In 2000 I was resisting using Ppt for presentations as all its use around me was so very ugly. Then I went to a Kraftwerk concert, saw their projected graphics & immediately knew what to do.
Perhaps my favourite.
Make your slides B O L D
And S I M P L E
Typography is beautiful
Crop your images & make them & #39;bleed& #39; off the slide. Oh and use W I D E (16:9) ratio — the ratio of modern screens. They have cinema feel to them.