The ULTIMATE Guide to PowerPoint Alternatives
There’s an astounding number of PowerPoint alternatives out there. Luckily for you, BrightCarbon is here to separate the decent presentation programs from the rubbish PowerPoint knock-offs.
There’s some great presentation technology out there – tools to help you save time, money and resources, things that make life easier, or maybe just something that adds a touch or sparkle to tired slides. Our experts have gone ahead of you and reviewed some of the best solutions out there on the market today.
We’ve gotten to grips with everything from the cutting-edge to the everyday, technology from household names, and small start-ups that you probably haven’t heard of yet. And we’ve noted down all our findings and our recommendations so that you can find the best technology to suit your needs.
There’s an astounding number of PowerPoint alternatives out there. Luckily for you, BrightCarbon is here to separate the decent presentation programs from the rubbish PowerPoint knock-offs.
If you travel through US airports you’ll have noticed a store called Brookstone that sells everything you never thought you wanted, but simply have to have. Occasionally though, you find something actually useful, and one such example is the HDMI Pocket Projector. Here are our thoughts.
Ever wanted to find out what your audience really thinks about your presentation? Fed up of collecting paper feedback forms? Then there may be an answer in PheedLoop. PheedLoop is a cute little tool for presenters to gather feedback from their audiences, without the need for printed sheets or awkward face to face feedback moments.
I love using my iPad to present, when you haven't time to get your laptop out and booted up, it's fantastic! I’d really love to be able to create content on my iPad too. Having the ability to create a quick presentation on the move would be super cool. Does the Flowboard for iPad app have what it takes?
Today, Apple finally made good on its promise and released its iWork platform to the masses. Now anyone who uses iCloud – potentially everyone with an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac – can now use Keynote, Pages and Numbers for free in a desktop web browser. But is it any good? And can Keynote in the sky tempt us to give up PowerPoint?
Presentation sharing seems to be everywhere at the moment, from SlideShare to 9Slides, there’s always seems to be a new tool to help people get their message across. Now there’s Presentation.io, an online cloud based system that lets you run your presentation remotely. There are a fair amount of tools that allow you to do this, so what makes Presentation.io different?
The new Leap Motion promises a completely new way of interacting with presentations. Does it deliver, or will it take a bit of getting used to like the iPad has done for business and presentations?
Can you interact with slides when presenting online? There are various ways to do it, though all have been lacking in comparison to face to face presenting. However, does Personify deliver?
The claim by proponents of whiteboarding is that PowerPoint is dull and text-heavy, and that using a whiteboard promotes visual communication. But just because you use a whiteboard doesn't mean you avoid boring text-heavy communication - you may just be swapping text-on-slides for text-on-paper.
New PowerPoint add-ins arrive all the time. We take a look at MagPointer. It will make presentations easier to follow and more effective, do we agree? Find out in our review.
Video can make your presentation engaging and can help you connect with your audience on an emotional level. Can the 9Slides app help? We take a look in this review.
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