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Whichever field you might be working in, turns out there is no escape to making a presentation or a 'deck' as some of us like to call it. While Powerpoint or Google Slides are the first names that pop to our minds when we are tasked with making a presentation, there are many other presentation making tools that are left unexplored, and which can help create engaging presentations to hold the attention of your audience.
In addition to providing a space to create presentations, these tools also provide features such as feedback and switching between files.
In this blog, we’ll discuss 5 such engaging and effective tools.
1. Canva
Canva is an online platform that allows users to create a wide-range of business-related publications such as presentations, business cards, resumes, brochures, menu-cards, etc. There are loads of existing templates to choose from. You can also upload your own images or choose from Canva's existing library of images, which comprises of millions of images. You can use a free version that Canva offers that is equipped with all its features. It also offers 'Canva for Work' which includes team management features, starting at $12.95 a month.
2. Powtoon
Powtoon is an extremely easy to use tool, which allows users to create, manage and distribute presentations and also to create animated videos. What’s more, brands can also create their own characters to match their positioning and style.
It offers a basic free membership. In addition, it offers 3 paid membership plans - 'pro membership' priced at $19 a month, a 'pro plus membership' at $59 a month and an ‘agency membership’ at $99/month.
3. Visme
Visme is a cloud-based visual content creation and collaboration platform that allows users to create professional and creative presentations, without having any prior designing experience. The business version also allows maintaining brand tonality and company-wide image storage. Example, when employees of an organisation having business account on Visme create a presentation, it features brand colors, logos and images of your organisation, which helps maintaining brand consistency. What’s more, Visme also offers a built-in analytics system to track who has viewed a presentation and who has finished it.
Visme offers multiple plans ranging from $20 per user per month to $60 per 3 users per month. It also provides an option to avail a free live demo to see how the technology works before you try it out.
4. Prezi
Prezi is a cloud-based video and visual communications software for creating presentations, videos, infographics, etc. It offers a varied range of pre-existing templates to choose from along with the option to add customisable images and charts and also to review analytics to understand what did and did not work for the audience.
Prezi offers free basic membership, pro membership at $15 for a month and premium membership at $19 a month.
5. Haiku Deck
Haiku Deck is a simple and fun to create beautiful and engaging presentations. This helps users to create engaging presentations for the audience instead of throwing lots of mundane information their way in the form of bullet points. What’s special about Haiku Deck and sets it apart from all other presentation tools is its vast collection of stock images and array of fonts. It allows users to create simple yet beautiful and powerful presentations that are accessible on any device.
Traditional tools to create a presentation have always been there. Use these tools to break the conventional methods and make your presentation fun, engaging and make a lasting connection with your audience.
