Online Presentations: How to Succeed Without Using PowerPoint

For years, slide presentations have been part of everyday life in academic and professional fields, as it is a magnificent support tool that helps to organize a speech and present ideas in a clear, synthetic and orderly way. Online Presentations: How to Succeed Without Using PowerPoint.

Generally, PowerPoint presentations make a presentation sound more dynamic and connect the speaker with the audience. But is this rule fulfilled in all cases? The truth is that, sometimes, maintaining attention during the monotonous PowerPoint slide show is quite difficult. Certain presentations can be boring because they offer nothing original and make concentrating an increasingly complex task.

Luckily, there are more and more alternatives to replace the program with which you mount your presentations.

Take note because some of these  tools that we present below may become a reference for your future presentations.

PREZI

PowerPoint's main competitor already has more than 85 million users worldwide. Of Hungarian origin, it is distinguished by its graphical interface with zoom, which allows users to create 3D-based presentations and zoom to get the attention of the public.

With a very intuitive user manual, it has several templates depending on the presentation you want to make and it has applications for Windows, Mac, iPad and iPhone.

GOOGLE PRESENTATIONS

All users with a Google account can use this online tool, without giving up the classic PowerPoint style.

This platform allows you to create quick presentations in simple templates, to which you can add basic elements such as tables, photos or videos.

The result can be made public or shared through the different services offered by Google (Gmail, Drive, etc.) and also allows you to answer questions that the interlocutors ask through the app.

KEYNOTE

Keynote was born as Apple's answer to PowerPoint. Compatible with any Apple device, this application allows you to create great presentations with amazing and powerful elements, such as magical movements or cinema effects on texts and objects. Its simple interface allows you to make edits with ease.

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It is a tool designed for teamwork, so that all participants can access the presentation and see in real time the list of people who are working on the document at the same time.

Luckily, it is now perfectly compatible with PowerPoint so you can also import and edit PowerPoint documents directly in Keynote.

EMAZE

Emaze's main mission is to redesign PowerPoint presentations to turn them into true storytelling pieces. To do this, it offers fun effects and animations, as well as translation tools, voice commands, and 2D and 3D template options.

It also has a great diversity of predefined templates that facilitate the editing and personalization of the information. An advantage is that it allows you to differentiate between presentations for education or for business. Also, the website can be accessed by registering through Facebook.

VISME

This online application allows you to create professional presentations, infographics, banners or animations in a very simple and intuitive way. It has numerous templates so you don't have to start from scratch, as well as an extensive library of images, graphics, and symbols.

Its main advantage is the little space it occupies in the browser and the ease of embedding in websites. Being built in HTML5 and not in Flash, it allows you to look good both on the web and on mobile devices.

At the moment, it is only available in English.

Do you make your presentations in PowerPoint? Do you know any other program to recommend?