Professional Development Session |Create Presentations that Engage and Inspire

Create Presentations that Engage and Inspire

Think you know PowerPoint? In this session we will pull back the curtain on the PowerPoint techniques and strategies graphic designers us to create better, more engaging presentation. Here's what we'll cover:

• High-level visual design strategies that will help you make more memorable, more effective slide decks that will have people asking for your templates again and again. 
• Key PowerPoint design functions such as Master Slides and layouts to help you create repeatable, rapidly integrated compositions. 
• The latest PowerPoint features, including the image and icon tools to help you crop, recolor, and design like a pro. 

Erica Ruchman

Learning Experience Designer

Erica is a learning experience and graphic designer who has serviced as a Senior Developer for companies such as IBM, FICO, and Edward Jones.  She has been hooked on graphic design ever since coding her first Myspace page with sweet background music. Prior to transitioning to Instructional Design, Erica taught rhetoric, research, and writing as an adjunct and lecturer at several San Diego Universities. She lives in Burbank, California with her daughter.