I'm referring to the default templates found within PowerPoint and Keynote, as well as those created by design firms that don't specialize in presentation design.  Until I made a concerted, personal effort to learn how to design effective presentations, I wasn't very good either.  The majority of PowerPoint templates are terrible.  These are the templates that include a title slide and a content slide. 

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