A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Presentation With Visme

A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Presentation With Visme
Nayomi Chibana

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Nayomi Chibana

Jan 15, 2024
A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Presentation With Visme

Whether you’re looking to publish a stand-alone slide deck to share online or preparing for a live presentation, using powerful visuals to reinforce your message is a must.

Nowadays, the power to create stunning visuals is no longer an ability limited to professional graphic designers and visual artists.

Like many other things in this Internet age, the ability to communicate visually has been democratized so that you, too, can get your message heard, no matter your professional background.

This is where Visme comes into the picture—an all-in-one tool for creating engaging visual content.

Visme can help you create professional-looking presentations in a few minutes. They'll look like they took several days to create.

In this short, step-by-step tutorial, we show you how to create a presentation using Visme, which can be published online or used as support for a live presentation.

Looking for a shortcut or running out of time? Try the Visme AI Presentation Maker. In the presentation template library, choose the Generate with AI option. Type in a prompt that describes what you’re looking for. The Visme chatbot will ask follow up questions and suggest a style; choose one and wait for AI to create the design. Open it in your Visme editor and give it the final touches.

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Quick Read

  • Brainstorming is the first crucial step in crafting a presentation that can make all the difference between a dismal and a dazzling presentation.
  • Define your story and create an outline that creates a flow for your presentation; the rest of the design will depend on it.
  • Choosing the right template from Visme's presentation library is another deciding factor. Select a template that matches your theme, content, purpose and target audience.
  • Use legible fonts, complementary color schemes, appropriate design elements and data visualizations to make your presentation more engaging and visually appealing.
  • Add interactivity to your presentation with Visme's interactive tools like hotspots, polls, animations and links.
  • Take advantage of the AI Presentation Maker to craft professionally designed presentation slides that you can easily customize with your brand assets.
  • Sign-up for Visme's powerful online presentation software and design a presentation without the hassle of software installation or learning to use complicated tools.

 

1. Brainstorm

How to create a presentation - Brainstorm ideas using Visme whiteboard

One of the most common mistakes beginners make in crafting a presentation is diving straight into slide creation before having a clear idea of the presentation’s main message. This is a big no-no, according to presentation pro Aaron Weyenberg, TED’s in-house slide master.

We know it’s second nature to open an application and start adding text, but the best way to brainstorm is to actually write down your ideas using pen and paper. This will not only get your creative juices flowing but will also ensure that you don’t simply go with the first idea that comes to your mind.

Brainstorming can significantly improve the quality and effectiveness of your presentation. By generating and organizing ideas, brainstorming can help you create a clear, concise and engaging presentation that resonates with your audience.

Using a whiteboard is the best way to make the most out of your brainstorming sessions. Visme has introduced a powerful online whiteboard tool to make your brainstorming sessions more effective.

Visme’s whiteboard allows you to add text, images, charts and more. It’s easy to use, with a drag-and-drop interface that lets you move elements around freely. The boards are also shareable, so anyone in your organization can access them.

Here are some ways you can use our Whiteboard tool to brainstorm on creating your presentation:

  • Brainstorm ideas for each topic, and write down any new thoughts.
  • Create an outline of all the points you want to cover.
  • Plan the order to present your points and how much time you have for each section.
  • Gather data from previous presentations or reports and any relevant research studies.
  • Identify gaps or holes in your presentation and fill them with relevant content.
  • Assemble all your written content in a single document, then use the Whiteboard tool to organize and rearrange it.

Here is an article about 100+ creative presentation ideas that you can read while brainstorming and include some of them in your own.

Pro Tip: An effective presentation starts with a thought-out map of where you want to take your audience.

2. Define Your Story

How to create a presentation - Define your story

The next step is to clearly define your main message and the storyline that will carry it through to the end. To do this, ask yourself the following questions:

  • Who is the intended audience?
  • What message do I want to communicate to them?
  • What is the purpose of this presentation? What do I want the audience to do in the end?

