My personal recommendations: 1 - use your corporate template 2 - stay away from fancy transitioning between slides 3 - watch font size, avoid small font unle

My personal recommendations: 1 - use your corporate template 2 - stay away from fancy transitioning between slides 3 - watch font size, avoid small font unless printed, and even then... 4 - augment what is seen on slide with what you say, do not read verbatim, or if you do read, read then expound. 5 - control viewing with bullet point transition, revealing one bullet point at a time. 6 - fewer slides are better unless your internal corporate is accustomed to 100 page decks (I've actually seen this) 7 - Images are great, but avoid juvenile images. The other thing is that Powerpoint creation is an actual career in and off itself. A friend of mine in marketing said that some executives offload PPT creation to freelancers and that is ALL that the freelancer does to feed and house themselves. Creating a good presentation is an art in and off itself.