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📣 2rsf

What background to use for online presentation?


As part of a "community day" I am going to do a short presentation, it's going to be online due to Corona and voice only due to bandwidth limitations (big company, terrible VPN, useless security regulations).

My company have a few suggested, but not compulsory, presentation templates but I feel that they are too cluttered for this case.

How wrong will I be to use black text on white background with no patterned or colored background ?

  👤 probably_wrong Accepted Answer ✓
You can rarely go wrong with black text on white.

For an example of how to make a simple presentation look good, the "Death by Powerpoint" slides [1] show how to do a good job.

[1] https://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint

👤 Jtsummers
Consider at least keeping a logo in a corner, or perhaps as part of a title bar on each slide or a few key slides (title, intro, outro, first in a section). It makes it seem more official (should be a minor thing, but can be impactful depending on the audience). When presenting to peers, my simple presentation slides were appreciated and accepted. When presenting to management or other teams, I had to make those additions or it was thought of as a draft or hastily assembled.
👤 theswaagar
Its the details that matter. A small company logo on every slide, color scheme that matches the company colors, and not having things too crowded (a la Death by Powerpoint) tends to make things look more put together.
👤 brudgers
Is there something that makes this a battle worth fighting? Good luck.