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8 presentation tools you have to know about.

Lately, I have been noticing more and more how the world of presenting is strongly innovating. After the introduction of Prezi in 2009, even more new presentation tools have appeared on the market. Now, nine years along the line, lots of new tools have been introduced that provide us with the possibility to communicate with our audience in a new, innovative way. A popular way of presenting that especially speaks to me, is ‘Conversation Presenting’. This is where presenting in 2018 and the future is aiming for. The conversation topic will be determined by the audience as well, which will create a relaxed vibe in the room with a natural dialogue. Where we were used to think about presentations from slide to slide, we are now able to communicate with our audience innovatively through our presentations. Each tool is therefore innovative in a different way. All of them support you during the creation of your presentation and take on important elements in your presentations. We have list the most important tools for you.

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PRESENTATION TOOL 1.

Prezi Next

Prezi Next has the solution for fixing dull presentations. With their clean and modern templates, you can avoid the one-way traffic of classic presentations. Prezi Next gives you the opportunity to travel in all directions whilst giving your presentation. This will help you create a light and clear presentation that will keep on fascinating your audience.

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PROS:

  • Adapts to present dynamically
  • New templates
  • Can be edited both on- and offline
  • Show viewing statistics (audience)

CONS:

  • Working with templates can limit creativity. You don’t have the liberty to start with a blank canvas.

Source: https://prezi.com/business/kb/get-started/get-started/

PRESENTATION TOOL 2.

Slides

Slides is an online presentation tool that gives you the opportunity to build, design, animate, present and share your own presentation. You can directly share your presentation with your audience and have them play it with their own devices. Through Slides’ websites, you can create a free account and get a simple guide on how to create a presentation.

Slides
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PROS:

  • Possibility to present in multiple directions (not from slide to slide, but up or down and left or right in the presentation)
  • Share with audience through link
  • Design with codes for a rapid design process
  • Lots of features
  • Aligning possibilities are very extensive

CONS:

  • Zipfile or PDF can be downloaded, but there is no offline version available yet

Source: https://slides.com/

PRESENTATION TOOL 3.

Shufflrr

Shufflrr is a tool that you can use to organize files for presentations. With this tool, you can make sure that your presentation won’t vanish after using them once. Shufflrr saves important information in your slides and makes sure your team can easily find and reuse this information. The tool can be accessed everywhere and the audience is enabled to leaf through the presentations from their own devices. It is also possible to improve, share, present (online) and watch and follow other presentations. Or, as Shufflrr puts it: ‘Share, Shuffle and Show’.

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PROS:

  • The tool has all extra functions that PowerPoint hasn’t
  • Marketing supportive tool
  • Working on presentations together has never been this easy

CONS:

  • No desktop version is available yet
  • Editing isn’t possible in the tool (you have to get your presentation offline first)

Source: http://www.shufflrr.com

PRESENTATION TOOL 4.

Ludus

With Ludus, you can add complicated 3D-models, video’s, VR-experiments and Dropbox files to your presentation slides. It is a presentation tool that provides content to modernize your presentation. Everything can be found in one spot and can be edited from there in a Smart Blocks way. All you have left to do, is present.

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PROS:

  • Content creation within the presentation tool
  • ‘Smart Block’ technology: everything can be edited
  • Adding large files is simple
  • Work on the presentations with your colleagues

CONS:

  • Takes some time to figure out due to limited adaptations

Source: https://ludus.one

PRESENTATION TOOL 5.

Clearslide

This online tool can create a personal experience when working on a presentation with your colleagues. You can easily provide your team with comments through both the 3D-options and the interactions that can be added to slides to improve the cooperation.

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PROS:

  • Simple digital interaction
  • Charts, video and audio can be added
  • Especially created to share presentations via various mailboxes easily

CONS:

  • Graphics aren’t optimal

Source: https://www.clearslide.com

PRESENTATION TOOL 6.

Emaze

If you are at loss for inspiration for your presentation, this tool will prove itself very useful. Emaze is the kind of online tool that provides you with an ample number of templates to choose from. Also, Emaze provides the ability to change your old PowerPoint slides into more interesting and modern slides. With the new 3D-zoom function, things get way more interesting.

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PROS:

  • Provided templates are visually attractive
  • Possibility to convert PowerPoint to Emaze templates
  • Interactive actions during the presentation
  • HTML 5 technology

CONS:

  • Working on the presentation simultaneously is not an option yet

Source: https://www.emaze.com

PRESENTATION TOOL 7.

Visme

This tool is also easy to use and very helpful for creating innovative, clear designs. There is a broad choice in HD-quality templates that are designed business SMART. Also, it is possible to build your own presentation from a blank canvas and share it online with others once you are completely finished. It is definitely worth a shot if you’re dealing with a tight deadline.

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PROS:

  • Track viewing rates of online presentation
  • Ample choice of templates and corresponding content
  • All objects can be animated
  • Team-sharing is possible

CONS:

  • Visme is still working on an offline version

Source: https://www.visme.co/presentation-software/

PRESENTATION TOOL 8.

Maglr

Maglr is one of my personal favourites. This program makes it possible to translate slides to a visual attractive story that appeals to everyone and is adaptable for each type of screen. You can build a presentation from scratch with this tool, or pick an adaptable template of your own choice. Due to the clean designs that the tool works with, everyone can be a graphic designer. Besides that, the presentations can easily be shared and you can analyse the reading behaviour of the viewers. PowerPoint, get out of the way, because Maglr is coming!

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PROS:

  • Visual possibilities
  • Choose from various templates or empty slides for creative building
  • Extensive interactive possibilities for graphic professionals (links to conversational presenting)

CONS:

  • No offline version available yet
  • No option to connect presentation clicker (if you like to present to larger groups)

Source: https://www.maglr.com/en

Good to know...

There is a little extra that we would like to share with you. Before we completely abandon PowerPoint due to a lack of innovation, we have to admit that this tool, too, is developing itself. Besides all these innovative presentation tools, PowerPoint itself has also added a new function to the original tool: PowerPoint Morph. This is a special tool for PowerPoint transitions. This allows you to create an action that is balanced and can create transitions between slides without having to change individual elements. This allows you to add a fluent finish to your presentation.

PROS:

  • Effects that breathe life into a presentation
  • Create depth and movement
  • Easy to work with

CONS:

  • Little influence on how the pages change

CONCLUSION

Do you want to get started on creating your presentations more effectively, but do you have no clue on where to start? We also provide presentation workshops in which the focus is on useful tips & tricks for creative effective presentations! Check our presentation workshop page for more information.

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