Brand Powerpoint Template
For use from January 2014
HOW TO USE
• This presentation has been designed for the latest MS Society visual
identity guidelines
• Please follow the brand guidelines when using this template.
They’re here:
Visual Identity Guidelines
• There are lots of different templates: if the layout isn’t what you need
try right clicking the slide and selecting ‘layout’ to see more options
• Please do not amend the slide master
Top tips for top-notch presentations
GETTING YOUR MESSAGE RIGHT
If you audience only remember 3 things (and they will) what do you want them to be?
YOU are as important as your slides (if not more!) –try to spend more time rehearsing than you spend creating your slides.
Your presentation is a story: make sure it has a beginning, middle and end and introduce ideas one at a time.
USING YOUR TOOLS WISELY
Your slides aren’t your message: YOU ARE. Fewer words on your slides = more attention on what you’re saying.
Use meaningful images, icons and infographics instead of lots of text (but never clip-art: it always looks amateur).
Use your notes page to capture all the detail you talk through -not the slide! If your audience needs every detail,
consider giving hand-outs afterwards.
PERFECTING YOUR DELIVERY
Just because it’s a story doesn’t mean you should read it. Instead tell it to your audience and aim to entertain!
You’ll present better if you know what’s coming next without needing to see the next slide.
Keep your language positive, friendly, conversational and inclusive.
Keeping your presentation “on-brand”
Text
MS Society presentation font is
ARIAL. Please don’t change.
Don’t alter the size, ratio or
position of the logo
Highlight headlines in orange
Select the trapezium for bullets
Keep language positive, friendly,
conversational and inclusive
Colours & Images
Core colours are orange and white
Use black for text
Use pink and blue sparingly as
accents
Use images and icons where you
can (Brand can help provide highquality, approved images)