e156 – Presentation for Free (Resources for Design)

Show Notes – Episode #156

• PowerPoint is a big community with lots and lots of resources. This episode Troy, Sandy and Nolan spend some time talking about the FREE presentation resources they use. It is a fun conversation but have something to take notes!

Resources from this Episode:  

Events

• TechSmith Level Up! event (virtual event on Aug. 16, 2022)
• NXPowerlite and Slidewise Presentation Guild sponsored

Software

• Open Office
• Instant Eyedropper
• Microsoft’s Clipchamp Video Editing
• K-lite Video Codec Pack
• Canva
• Microsoft 365–or Office for the Web
• Remove Background
• CloudConvert
• ILovePDF
• Zoom free account
• Teams
• Zencastr

Stock Imagery

• Unsplash
• Pexels
• Pixabay
• Morguefile
• Raw Pixel
• Freepik
• Nolan Haims Creative Stock Imagery Resources
• PowerPoint Built-in Stock Imagery
• Creative Commons

Vector Graphics / Icons

• The Noun Project
• IconsDB
• FindIcons
• FlatIcon
• Nolan Haims Creative Vector Resources
• Duarte Diagrammer
• Vecteezy

Stock Videos

• PPT Stock Videos
• Videezy
• Pexels
• Pixabay
• LifeofVids

Add-Ins

• Slidewise
• Brightslide
• BreakPoint countdown clock and weather report
• TalkTime
• Thor
• Neo Ipsum
• Microsoft Office Store add-ins: QR Code maker, Webviewer

Online Webinars / Training

• Training Magazine Network
• Bright Carbon’s Resource Page
• Spotlight Impact Data Design
• Nuts and Bolts
• Nolan’s YouTube

Books

• Resonate by Nancy Duarte
• Sweating Bullet Points by Robert Gaskins PDF
• Guild State of the Industry Report
• Guild Presentation Industry Standards
• Synapsis Creative ebooks

Other Podcasts

• Presentation Hell
• Policy Viz with Jon Schwabish
• Storytelling with Data with Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
• This Moved Me (Sally Z)
• Design Matters (Debbie Millman)
• Build a Better Agency
• The Presentation Boss with Kate Norris and Thomas Krafft
• Presentation Junkies
• The World of Presentations with Boris Hristov

Online Articles and Help

• Indezine.com
• CreativePro
• PPTFAQ
• Microsoft Answers
• Experts Exchange
• Reddit
• The PowerPoint Blog
• Ellen Finkelstein
• The MVPs
• Office Insider Blog

Newsletters

• Nuts and Bolts Magazine
• Jude Barak Presentation design magazine
• Mike Taylor’s Friday Finds

Video Download Tools

• TubeNinja.net
• DownloadHelper.net
• SaveTheVideo

Color Palette Generator / Tools

• Color.Adobe.com
• Coolors.co

Other

• Policy Viz (Data Viz)
• DataViz
• FREE Presentation (Storyboarding PDFs)
• Synapsis Creative (more assets and templates)
• Duarte (more books and HBR)
• Guild Job board

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