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May 28, 2013
Electric Slide
Electric Slide
Electric Slide launched in February and allows presenters to wirelessly transmit PowerPoint slides, documents, and videos to any screen without the need for a laptop or cables. Users swipe a finger across their smartphone or tablet screen and the presentation is displayed on any screen—across the room or across the Web—in real time. The app creates a unique URL from which the speaker begins and attendees watch the presentation. The app also allows multiple devices to work in sync through Bluetooth. "As a presenter in front of a room of people, you’ve got enough on your plate without worrying about why you can’t get your computer connected or whether those on the phone can see your slides. We’re also seeing users who just don’t want to lug a laptop around anymore," said Jim Phelan, co-founder of parent company Elucidate.
Photo: Courtesy of Elucidate
Slide.li
Slide.li
Slide.li is a plug-in for PowerPoint and Keynote that allows presenters to add extra content such as Web links, images, and quotes to each slide. Attendees then use the Slide.li mobile app to view that content as the speaker advances each slide. Co-founder Cedric Deweeck said the purpose is to provide engaging content as an attendee’s “second screen,” so they listen more and drift off less. After the presentation, attendees can access the content and supplementary materials through the app.
Photo: Courtesy of Slide.li
Presentain
Presentain

Presentain is a new iPhone and Android app that generates a unique ID, which the presenter types into a laptop connected to a projector. The presentation is displayed on the screen, and audience members can follow along on their personal devices by accessing the URL. They can watch the slides on their devices, send questions to the speaker, participate in polls, and share slides on social networks. After the session, the app automatically creates a video that combines presentation slides with the speaker’s voice to create a “slidecast” which can be emailed to the audience, posted to the Web, or shared on social networks.

Photo: Courtesy of Presentain
Epson BrightLink Pro
Epson BrightLink Pro

Available since April, Epson’s BrightLink Pro turns a traditional whiteboard, wall, or virtually any flat surface into a digital presentation space. Speakers can present and annotate on content and then save it, print it, or email it through the network without the need for a computer or special software. The projector can be connected to most tablets, smartphones, documents cameras, and DVD players to share content. The device creates a 100-inch widescreen display area, so users can display presentations and a live meeting at the same time with the split-screen option. In addition, users can connect as many as four BrightLink Pro units that all reside on the same network, regardless of location, for remote collaboration.

Photo: Courtesy of Epson
SlideShark
SlideShark

SlideShark, an app for viewing, presenting, and sharing PowerPoint presentations on iOS devices, launched a new version in March that enables meeting attendees to access slides on their own device, whether they are in the same room or across the globe. SlideShark Broadcasting creates a unique URL for the presentation so guests can view the session in real time from any Internet-connected device. Presenters receive visual alerts when someone enters and exits the broadcast. After the meeting, speakers can share the slides online and access analytics to track viewing. The new version of SlideShark also adds drawing capabilities that gives presenters a choice of six colors and three sizes to highlight elements of the slides.

Photo: Courtesy of SlideShark
Moxtra
Moxtra
Moxtra is a collaboration app that functions as a mobile binder. Presenters can collect various multimedia files into the app and then record their voice and annotations on top of the files to create a video or real-time presentation. Multiple users can collaborate on presentations using Moxtra Meet. Evernote, Salesforce.com, and Kaffeine are also integrated into the platform, so users can access content from those applications for presentations, as well. Moxtra launched in January.
Photo: Courtesy of Moxtra
Prezi
Prezi

Zooming presentation platform Prezi marked its fourth anniversary this spring by passing the 20 million user mark and adding sound capabilities. Other new features added in the past year include the ability to create 3-D backgrounds from a 2-D image. Users can load as many as three background layers and the system will cross-fade as the presenter zooms in and out.

Photo: Courtesy of Prezi
Camtasia
Camtasia
Camtasia is screen recording software to save presentations. From parent company TechSmith, Camtasia has an extensive library of music, animated backgrounds, and graphics that can be added to recorded presentations using the system’s editing tools. Videos can also include Web links, a table of contents, search functions, and quizzes. Once it is saved, presenters can post the video on YouTube, embed it in a blog, or share it on social networks. Another option: record the presentation in advance and deliver it to attendees before the meeting, then use the time together to discuss the content as a group.
Photo: Courtesy of TechSmith
Haiku Deck
Haiku Deck
Haiku Deck is a free iPad app to create presentations. The product launched in August 2012 and released version 2.0 in March. The update adds more photos to the image library, better image management features, new list layouts, and enhanced options for creating charts and graphics. The app automatically offers image suggestions based on keywords in the slide (pulling images from the photo-sharing site Creative Commons), or users can import their own photos. The free app provides five free themes with the option to purchase additional themes for $1.99 each. Once created, a Haiku Deck can be viewed on any browser. It can also be shared on social networks and through email or embedded on a Web site or blog.
Photo: Will Foster
Doceri
Doceri
Doceri is an iPad whiteboard and remote computer control app. Presenters can remotely access, project, and annotate over presentations, images, and other content on a host Mac or PC while still being free to move around the room and interact with audience members. Annotated presentations can be saved as Doceri files and reused or emailed to attendees as a PDF file. Version 2.0, released in July 2012, added audio and video recording functions so the presentation can be uploaded to YouTube or Facebook right from the app. It also added better drawing capabilities for handwritten presentations and graphics. A dual-screen model also allows the platform to be used in conjunction with Webcasting platforms.
Photo: Courtesy of Doceri
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