I assume many of you already used stock photos in a PowerPoint presentation. If not, start with it! Never underestimate the power of a symbolic picture and over time you develop a sense for the preferences of your audience (your manager, customer, or team colleagues).
The funnel
The most memorable picture I ever used, was the picture of a funnel. Not because it was super smart to use it but rather it was requested by a friend from Business. He couldn’t define why we needed it for our presentation but after I added some buzzwords, it almost made sense. And to my surprise, we received very positive feedback. I still think it was a useless slide, but hey, give the audience what they want.
Free Stock Photos
The reason why I wrote this article is, that I always have to look up my two main sources for free stock photos. So for you and myself, here the two links:
Personally I recommend sticking to your own graphics and free stock photos to prevent copyright violation.
P.S.: If some of them look familiar. A friend of a Swiss magazine confessed to me that these are common sources in the media industry.