What Is Better Than Powerpoint For Presentations In The New Year, 2015?

By Enid Hinton


PowerPoint still holds a significant market share among applications used in making presentations. This, however, has not locked out other application developers from creating excellent tools to simplify presentation, pitching of ideas and graphics. Thus, what is better than PowerPoint for presentations in 2015? To answer this question, it is valuable to look at the options presented by emerging competitors.

Powtoon- this application makes it interesting to tell the story as well as present facts. It beats the others by offering excellent pitching story lines and attaching emotions to the presentation. The introduction of animated characters inspires the audience as well as captures their attention. It allows you to tap the presentation into a video.

Prezi- this is a fast rising app for non-linear presentation. It works by zooming graphics into view other than moving from one slide to the other. It offers a perfect alternative if you want to shift or relate ideas and points that are distantly placed. You will avoid the back and forth movement.

Keynote- this is a Mac and PowerPoint-clone-specific app with very simple interface. It is easy to use and presents a very simple learning curve. It is gaining popularity at an admirable rate.

Prezentit- the apps is yet to be released at commercial scale but its effect can already be felt. Its user interface is admirable beyond eliminating the need to download software for presentation. Prezentit allows seamless transitioning of bullets. With all these excellent features this software is available free of charge.

Slide Rocket- it rivals PowerPoint to a great extent, which explains the price. The essence of a presentation is the ease in movement from one slide to the other and the ability to include details in each of these slides. With the features incorporated on Slide Rocket, you will enjoy details and a lot of clarity.

Slide Dog- the popularity of this app is attributed to the fact that it has admirable smart features. These features include provision for real time audience feedback, online sharing as well as live polls. It also allows you to control the presentation using your phone as the remote. The online trial version is an indication of confidence in the app by the developers.

Haiku Deck- the app is designed for the iPad. With this, you are allowed to create slides away from your desk. The graphics and images to be included are uploaded from your gallery, taken directly from the camera or downloaded from the internet. It is only available for iPad users.

Raw Shorts- when the presentation requires a lot of videos, this is the best option. In order to use it, an extensive tutorial is not required since the interface is very simple to use. It produces excellent videos for uploading on blogs, websites, YouTube and other web based platforms.

Sparkol Videoscribe- the app is a perfect tool for adding graphics and characters into your presentation. These characters are then animated to create a custom and intriguing presentation for your audience. It also comes with the option of attaching the pre-scribbled characters and modifying them slightly to fit your idea.




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