You know you need images in your slideshows for greater impact. But how do you use them? Where do you source them? What works and what doesn't? And how creative can you get?

1. Visuals...

2. You knowyou
needthem

3. To makeyour
message more
powerful

4. To increase
retention

5. To aid
visual
learners

6. Butwhatworks
andwhat
doesn't?

7. First, some
basics

8. Thereare two
ways to use
pictures inyour
slides

9. 1

10. Fillthe entire
slide

11. 2

12. Leave room

13. Ifyou use fill

14. Make surethe
picture doesn't
interferewith
yourtext

15. You canachieve
this byusinga
filter

16. Or placingyour
textina
suitablearea
wherethere is
enough
contrast

17. Like here

18. Ifyou leave
room outside
the frame for
yourtext

19. Make surethe
direction of
your picture is
towardsyour
text, notaway

20. Otherwise it
looks likeyou
don't really
believewhat
you're saying

21. Really?

22. Yes, really!

23. Thenthere'sthe
images
themselves

24. Main rule

25. Keepitsimple

26. No clutter

27. No distractions

28. Theyshould
supportyour
story, not
distractor
detract

29. It's greatto
usevisual
metaphors

30. Everyone 'gets'
them

31. Butstay
awayfrom
overused
stock
photos

32. Peopleare
becoming
stock-
resistant

33. Ifyou really
wantto be

34. original

35. authentic

36. Useyour own
pictures

37. Thinkyou're not
a
photographer?

38. Thinkagain

39. Useyour
smart
phone

40. Trainyour eye

41. Keepa
visual
diary

42. Collect
images
wherever
you go

43. Andthen
usethemto
create
winning
keynotes!

44. Wantto know
how? Check out
thearticles on

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