A picture is worth a thousand words and using imagery in your presentations does make an impact enabling your content to come alive. In this webinar, moderated by Editor Sharyn Fitzpatrick, we share tips on how to find the right imagery for your content and how to use it in a design. Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Nolan Haims showcases several design options for
Register on Nolan’s site, Present Your Story.com to get access to the handouts.
each slide and why it works. This is a perfect tutorial for the non-designer.
Topics include:
- How to identify a good image from a bad image in your searching;
- Harnessing the rule of thirds;
- Creating “image sets” for consistency;
- The power of transparency and gradients in PowerPoint;
- Why you should cut the heads off people yes, really!;
- Advanced image editing, no Photoshop needed;
The right way to compress files As a bonus, we explore where you can find images to use including sourcing across a variety of stock websites for all budgets.
About Nolan Haims:
Nolan runs Nolan Haims Creative, a visual communications and design consultancy that help organizations and individuals tell more effective stories with fewer words. As a Vice President and Director of Presentation for Edelman, he created and ran a department dedicated to raising the bar on visual communications and ensuring the firm showed up differently at pitches. During his tenure with Edelman, he oversaw nearly 500 high-stakes new business pitches as the firm grew by 64%. As a designer and art director, he has created high-end presentations for Fortune 500 CEOs, leading financial institutions, top foundations, and all the major television networks. Nolan trains organizations to think visually and to create and give more effective presentations. He speaks at national conferences and writes extensively on visual storytelling including at his own site, PresentYourStory.com. Microsoft has recognized him as one of only 11 PowerPoint MVPs in the U.S for his contributions to the presentation community. He is also one of three co-hosts for the Presentation Podcast.
