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Why is this a must have?
The key problem, I would think, is: what are some great ways to help the audience get engaged with your presentation? The particulars of motions or visual transitions are only one way to hope to achieve engagement -- and an approach with very limited success.
Are you familiar with the XY Problem? [1]
Latex with beamer. Is there a better solution out there?
It's 20 year old, therefore completely timeless advice.
I think people have been so desensitised by all the "beautiful" presentations that when you put on something contrasting that, people can't help to pay more attention.
Obviously doesn't work in all contexts, like if you represent a enterprise and doing a presentation for a client. But if you try it in internal presentations, I'm sure you'll be surprised by the good reactions to it.
% Habits
% John Doe
% March 22, 2005
# In the morning
## Getting up
- Turn off alarm - Get out of bed
## Breakfast
- Eat eggs - Drink coffee
# In the evening
## Dinner
- Eat spaghetti - Drink wine
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## Going to sleep
- Get in bed - Count sheep
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One nice bonus of using plain text for my slideshows is that if I need to translate them (I teach in different languages) it's as easy as putting it through google translate or some similar service, and you get your translated presentation at the other end.
A good presentation is not a matter of software. You can make outstanding presentation without embedded videos and fancy transitions. And you can make them on PowerPoint, Keynotes, Libreoffice, or translucent sheets. Focus on a clear storyline, and key messages of each slide, keep it simple, use some visuals instead of a wall of text, use bullet-points wisely... People spend months on a project and then 1-2 days on t…
The presentation is only for bullet points + embedded video (which will showcase the product + code) as well as highlighting specific parts of code where necessary. Micro transitions to keep them engaged.
Got some really good suggestions here. So will try them out and settle on one soon. Liked reveal-md/reveal.js so far as it fits my requirements quite well.