diff --git a/assets/sass/components/_all.sass b/assets/sass/components/_all.sass
index 2707f19c..0e48c3fe 100644
--- a/assets/sass/components/_all.sass
+++ b/assets/sass/components/_all.sass
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @import 'availability'
 @import 'badges'
 @import 'content-types/blog-post'
+@import 'content-types/talk'
 @import 'footer'
 @import 'meetups'
 @import 'testimonials'
diff --git a/assets/sass/components/content-types/_talk.sass b/assets/sass/components/content-types/_talk.sass
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03b0d9f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/sass/components/content-types/_talk.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.presentation
+    background: url('../images/loading.gif') no-repeat center
+    min-height: 350px
+    width: 100%
+    +desktop
+        min-height: 550px
diff --git a/source/_partials/talk/slides.twig b/source/_partials/talk/slides.twig
index d7e3a36e..cf87ab82 100644
--- a/source/_partials/talk/slides.twig
+++ b/source/_partials/talk/slides.twig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {% if page.slides_embed %}
     <div class="talk-slides">
         <h2>Slides</h2>
-        {{ page.slides_embed|raw }}
+        <div class="presentation">
+            {{ page.slides_embed|raw }}
+        </div>
     </div>
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/source/assets/images/loading.gif b/source/assets/images/loading.gif
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7141e0dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/source/assets/images/loading.gif differ