# PowerPoint Presentation Design

Canonical URL: <https://www.nobledesktop.com/classes/powerpoint-design-nyc>

## Overview

Take your PowerPoint presentations up a notch by learning to create beautiful, professional presentations in PowerPoint. Learn the essentials of presentation design in PowerPoint. In this course, you’ll focus on presentation design, while our other PowerPoint courses focus on PowerPoint how-to skills.

- Learn key design principles for PowerPoint: layout, spacing, consistency, typography, color, animation, and more.
- Design presentations that will stand out.
- Use design principles to clearly convey your message.

No previous graphic design experience is required.

## What you'll learn

- Learn essential design principles for creating more effective presentations
- Design both content and visuals
- Use presenter notes and outline mode for designing and managing content
- Understand best practices for typography and color in PowerPoint designs
- Use master slides for design
- Learn the guidelines for using visuals in presentations

## Curriculum

### Designing the Content: Telling a Story with Your Presentation

#### Focus on the Message

#### Tips for Managing Content

#### Using Presenter Notes

#### Ways to use Presenter Notes (Presenting, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Printing)

#### Using Outline View

### Visuals

#### Visualize Your Data

#### Charts, SmartArt, & Photos

### Typography

#### Choosing Appropriate Fonts

#### Font Size & Weight

#### Type Hierarchy

#### Where to Get Fonts

#### Using Master Slides to Properly Set Theme Fonts

#### Embedding Custom Fonts

### Colors

#### Color Harmonies: Choosing Appropriate Colors (That Work Well Together)

#### Resources for Creating Color Palettes

#### Using Master Slides to Properly Set Theme Colors

### Working with Photos

#### Tips for Cropping Photos (Proper Composition)

#### Scaling Proportionally

#### Fixing Stretched/Squished Graphics

#### Where to Get High Quality Photos

#### Licensing Issues to Consider

### Paying Attention to the Details

#### Text Styling

#### Alignment & Layout

#### Spacing

#### Consistency

### Using Animation to Strengthen Your Presentation

#### Slide Transitions vs Animations

#### How to Animate Bullet Points: A Very Effective Presentation Technique!

#### Morph Transition

## Instructors

### Garfield Stinvil — Senior Instructor

Garfield is an experienced software trainer with over 16 years of real-world professional experience. He started as a data analyst with a Wall Street real estate investment company & continued working in the professional development department at New York Road Runners Organization before working at Noble. He enjoys bringing humor to whatever he teaches and loves conveying ideas in novel ways that help others learn more efficiently.

Since starting his professional training career in 2016, he has worked with several corporate clients including Adobe, HBO, Amazon, Yelp, Mitsubishi, WeWork, Michael Kors, Christian Dior, and Hermès. 

Outside of work, his hobbies include rescuing & archiving at-risk artistic online media using his database management skills.

### Grace Hochheiser — Instructor

After a successful career traveling internationally as a fashion executive, Grace Hochheiser journeyed back to her first love, the English language, and wrote her next chapter as a proofreader, copy editor, and business-writing instructor. She has edited everything from plays and photography books to an award-winning non-fiction book. After spending over a decade leading personal development classes to help others find their confidence and self-expression, she is focused on making a difference for students of every skill level in the professional development arena. 

 Whether customizing training classes for diverse corporate clients or leading hybrid classes on site, Grace truly enjoys creating an interactive learning environment in which students feel comfortable to participate, expand, and thrive. She has effectively delivered both full-day classes and focused one-hour modular sessions for organizations ranging from small non-profits such as OnPointNYC to large network systems like the NYPD and NYU Langone Health. Grace is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to each student's growth and success, and is continually inspired by the diverse groups of people she gets to work with as an instructor.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $325