Design for Impact

An online presentation visuals course

It is essential to design presentation visuals that help you reinforce your message and engage your audience in a clear, appealing and memorable way.

Design for Impact contains five modules, covering the importance of visuals, the elements and principles of design, the overall visual structure of a presentation, and how to ensure a great structure.

With this course, you can elevate your design process and improve your presentation slides through practical, hands-on tips and techniques.

Outcomes of the course

  • Understand the importance of using visuals in your slides.

  • Know the difference between good and bad visuals.

  • Understand how colour and shapes can have an influence on your presentation.

  • Know what typefaces and fonts are best suited for presentations.

  • Understand how balance, rhythm, emphasis, contrast, alignment and white space can help create high-impact visuals.

  • Know the importance of a cover slide and different ways to present it.

  • Explain why it’s better to create your own slides than use design templates.

  • Understand that there are lots of different ways to present information.

  • List the steps to take to create well designed slides.

Purpose of the course

  • To help accelerate the design process.
  • To attract and keep the audience attention.
  • To make your presentations visually appealing – this means to add the WOW factor to your presentation.
  • To create visuals that will support and reinforce the main message of your presentation.
  • To make your presentation clear and easy to understand and remember.

Structure of the course

An online self-study course that includes:

  • Explainer videos to watch
  • A quiz to apply knowledge
  • A summary readsheet to download

Resources

  • a how-to-guide with some advanced features of PowerPoint 2019
  • Powerpoint slide template and icons for easy access