Once you have a clear picture of who your audience is and the result you’re aiming for, you can weave a story that catches the audience’s attention, takes them by the hand and leads them to a specific end destination.

The most challenging part will be keeping their attention so that they don’t trail off into some other undesired location, like checking their inbox or thinking about what they have to do after your presentation.

To do this, you must add some elements of surprise and suspense along the way. For example, you could add a slide with just one word or a stunning image to catch viewers off guard and keep them on their toes.

Also, you must make sure that each element you add to your presentation—whether it’s text, an image, a color, an icon—reinforces your main message; if it adds nothing or, even worse, detracts from it, then it has to go.

Pro Tip: Storytelling is what separates good presentations from bad ones.

 

3. Create an Outline

How to create a presentation - Create an outline

Next, you should create an outline of your message’s main points and supporting ideas. You can make it as detailed as you want—even including the main message of each slide and references to visuals and highlighted quotes—depending on what you already have in mind to create.

Use the Visme AI Writer to help you write a detailed outline separated into slides. Just write the prompt explaining what you need, the topics you plan to talk about and a note about how you plan to include visuals and charts.

The AI will craft an outline detailing every slide. Finalize it as you see fit and continue with the rest of the steps.

Once you have a bare-bones presentation outline, ensure it accomplishes all of the goals defined in the previous step.

Pro Tip: The more slides you have in your presentation, the better. This means you have used more visuals and fewer words.

 

4. Create a Project

How to create a presentation - Create a Project in Visme

If you don’t already have a Visme account, you can create one by simply going to www.visme.co and entering your name, email and password.

Once you are logged in, click on the “Create New” button and hover over the “Project” option and choose “Presentations” to browse through Visme’s presentation templates library. Alternatively, you can choose a blank template if you want to design your presentation from scratch.

Pro Tip: Once you have entered the Visme editor, type the “/” symbol to access almost every feature in Visme. From adding text blocks and design elements to special effects and data visualization, you’ll get everything with just a keyboard shortcut.

 

5. Select the Right Template

How to create a presentation - Select the right template

Depending on the message you want to send, you can either choose a template from the available options or decide to create one from scratch—it's up to you.

Visme features 500+ presentation templates divided into 20+ content categories: creative, interactive, business, marketing, pitch deck and more.

So, even if you don’t have any prior experience in presentation design, you’ll likely find a suitable template to get started.

Visme’s presentation templates are professionally designed and save hours of work. We aren’t winging it. Hear it from one of our customers, Kendra Bradley, Graphic Content Developer at WOW!

“PowerPoint templates are plain and boring, and we want to create more fun and engaging content. Visme has multiple slide templates to choose from, which makes this so much easier.”

“I just made a deck recently and it took me about 15-20 minutes. I found a template I really liked and tweaked it and put it in our brand colors. In PowerPoint, it would take anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half.”

Enroll in our free presentation design certification course, learn at your pace and become a certified presentation guru. Upon completion of the course, you’ll get a certificate to include in your resume or share on LinkedIn. Making a presentation and designing it will then become easier and faster than before.

If you want to move further with your favorite presentation template in Visme, watch the video below or read this comprehensive guide on how to make an effective presentation.

At this point in the Visme tutorial, you can also choose to use the Visme AI Presentation Maker to generate a set of slides based on your prompt. Then you can continue with the customization steps.

Continue reading to learn more about creating a presentation from scratch in Visme.

 

6 Choose a Color Scheme

How to create a presentation - Choose a color scheme

Next, you can pick a background color using the integrated color dropper tool in Visme’s editor. The background color of your presentation slide is one of the critical elements. It will help convey your message, create a visual hierarchy and guide audience attention.

Though there are many color palette generators available online, Visme’s color dropper tool comes with everything you need, from extracting colors from a photo to typing color HEX codes.

And the best part is, you don’t need to go anywhere else to decide on the color palette.

As covered in our article on color psychology, the color combinations you choose for your presentation convey a message all on their own and trigger different emotions depending on the hue.

