Thursday, November 17, 2016

Google Slides - but with better designs

In my GAFE summit this past summer,  I just about fell off my chair  when the presenter said that Google Slides is his go-to as opposed to Docs. His point was that Slides provides users with a great foundation for creating innovative and engaging documents. Then, he told us about Slides Carnival!!!
What is Slides Carnival, you ask? Well, Slides Carnival is a company based in Spain and has a wide array of slide templates to make presentations and documents infinitely better. The Templates are gorgeous and appropriate for a multitude of uses.
Like any librarian, I love when a system is in place for searching uniquely. The people at Slides Carnival do a great service by categorizing the templates by type. (Formal, Inspirational, Creative, Simple, Startup, Elegant, Playful, and Business)

The slides are designed with multiple formats. You should scroll through and see if it will fill your needs. Customization is easy. 
 It is a great practice to keep a master copy of your Google Slides; I've had a few situations where I've shared it and people didn't think and made big changes. So, now I just keep a copy of my templates in a separate folder. 
 What the what? The icons are editable!  



 Each template has a short description of it's features- the Dolabella (above) has 25 different slides, it features Leonardo daVinci's drawings, and is fully customizable. The Slides Carnival designers are very thoughtful and include a 26th slide on this one that includes the typography and where to download. 

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Well, that's all I've got time for today (it's a good thing I started this post a week ago). I'm in jury duty every week Monday-Wednesday. The two days I have left are jammed!. I'm hoping to put out another post next week with the extra time off. 

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours- 

Joy