Presentation design blog

Any company can invest and get a brand new custom presentation template built, that's the easy part. (And if you're still in that phase of building your template, our guide on creating professional PowerPoint templates can give you so many tips and tricks.) If you're new to working with presentation templates, start with our PowerPoint Templates 101 guide. It covers the fundamentals of building and using branded templates, from slide masters and layouts to maintaining visual

You've probably been here before: someone from the sales team sends over a deck for review and it looks nothing like your set brand. Wrong blue. A font you don't recognize. A chart style that belongs in a 2014 annual report. You ask how it happened, and the answer is always the same: "I just used the template." And that's the real problem with most PowerPoint templates. Sure, they look great when they leave the design team, but then they hit the hands of 10, 20, or 50 differe

Most organizations have what they believe is a branded and locked down PowerPoint template that everyone uses correctly every time for every presentation. It has the logo in the corner, the right colors applied, and maybe even a custom font. But as soon as there's one question about how to use that template, it can all suddenly break down and no longer be the tool it should be. That's not a people using the template problem. It's about the infrastructure of the template itsel

When there's no shared standard for how your presentation decks get built, every employee will instead figure it out on their own. Some copy last quarter's slides. Some start from scratch. And some pull from three different templates and hope it somehow holds together. The result is a constant stream of off-brand decks, late-night cleanup, and revision cycles that eat into time better spent on strategy. The fix isn't hiring a designer for every deck. It's training your team t

The best corporate programs are built around your team's actual work. That means using real decks from your organization, not generic examples. It means training sales teams on pitch decks and QBRs specifically, not generic "presentation skills." And it means building in accountability: teams practice, get feedback, and apply what they've learned before the next high-stakes moment arrives.

How to find the Slide Master tool in PowerPoint.

Learn how to get the most out of your branded PowerPoint template.

See how you can use your template to create different types of presentations.

PowerPoint templates can do a lot. But not everything. Learn more in this guide.

Learn how a PowerPoint template can help your brand grow.