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Raise your hand if you enjoy watching PowerPoint presentations at the office. Didn’t think so! Having to make them usually isn’t much better. Much of the time, they're just things to get through.
Slidebean is a software tool that won't totally reduce the tedium of your next team meeting — nothing will — but should make the process a little more convenient for everyone involved.
It provides prospective slideshow makers with a range of curated, more polished looking templates, and effectively automates much of the grunt work that goes into churning out a presentation. You just type in whatever you’re looking to express on each slide, pick what kind of slide you want it to be (“Bullet Points,” “Video,” etc.), and move on to the next one.
You can add videos from YouTube just by pasting a URL into a given slide, and you can search for and upload images right from within the app itself.
The whole thing is web-based, meaning you can access your presentations from any browser. Slidebean gives you plenty of cloud storage space, though, and you can always download your stuff to use offline. For what it’s worth, the company promises that your shows are all encrypted once they’re in the cloud.
The service normally starts at $19 per month, or $120 per year, but StackSocial is currently selling a lifetime subscription to its entry-level "Espresso" tier for $39. Other presentation helpers like Prezi offer similar functionality, but at this reduced price Slidebean may be worth the investment for anyone stuck in PowerPoint hell.
Slidebean Espresso: Lifetime Subscription, $39, available at StackSocial.
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