How Artificial Intelligence Can Help You Make More Engaging PowerPoint Presentations
As the name implies, PowerPoint is a powerful tool that can help you present information clearly and without boring your audience half to sleep. The latter is what people often struggle with the most.
You’ve probably been on the receiving end of such a presentation yourself. It’s the one where every slide consists of a bulleted list, almost no visuals, and a presenter who simply reads word-for-word what’s on the slide in front of them.
If this describes a presentation you’ve given before, don’t worry. We’re not here to judge. We’re here to help! With artificial intelligence, turning a snoozefest into a captivating educational experience for your audience is quick and easy.
What’s the Best AI App to Make Presentation Slides?
Now, before you go to Google in search of the so-called best app for making your slides, allow us to save you some time. What you’ll likely find is an overwhelming number of tools that can offer an AI-enhanced replacement for PowerPoint.
But in our opinion, there is no need to replace PowerPoint. It has been the tried-and-true presentation creator for decades. It’s a tool you likely already know well and it’s easy to collaborate with others without anyone having to adapt to a new program.
That’s why Apps Do Wonders focused on developing an AI add-in that can work within PowerPoint, meaning the AI capabilities are just one more tool in your arsenal versus a new program to learn. You simply add the ChatGPT–powered add-in to your PowerPoint file and you’ll have several useful AI tools at your disposal.
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Ways to Use AI in PowerPoint to Enhance Your Presentations
Know Your Audience
The first thing to consider when trying to make an engaging PowerPoint is your audience. You might be great at organizing information into slides, but if it’s not done in a way that keeps your audience in mind, those you are presenting to may struggle to follow along.
For example, if you’re a college professor teaching a difficult new subject to your students, you might want to consider simplifying the information for ears hearing it for the first time. It’s easier said than done, but even ChatGPT in its most basic form can be fed your information and rework it into a form that is easier to understand. This is also useful for just about any business when it comes to presenting to departments that may be unfamiliar with your subject matter.
Minimize Text
If you will be actively presenting your slides, then you want to minimize the amount of text you have on each one. Not every detail you will convey as a speaker needs to be included on the slide, and you want to avoid simply reading the text on each slide or risk putting your audience to sleep. That’s why we included some anti-drowsy features in our PowerPoint add-in.
The first is the ability to instantly pull charts or images that help your content visually stand out. Our ChatGPT for PowerPoint add-in can instantly create a table to help tell your data’s story or grab a photo from an image database to accompany your content.
We’ve also created the ability to generate either “short” or “detailed” content for your slides. If you’re planning to share your PowerPoint via email, then consider more detailed slides. If you are presenting your PowerPoint live and in-person, we recommend shorter slides that leave you the freedom to engage your audience as a speaker as well.
Be Funny
Chances are, if you’re here looking for ways to spice up your PowerPoint, you probably wouldn’t consider yourself the life of the party presentation. But if you can manage it, adding a little humor can be a good way to keep your audience engaged.
Now, ChatGPT hasn’t mastered all the subtleties of human comedy, but it’s good for a few chuckles. You can either ask it to come up with a joke around the topic you’re presenting or ask it to rework some existing text you’ve written to add a humorous edge to it. Both can be done in an existing PowerPoint by using the Apps Do Wonders add-in, which can tweak your content using custom instructions or presets to make it friendlier, more professional, simplified, etc.
Encourage Audience Participation
Make sure your audience feels like they can engage with your content. Don’t make the PowerPoint feel like a lecture. Instead, encourage your audience to contribute and ask questions. Use ChatGPT to come up with questions you can ask your audience throughout the presentation.
Prepare and Practice a Script
A big part of making a more engaging PowerPoint presentation is finding the right balance between information spoken and information presented on the slides. One way to help you find that balance is to have AI create speaker notes for you. Our ChatGPT for PowerPoint add-in can generate these speaker notes from within PowerPoint itself.
Once you have your slides and notes together, take some time to practice. Remember that this isn’t a speech, so you don’t want to follow a word-for-word script. Practice using your speaker notes and your PowerPoint slides as tools to get your message across.
How to Choose the Right PowerPoint Template
One final thing to consider when creating an engaging presentation is the overall design template. If you don’t have a keen eye for design, then this will be crucial.
PowerPoint has several built-in templates, and some are decent. If you need more, however, our add-in has ready-to-use templates available for you as well.
The key here is to ensure the overall vibes match your subject matter. If you’re creating a retirement party slideshow for Jenn in human resources, for example, you might want something whimsical with a pop of color. If you’re presenting raw sales data to the CEO, however, you might want to stick with a template that limits distracting colors and keeps a simple organization.
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All that’s left now is to start that presentation. Be sure to check back for more tips on using AI and the latest features for our AI add-ins at Apps Do Wonders.