In case you haven’t noticed, the standards for excellent presentations are a lot higher than they used to be. With technology at its peak, audiences have come to expect that valuable content is packaged in exceptionally beautiful design. That said, if your presentation is lacking on the design front, you can bet it’ll be mighty tough for you to connect with and engage your audience as best you can.
Fortunately, technology has also made it a lot easier to create well-designed presentations with all kinds of free design resources floating around on the internet. But, of course, some of those resources are better than others. If you’re looking for free PowerPoint backgrounds that’ll elevate your presentation design to the next level, check out these tried-and-true resources
Unsplash
Unsplash is full of royalty-free (AKA free) high-resolution images you can use for your presentation or anything else. You can search by topic, keyword, or collection, so it’s a breeze to hone in on just the right image you’re after.
Smile Templates
This free resource has over 800 free PowerPoint templates and backgrounds to choose from. Whether you’re presenting about technology, education, or the art world, you’ll have no problem finding a fitting image here.
Pixabay
Pixabay is similar to Unsplash in that it has a massive library of different kinds of high-res images, including PowerPoint backgrounds. It’s highly searchable by keyword, size, color, or category, so it couldn’t be easier to find what you’re looking for.
Slide Geeks
Don’t let the simple design of this site fool you; it’s full of free, high-quality images and templates you can use for your presentation. It’s not as easily searchable as some of the others, but there are still plenty of treasures to be found here.
Presentation Magazine
This is another one that has a pared-back design yet is full of well-designed backgrounds and images. It’s not the most user-friendly of sites, but if you spend a little time poking around you’re bound to find what you need.
fppt.com
The only thing this site does is provide free PowerPoint templates, so you’ll find plenty of designs to choose from here. Like most of the others, you can easily search by keyword or type, so it’s simple to find what you want.
Slide Carnival
Slide Carnival’s library isn’t as robust as the others, but all of the designs they do have tend to be high quality. However, searching here isn’t super easy, so it can take some time to find the perfect template or background.
Brainy Betty
Truth be told, this website looks pretty low-budget compared to some of the others, but don’t let that stop you finding a great background. There are a ton of ‘em here, sorted by topic, so it’s simple to look for what you need.
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