The presentation designer's toolkit

Methods, templates, and resources to hone your presentation development & design skills

Research & Discovery Brainstorming & Creativity Catalysts Design Development

Research & Discovery

Kickoff workshop

Put the audience at the center of the design process for more impactful and engaging presentations.

Needs assessment

Develop a deeper understanding of the audience's needs, goals, and preferences.

Research framework

A roadmap to ensure you stay on track and produce actionable insights that are relevant to the project goals.

Content audit template

Analyze existing content to identify patterns, themes, gaps, and opportunities

Interview guide

Understand the target audience or user preferences, expectations, and behaviors

Empathy mapping

Put the audience at the center of the design process for more impactful and engaging presentations.

Requirements definition

Put the audience at the center of the design process for more impactful and engaging presentations.

Brainstorming & Creativity Catalysts

Creativity walkabout

A simple and effective way to kick-off a project or overcome creative blocks

Scavenger hunt

Uncover fresh inspiration from unexpected places

Crazy 8s brainstorming

A rapid ideation technique used to generate a lot of ideas in a short amount of time

The mash-up method

Combine unexpected elements to unlock out-of-the-box ideas

Metaphorical thinking

Use powerful shortcuts to help people understand and remember your message.

Content development

Storyboard templates

Refine ideas, organize content, and visualize the structure of your presentation

Feedback loop

Gather, organize, and integrate feedback from viewers, participants, team members, and stakeholders.

PowerPoint color theme add-in

Easily set-up custom colors and access them in individual presentations with this PowerPoint add-on.

PowerPoint productivity add-in

Industry-standard shortcuts to boost your workflow and provides amazing, extra functionality PowerPoint

Add visual Impact

Tell about your service.

Design assets

Curated collection of high-quality asset libraries for icons, illustrations, and photos.

Data visualization library

Comprehensive library of data visualizations so you can find the right one and get inspired

Diagrammer®

Duarte's library of more 4,000 customizable diagrams—download free PowerPoint®-ready files.

Design sprint

Tell about your service.

Creativity Catalysts

Creativity walkabout

A simple and effective way to kick-off a project or overcome creative blocks

Image brainstorming

Encourage your imagination to consider new angles on your ideas or the problems you are facing

Visual metaphor ideation

Generate creative and thought-provoking visual metaphors to express complex concepts or ideas

Presentation Designer's Toolkit