GetStock
If you’re looking for a great collection of stock imagery, GetStock is the place to go. Getstock has over ten million rights-managed and royalty-free images and carries the largest library of stock imagery in Canada! you are sure to find an image for any kind of presentation.
Prezi
Have you seen a Prezi? It’s relatively new presentation software, that for the right kind of talk, dazzles! Unlike PowerPoint and Keynote, it’s a nonlinear, spatial way of sharing information. Because it’s slideless, you don’t flip or scroll through slides. Rather, it creates a single page (imagine a whiteboard) that allows you to wander, zoom-in and zoom-out and interact with the content you create. Adam Somlai-Fischer and Peter Halacsy started working on Prezi in 2007, as they felt slides limited their ability to develop and explain ideas. Prezi was their response to solve these issues. I’m hooked on it!
CartoonStock
If you’re looking for a clever cartoon to infuse a bit of wit or humor into your presentation deck, it’s worth a visit to CartoonStock. The site offers instant online licensing and downloading of printable cartoon images of more than 600 the world’s best cartoonists. It provides more images online and a wider range of subject matter, artists and purchasing options than any other service.
iStockphoto
If you want to make a point with just the right image, check out iStockphoto. A favourite site for many publications and designers, it offers millions of affordable, safe, royalty-free photographs, illustrations, video footage and Flash files. There are more than 70,000 artists from all over the world contributing their artwork to iStockphoto so you’re bound to find something that fits your needs. Images cost between 1 and 20 credits, depending on file size, with credits ranging from $.95 to $1.50 CDN.
Slide:ology
Nancy Duarte, the founder of one of the largest design firms in Silicon Valley, helps non-designers think like designers in her terrific book Slide:ology. It offers excellent advice on how to design great presentation decks so they visually reinforce your message and make your message as clear and easy as possible for your audience to understand.