Microsoft Powerpoint is required to use this template.
- Contact Ignite Montrose to request your talk be placed on the program. We will then send you the current template
- When selecting images or material for a slide, keep in mind:
- Slide 1 is title of your presentation. Slide 2 through 21 are for your images and presentation and they advance automatically every 15 seconds. Slide 22 is the "Times Up" slide and has your bio information.
- Sometimes presenters put the same image on two adjacent slides for a 30 second image.
- Your slide should illustrate what you are saying, not echo it. Text should be kept to a minimum, and any used should be very large and clear in order for the audience to read it. You want the audience to listen to what you are saying rather than tune you out while reading. Use pictures!
- Any picture should occupy at least half the slide area for the audience to see it. Placing an assemblage of pictures on a slide is likely to ensure that most of the audience is unable to see any of them.
- Diagrams should be very simple with large lettering – the slide is only up for 15 seconds!
- The last slide on the template is a bio slide for you to provide information about yourself, and does not count into your five minutes. You can put very basic information about your business on that slide, but other than that, programs cannot promote a business, or political or religious views; nor can they simply be a booster piece for an event or organization. Ignite talks are to enlighten and entertain, not solicit.
- Check the information letter you receive after your talk is approved by the team (#1 above) for the deadline on template submission. Email the template to [email protected] . You will receive a return email showing your template has been received.
- Titles are limited to 38 characters (including spaces) so they can fit on the program flyer. Titles longer than 38 will not be accepted.