The Basics of Designing and Operating Slides

Whether you use PowerPoint, ProPresenter, or something in between, mastering slide design and training volunteers to run them is essential. With 20 years of experience, Brad will guide you on how to create visually appealing slides and teach you how to train your volunteers to operate them like seasoned pros.

Key Takeaways:

Learn how to create great-looking slides within your presentation software.
Discover best practices for operating slides and maintaining consistency across your team.
Align your team’s vision and values with effective slide usage.

Course Content

Lesson

Why Slides

07:21
Training Volunteers

13:54
Designing Slides to be Missional

13:09
Q&A

11:57

Speaker

Brad Zimmerman

Brad is the founder of Church Media Drop and known as "the Propresenter Guy" as he's been the face of the official ProPresenter training videos the last few years. He is passionate about resourcing churches to share the gospel, so he created ChurchMediaDrop.com, a free media-sharing site. He also hosts the official ProPresenter training videos. Brad loves playing music, building Legos, and trying new and creative things.

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$80/Mo

Perfect for team leaders looking to equip others.
Everything in Basic, plus:

Includes a 30-day free trial
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Custom Course Builder for your team
20 team seats included
Assign trainings + track progress
SALT Certified training features + achievement tracking
Exclusive roundtable access + live Q&As with expert guests
Free livestream access to SALT Conference main sessions
Store discounts on merch + gear

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$480/Ye

Perfect for team leaders looking to equip others.
Everything in Basic, plus:

Includes a 30-day free trial
Access to Premium curated courses
Custom Course Builder for your team
20 team seats included
Assign trainings + track progress
SALT Certified training features + achievement tracking
Exclusive roundtable access + live Q&As with expert guests
Free livestream access to SALT Conference main sessions
Store discounts on merch + gear

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$1/Ye

Perfect for team leaders looking to equip others. Everything in Basic, plus:

Includes a 30-day free trial
Access to Premium curated courses
Custom Course Builder for your team
20 team seats included
Assign trainings + track progress
SALT Certified training features + achievement tracking
Exclusive roundtable access + live Q&As with expert guests
Free livestream access to SALT Conference main sessions
Store discounts on merch + gear

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Level

Intermediate
Total Enrolled

1
Duration

46 minutes
Last Updated

October 10, 2025

The Basics of Designing and Operating Slides

Course Content

Lesson

Why Slides

Training Volunteers

Designing Slides to be Missional

Q&A

Speaker

Brad Zimmerman

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