{"id":2232,"date":"2013-05-12T11:08:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T09:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/?page_id=2232"},"modified":"2025-12-17T17:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:08:23","slug":"presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation Tips by Carl Kwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Carl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carlkwan.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2248 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/dbjk47w5ep2rm.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Presentation-Design-Quick-Tips-Powtoon-300x300.png\" alt=\"Presentation Design Quick Tips Powtoon\" width=\"108\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you&#8217;ve ever looked at your PowerPoint or Keynote presentation slides and thought they looked pretty good, but then someone showed up with something that made yours look like they were\u200b made by a 5 year old, then this is for you.\u200b In this video Carl Introduces his next series of videos on presentation design. There will be four videos to teach you the four basic design concepts of contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity&#8230;\u200b also known as CRAP!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Learning about CRAP will help you avoid making presentations slides that look like, well&#8230;crap.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v_Xl80zXVC4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Watch next episode:\u200b <a title=\"Tip #1 - C is for Contrast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/animated-presentation-design-tip-1\/\">Tip #1 &#8211; C is for Contrast<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">CRAP Episodes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/animated-presentation-design-tip-1\/\">Tip #1 &#8211; C is for Contrast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/presentation-design-tip-2\/\">Tip #2 &#8211; R is for Repetition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/tip-3-a-is-for-alignment\/\">Tip #3 &#8211; A is for Alignment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/tip-4-p-is-for-proximity\/\">Tip #4 &#8211; P is for Proximity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presentation foundation episodes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/presentation-foundation\/\">Presentation Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/are-you-entertained\/\">Are You Entertained?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/presentation-tip-reward\/\">Rewarding your audience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/creating-action\/\">Creating Action<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/presentation-tips\/\">8 Essential Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/presentation-tips-with-carl-kwan-how-to-design-great-looking-presentations\/why-should-they-care\/\">Why should they care?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Signup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\">Get a free PowToon account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Carl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carlkwan.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carl Kwan<\/a> was born in Hong Kong and is from Vancouver, BC, Canada. 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