Beamer Presentation Creator

Purpose

This skill helps economists create professional academic presentations using LaTeX Beamer. It provides templates for conference talks, job market presentations, and seminar presentations with proper structure and clean aesthetics.

When to Use

• Preparing conference presentations
• Creating job market talk slides
• Making seminar/workshop presentations
• Converting a paper into presentation slides

Instructions

Step 1: Understand the Context

Ask the user:

1. What type of presentation? (20-min conference, 90-min seminar, job market)
2. What's the paper/project about?
3. What's the target audience expertise level?
4. Do they have specific style preferences?

Step 2: Structure by Time

Duration	Structure
15-20 min	Motivation (2) → Question (1) → Method (2) → Results (3-4) → Conclusion (1)
45-60 min	Add literature review, more results detail, robustness
90 min	Full seminar with theoretical framework, extensive empirics

Step 3: Follow Presentation Best Practices

• One idea per slide
• Minimal text - use bullets of 3-6 words
• Big fonts - minimum 20pt for content
• Consistent colors - use a limited palette
• Reveal incrementally using \pause or <+-> for complex slides

Example Output

\documentclass[aspectratio=169, 11pt]{beamer}

% ============================================
% THEME AND APPEARANCE
% ============================================

% Clean minimal theme
\usetheme{metropolis}
\usecolortheme{default}

% Or for a more traditional look:
% \usetheme{Madrid}
% \usecolortheme{whale}

% Custom colors
\definecolor{darkblue}{RGB}{0, 51, 102}
\definecolor{lightgray}{RGB}{245, 245, 245}

\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{bg=darkblue, fg=white}
\setbeamercolor{title}{fg=darkblue}
\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=darkblue}

% Remove navigation symbols
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}