducted extensive research on the visual part of the presentation. I quickly found that many folks who write on the subject are quickly enamored on their own design. In fact "death by powerpoint" Google search yields PowerPoint files that violate their own rules.

    I was amazed at how much I learned from your template book. Even though I consider myself very advanced I picked up good pointers.

    I hate folks who read their presentations or folks who admire their fancy graphics while the audience falls asleep. I appreciate your bright points and influence on this bloated business.

    Thanks again for your great information."
    Fred Bayley

    Here's what Becky Stewart-Gross, President of Building Bridges said recently after I used the techniques I share in this e-book: "I searched for a template online but couldn't find one that fit my requirements exactly. I sent Dave my logo and some ideas of what I was looking for. He created a template that is just what I was looking for. I am thrilled with the results and most of all how quickly he was able to turn this around for me." See, you really can quickly and easily create your own custom template with these techniques.

    This e-book is based on the information I presented live on a web tutorial that was the most popular web session I have done so far. Now you can benefit from all that information in an easy to use e-book format. And don’t worry, I won’t ask you to download any special add-ins or use any expensive software. Everything I share is done in plain vanilla PowerPoint.

    This complete guide will be your reference for years to come. Many would say I am practically giving it away for $39, since you could pay much more than that to download a collection of pre-made templates from the web. But I want you, and everyone else, to see how easy it is to create your own custom template and not be held hostage by the template industry any more. Order today and have your own custom template in just a few days.

    Click here to order the "Create Your Own PowerPoint Template" e-book.