posted on Sunday, January 22, 2006 12:56 PM
by
Jonathan Hodgson
Common icons for PowerPoint slides and presentation tips
When preparing a slide desk for a presentation I often look at other Microsoft talks and sometimes borrow common icons and graphics, but normally I can never find the one I remember seeing. So I collected up a few icons from the PDC/TechEd slides and put them together for easy download.
We've got people, buildings, computer, data sources, connectors, etc. Download the full ppticons.ppt (4Mb) file.
Also I've got a few slides with common layout and diagrams (4Mb) and backgrounds (2Mb).
If you are giving a talk remember these presentation tips (and these). Also structure your slides when you are selling a solution to focus on:
- Problem
- Your solution
- Business model
- Underlying magic/technology
- Marketing and sales
- Competition
- Team
- Projections and milestones
- Status and timeline
- Summary and call to action
(Note: These images are copyright Microsoft and therefore I'm assuming it is probably alright to use them when giving talks on Microsoft technologies but otherwise you should seek approval before use)