For example, the color scheme of the template below gives a creative tone to the presentation and is best if you are looking to focus on creativity.

Customize this template and make it your own! Edit and Download

On the other hand, this template below gives an entirely different feel and lets you start your presentation on a serious note.

Customize this template and make it your own! Edit and Download

So, choose your colors carefully to ensure they align with your main message and engage your audience. If you are creating a presentation on behalf of your company, you can use your brand colors strategically in your slides for consistent branding.

If you still want to know more about the importance of colors for your presentation, read our guide about how colors affect human perception of reality. And here are 50 presentation background templates that you can use or take inspiration from.

Pro Tip: Less is more. Be sure to stick to two, max four, colors.

 

7. Develop a Theme

Now that you have an idea of the colors you want to use to reinforce your message, you can now choose a unifying theme for your presentation, which should provide unity and consistency.

Just take a look at how this presentation achieves a sense of cohesiveness by using similar elements throughout, such as high-quality images and two-toned color combinations.

Customize this template and make it your own! Edit and Download

The use of high-res images in combination with complementary colors such as yellow and black give this presentation a clean, professional look. The use of black and white allows the viewer to focus on the information without being distracted by color or other visual elements.

In Visme’s templates library, you’ll find a section called “Themes.” These templates are created based on a few themes so that you can find the template you are looking for.

Pro Tip: Create consistency but remember not to make it too repetitive. Vary a few things throughout to surprise your audience.

 

8. Find the Right Images

 

How to create a presentation - Choose the right images

The best presentations use visuals wisely as the images you choose will greatly influence the overall look and feel of your presentation.

They can mean the difference between a forgettable presentation and one that will stick in your viewers' minds for months to come.

With Visme, you get access to 1 million+ high-quality royalty-free images. Browse and search across any keyword to find the image of your choice. You can, furthermore, edit your images using the Visme photo editor to ensure they match the content of your presentation.

To help you find the perfect images for all your design needs, Visme has recently launched a free AI image generator tool. From 3D icons and illustrations to real-life images, just create a prompt, and the tool will give you exactly what you are looking for.

And the best part is that every graphic you generate will be automatically saved in your “My Files” folder in Visme.

Are you using images that need a bit more editing than what the integrated editing controls can do? Use the AI Editing Tools to remove backgrounds, erase or replace objects and upscale or unblur photos.

Pro Tip: An image is worth a thousand words, so choose them wisely.

 

9. Choose Legible Fonts

How to create a presentation - Choose legible fonts

Another design element that communicates all on its own is your choice of typefaces. Like with your choice of color combinations, make sure to keep it simple and stick to a maximum of three different fonts: one for your title, another for your subheaders and a third one for your body text.

Here are the 20 best fonts for presentations in 2023 that you can choose from. All of these fonts are present in Visme’s font library so you won’t have difficulty finding them.

A good rule of thumb is to use a title font that reflects the character of your brand while sticking to more simple and easy-to-read typefaces for your subheaders and body text.

If you are creating the presentation for business purposes, it’s better to use your brand fonts to add content to your slides and make the presentations reflect your brand voice.

Visme makes it easy for you to create and save your branding assets using the brand design tool. If you already have your brand's fonts, colors and logo, then you can copy and paste your website URL and Visme’s brand wizard will automatically extract them.

If you don’t have your branding elements ready, you can select fonts, colors, logos and company links in Visme’s branding kit and save them to use in the future.

Read this comprehensive guide to setting up your branding kit in Visme to learn more.

Pro Tip: An easy way to create a unified look is to use different weights and styles within the same font family.

 

10 Insert Text

How to create a presentation - Insert Text

If you first wrote out a detailed, slide-by-slide script for your presentation in step number 3, then this part shouldn’t entail much effort.

If, on the other hand, you only have section and subsection titles, then this is where you should think about the actual wording of each slide’s content.

Visme’s drag-and-drop editor makes it super easy to add text to your slides. You can select a text block from the left panel and type your presentation content using your keyboard.

