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Ask HN: Where can I get good powerpoint/keynote templates?
Say you are pitching your startup to anyone (investors, partners, Y Combinator audience, etc.) where is the first place you go to get nice templates for your presentation. Yes, I know you should customize it - and if you have access to a graphics person that would be awesome, but what if you don't? - but where do you start?
I am talking about Wufoo & 37 Signals quality presentations - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wufoo/2985775820/ & http://37signals.com/svn/posts/981-the-secret-to-making-money-online respectively.
Also, what are some tips for other sites where you get good photos/font ideas/any other ideas that go into making a presentation good...not bland and lame.
Also, it seems that everybody sticks to Guy Kawasaki's rule of 10/20/30 - http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2005/12/the_102030_rule.html
Feel free to add as many tips and links as you would like, that can help everyone make better presentations.
Oh and by the way, I know that presentation zen is a good resource - http://www.presentationzen.com/ - but they don't typically have templates and other downloadable stuff (or that I can find anyway...if you have contrary info please provide links).
Thanks :)
- nailer 17y ago> Also, what are some tips for other sites where you get good photos/font ideas/any other ideas that go into making a presentation good...not bland and lame. I spoke to a team of lawyers about how software was made recently - explaining source code, libraries, binaries, etc. Since my story was linear, I use the slides as a window on a larger process. Eg, a single line went through the whole presentation, sometimes going right, sometimes up, occasionally down or left. The current slide simply followed the line to determine where to go next.
- maheshs 17y agoAccording to presentationzen this is first mistake people make during making a presentation. - Create story - Be story teller - Use slides to support you story
- fara 17y agodon't you need a graphic designer for your startup anyway? or are you planning to use a template for your logo and your site?