Presentation design help for clear, well-designed slides

In short: FLN Tutors gives presentation help from subject experts who help you build a clear storyline, design clean academic PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote decks and research posters, and write speaker notes timed to your slot. You can rehearse live with a tutor before seminar, group, viva, case-study and interview presentations.

Presentation help is support from a subject expert who helps you plan, design and deliver a presentation that answers your brief and holds the audience's attention. At FLN Tutors you get help with the storyline, the slides themselves and speaker notes timed to your slot, plus an optional live rehearsal.

• A clear storyline and structure
• Clean, professional slide design in PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote
• Charts and visuals that make data easy to read
• Speaker notes written to your time limit
• Correct referencing on slides

Presentation coming up? Get a free presentation quote: share your brief, slide count and deadline and see your price first.

We help with academic, professional and personal presentations at school, university and work. Each project goes to an expert who understands both the subject and good slide design.

• Seminar and module presentations, including assessed university presentations
• Group presentations: making slides from several people look and read as one deck
• Academic posters for conferences and coursework
• Dissertation and viva presentations, see dissertation help
• Case-study presentations in business, nursing and engineering
• Pitch decks and job interview presentation tasks

Assessed presentations are usually marked on content, structure, slide design, delivery and how well you handle questions. Content and argument carry the most weight in most rubrics, but clear slides and confident timing often decide the higher bands. Always check your module's marking criteria.

A professional presentation uses one idea per slide, consistent fonts and colours, plenty of white space and visuals that explain rather than decorate. Detail belongs in your speaker notes, not on the slide. Experts apply these rules to your content and your template.

1. Write a headline on each slide that states the point, not just the topic.
2. Keep text to a few short lines or bullets.
3. Use a consistent grid, two fonts at most and a limited colour palette.
4. Turn numbers into simple charts with clear labels.
5. Cite sources and images in your required referencing style.

A common guide is about one slide per minute, so a 10-minute presentation usually needs 8 to 12 slides. At a natural pace of 130 to 150 words a minute, your speaker notes should be roughly that many words per minute of talk.

A 10-minute presentation works well with about 10 slides and 1,300 to 1,500 words of speaker notes, giving the findings the most time. Here is an illustrative plan for a research presentation that you can adapt to your own brief.

A research presentation should tell the story of your study: the problem, what you did, what you found and why it matters. Keep methods brief, give your results the most space, and end with clear implications. Experts help you turn a dissertation, paper or poster into a focused, well-timed talk.

1. Open with the problem and your research question.
2. Summarise the method in one or two slides.
3. Show the key results with clear charts.
4. Explain what the results mean and their limitations.
5. Finish with implications and next steps, then take questions.

Preparing for a viva or conference? See dissertation help.

An academic poster summarises a study on one page, usually printed at A0 or A1 size in portrait or landscape. It should be readable from about two metres, with a short title, clear sections and large figures. Experts lay out your poster to your conference or course template.

• Typical sections: title and authors, introduction, aim, methods, results, conclusion and references
• Text: short paragraphs or bullets, with large fonts for headings
• Visuals: graphs, diagrams and photos doing most of the work
• Formats: print-ready PDF plus an editable PowerPoint file

AI slide makers create decks quickly, but they produce generic layouts, can't read your marking criteria and often add images and claims you can't reference. A human expert builds the story around your brief, checks every fact and designs slides that match your template.

Good presentation technique is universal, but assessment style, referencing on slides and poster formats vary by country. FLN tutors help students worldwide and follow your own brief and template.

The cost depends on the number of slides, how much content work is needed and your deadline, and you see a fixed quote before you pay. Short decks can often be done within 24 to 48 hours, so last-minute presentation help is usually possible; tell us your deadline when you request a quote.

Presentation coming up? Get a free presentation quote: share your brief, slide count and deadline and see your price first.

Great slides still need confident delivery. Book a live tutoring session to rehearse with an expert and practise likely questions. Need the script itself? See speech writing help.

• Free revisions within the original brief
• Full refund if work isn't delivered by the agreed deadline or has major inaccuracies that revision can't fix (refund policy)
• Confidential files and details

Present work as your own in line with your course rules; see our academic integrity policy.

This fictional example comes from a nursing student's presentation on hand hygiene compliance. Text-heavy slides are one of the most common reasons presentations lose design and delivery marks.

Get presentation help or read our guide on how to give a good university presentation.