Or, you can choose from the professionally created font pairs in Visme. These font pairs complement each other and are perfect for conveying the type of message they are meant to convey.

In addition to adding text to your presentations, it’s also essential to take notes on what you’re going to say. This will help you stay organized and ensure that your presentation is concise and to the point.

Use the presenter notes feature in Visme to create bullet points or paragraphs of text that are visible to you only. It's like having your own teleprompter. So, the next time you forget your point while giving a presentation, you have the notes to get back on track.

Pro Tip: Don’t forget to go back over your slides to check for spelling, punctuation and grammar errors.

 

11. Use Icons, Illustrations, 3D Graphics and More

How to create a presentation - Icons, Illustrations, 3D Graphics

Additional design elements such as icons, illustrations and other graphics help you communicate more effectively than just text. They can also help make your design more memorable, which is important when you’re trying to create a strong relationship with your audience.

For example, if you are designing a marketing presentation for a new product, you can use icons to communicate the benefits of your product.

As indicated in our previous tutorial on how to create infographics with Visme, it’s also important to choose one style of icon for your presentation.

For example, if you choose an outline style, then stick with the same type throughout your presentation to ensure consistency and professionalism.

And, to help you find the right graphics, Visme comes with 10,000+ vector icons, illustrations, 3D animated graphics, lines, shapes and more.

Pro Tip: Modify the icons' colors to fit your scheme, as seen above.

 

12. Add Data Visualizations

How to create a presentation - Add data visualizations, charts and graphs

According to a study conducted by MIT, 90% of the information transmitted to our brain is visual. So, if you have some data points that you need to include in your presentation, make sure that your audience understands them quickly by using visual aids.

This is the part where you can resort to simple and effective data visualizations to support your main points. You don’t want your audience to get lost in the mire of numbers and graphs, so make sure that you use visual cues to help them follow along.

For example, if you want to illustrate how a certain metric has changed over time, then plot both values on a line graph with markers for each year.

For smaller data sets, you can choose from 30+ data widgets in Visme that help you create stunning data visualizations in just a few clicks.

If you have larger data sets to explain, choose from 20+ types of graphs and charts with various options like color filters, hover effects and more.

Here’s an example of a pie chart template from Visme’s library that you can use in your presentation.

Creative Pie Chart
Customize this template and make it your own! Edit and Download

Watch the video below to learn more about creating charts and graphs using Visme.

So, now you don’t have to worry about the data visualization part anymore. But what about capturing the data? If you use Visme to create all your marketing collaterals and other documents, you don’t have to worry about that as well.

Visme’s analytics feature allows you to track the traffic for any projects you have created in Visme. This will help you gauge the effectiveness of your design projects. You’ll be able to capture views, unique visits, activities, completion and more information such as date and time of view, visitor IP, location and more.

So, if you need any information from your past presentations or any other design you shared online, Visme Analytics has you covered.

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13. Make Your Presentation Interactive

Keeping your audience engaged while giving presentations is one of the most difficult tasks for a presenter. Studies show that if a presenter is unable to let the audience participate, then audience engagement drops by 14%.

This means you’ll have to come up with ways to make your presentation interactive. Visme gives you a wide range of interactivity options to engage your audience:

  • Create a poll in Visme with a question and 2 or 3 possible answers. Then, share the link to your presentation with your audience and invite them to participate in the poll.
  • Include hotspots in your presentation, which allow the viewers to click on a specific part of the slide and see more data or information.
  • Animate your presentation with transitions, animations and video clips. You can add animation effects to almost any part of the presentation you want.
  • Use clickable links in your presentation to direct the viewers to another webpage or video.
  • Add a slideshow to your presentation by adding images, video clips and text slides in any order you want.

Here's a video that you can watch to learn more about crafting interactive presentations with Visme.

 

14. Revise and Improve the Narrative and Flow

Now that you’ve finished adding all the visual and textual elements to your presentation, you can go back over your slides to ensure that they flow smoothly from one section to the next.

