This is what we think your PowerPoint slides should look like

Let's Unmute The Audience🎙️. Down with boring, one-way presentations 😡

Hi there!

In this newsletter:

• Learn: How to fix PowerPoint’s biggest problem

• Tips: 50 ways to become a better virtual presenter

• Easter Eggs: Magic Maps is hiding more than just a few surprises!

Fixing PowerPoint’s biggest problem

What’s the difference between most PowerPoint slides and the PowerPoint deck below?

The yellow slides are written by the audience.

The other slides are what the presenter has to say.

By inserting ‘listening’ slides into your presentation you can create more memorable events for your audience.

This is how we think all PowerPoint presentations should be created.

To learn how to create interactive PowerPoint slides with polls, word clouds, interactive maps, spinner wheels, and more, join our live workshops this week.

• Present on Zoom? Register here

• Present on Teams? Register here

We’ll explore how to turn static presentations into real-time, two-way conversations. Whether you’re leading a webinar, a client pitch, or an internal meeting, discover how to bring your audience into the story and keep them engaged from the very first slide.

We’ll promise a lot more reactions like this when you can see what PowerPoint can do!

💡 What You’ll Learn

​​🔹 How to make your slides interactive, without changing your workflow
🔹 Ways to involve your audience live, even with cameras off
🔹 Techniques to boost engagement inside your deck (not outside it)
🔹 How to turn passive viewers into active participants in real time

It’s happening on Tuesday and Thursday

🗓️4th November (Zoom) & 6th November (Teams)
⌚11am EST | 4pm GMT | 9:30pm IST
🌍 On Zoom & Teams (Yes, presentations on Teams can be fun!)

Can’t make it? Register now and we’ll send you the recording

50 tips to being a better virtual presenter

At the end of this month (November), we’re publishing a book on 50 tips to being a better virtual presenter.

We’ve had the who’s who of presenters, facilitators, educators, and live streamers submit their tips to help you become a better virtual presenter.

We’ve still got a few spaces left, so if you’ve got a tip that you’ve learned from all your virtual presenting experience, we’d love to include it in the book!

All submissions come with your name and mention of your company and/or LinkedIn profile.

The deadline is November 14th.

What happens when people type Wakanda or Hogwarts into Magic Maps?

StreamAlive’s Magic Maps feature is our most popular interaction. We can’t imagine starting a webinar or live stream without it.

Very early on we noticed that some clever people were entering fictional locations when we asked “where are you joining from?”

Magic Maps uses an open source location library (which is why sometimes it doesn’t recognize the localized spelling or historical names of places) and fictional locations are definitely not encouraged!

So we built our own library of places that people might type in.

For example, any one typing in Atlantis, or Hogwarts, or Wakanda, are rewarded with little (software) easter eggs on the map.

We have over 50 fictional locations with these little easter eggs. How many have you spotted so far?

Suggest a new fictional location

If you’ve got an idea for a fictional location and Magic Maps didn’t locate it for you, please let us know and we’ll add it in (with credit, of course!).

(just hit reply on this email, or use the live chat on our website)

​Catch us on our social pages

If you haven’t already, check out our social media pages to stay updated on our quirky takes on the latest social media trends and the occasional piece of engagement-related advice.

All the best,

Peter and the StreamAlive team
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