The document provides five design principles for creating slides that effectively communicate messages to audiences: 1. Focus on the main message you want the audience to remember. 2. Keep designs simple with less text and only 1 main point per slide. 3. Use interesting fonts instead of boring standard ones to engage audiences. 4. Include high quality images that visually represent the message. 5. Choose a color scheme that fits the theme and works cohesively.

1. How to create
SLIDES that rock
BY SLIDES THAT ROCK

2. Our five
DESIGN
principles
BY SLIDES THAT ROCK

3. 1
Your
MESSAGE

5. What do you want your
AUDIENCE
to remember afterwards?
5

6. Most of us only remember
3 THINGS
so get focused!

7. Pick the 3 most
CRITICAL
things
7

8. 2
Keep it
SIMPLE

9. Less is
MORE

10. 1
Slide
MESSAGE

11. People should get your slide in
3 SECONDS

12. 3
Cool
FONTS

14. Standard fonts are
BORING
and overused

15. Times New Roman
Arial
Calibri
Courier
Comic Sans

16. You can do
BETTER

17. Lobster Two
Bebas NEUE
Glode
Korolev
Cantarell

18. Only use 2-3 different
STYLES
in each presentation

19. FREE
resource

20. 4
Stunning
IMAGES

22. Let people
SEE
your message

23. Use
QUALITY
images with meaning

24. Use
IMAGES

25. FREE
resource

26. 5
Awesome
COLORS

28. Pick a color
SCHEME
that fits your theme

29. Use colors that work
Together

30. FREE
resource

31. Our five
DESIGN
principles
BY SLIDES THAT ROCK

32. 1 2 3
Your Keep it Cool
MESSAGE SIMPLE FONTS
4 5
Stunning Awesome
IMAGES COLORS

33. GO audience!
your
ROCK

35. INSPIRED BY
Nancy Duarte
Carmine Gallo
Steve Jobs
Jesse Desjardins
Emiland De Cubber
BY SLIDES THAT ROCK

36. SLIDES
that rock
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