Also, make sure that you have incorporated some visual cues between sections to let your audience know that you’re moving on to a new concept. As with any story, you should break the monotony with some type of variation, adding rhythm and texture to your presentation.

For example, you could use an inverted color scheme for every transitional slide or an eye-catching design element.

Creating a presentation often requires input from people across the organization. The finance team might add some revenue and expense figures, and the marketing team might want to show your increased customer base and more.

With Visme’s collaboration features, you and your team can work together on a project to improve it. You can invite them via email or a shareable link generated from the Visme app.

After accessing the document, every collaborator can pin, circle, annotate, highlight, add comments and more. The live editing feature enables collaborators to make changes to your presentations, which will appear live.

Furthermore, with workflows, you can assign projects and tasks to specific team members and keep track of what’s finished and what still needs work.

Visme’s collaborative capabilities are helping thousands of teams around the world work together with ease while having every design tool they need. Here is a video that proves why teams love using Visme.

 

15. Download, Share, Publish and Present

How to create a presentation - Download, share and publish in Visme

With Visme, you get complete freedom of choice on how you want to use your presentation. Once you’re satisfied with your presentation, you can share a link to your slide deck, embed it into your site, upload it to SlideShare or download it as a PNG, JPG, PDF, MP4 and GIF file.

If you’re designing the presentation for learning management systems, you can download the presentation as SCORM or xAPI. This allows you to preserve all the interactivity and multimedia and track the completion of learning materials in your LMS.

And it doesn’t end here. With Visme’s Presentation Studio, you can record yourself presenting your presentations and send them to your viewers. This allows you to present asynchronously and take the pressure off.

This feature is extremely useful for creating webinars, holding prerecorded meetings, explaining learning materials and more.

If you are a beginner, giving a presentation might be more difficult than creating one. Studies have revealed that 90% of anxiety presenters feel before giving a presentation is due to a lack of preparation.

Below is a video with 11 simple tips for giving an excellent presentation to make sure that the delivery is as effective as the design of the presentation.

Pro Tip: Generate leads by activating the “Requires Registration” feature in the “Advanced Settings” tab.

 

Giving a Memorable Presentation

You can have the most amazing presentation in the world on paper, but without proper delivery, it can turn into a complete flop.

So, now that you have all the knowledge on how to make a presentation, it’s time to discuss how you can deliver that presentation in a powerful way. In this section, we’ll cover the best tips for better presentation delivery and impact.

1. Rehearse your presentation.

Practice, practice and practice again. That’s the way to presentation perfection.

That’s right. no matter how crazy you might sound to the downstairs neighbors practicing your speech out loud alone in your apartment, you need to do it.

Why? Because when you can actually hear yourself present your ideas out loud, you may realize that you’re missing key points of information.

While you’re at it, practice out loud. Go in front of a mirror and strike some power poses.

Body language is everything when it comes to presenting your presentation in a powerful way. It can make or break your entire speech. So, use open-handed gestures, smile often and loosen up a bit to come across as a confident presenter.

If you’ve been allotted a certain amount of time for your presentation, then you need to practice while using a timer.

By practicing out loud with a timer, you’ll be able to adjust and readjust the information on your slides to make sure you get all your important information across to your audience.

Another way you can boost your confidence and kick stage fright before the big day of your presentation is to do a practice run of your presentation in front of others.

This will not only help you get used to public speaking, but it also gives them a chance to give you honest feedback on your presentation and let you know if there was anything that could use improvement.

 

2. Memorize your presentation.

Memorizing your speech for your presentation is no easy task. But the more you can remember while you’re up on stage and the fewer “umm’s” and “uh’s” you say, the better.

We rounded up the best ways to memorize a presentation that will significantly help you with your presentation delivery, but we’ll share a few with you here as well.

  • Build a memory palace: Just like the Greeks and Romans used to do, associating concepts and ideas with specific locations can help you remember them more easily.
Smartphone Features Memory Palace
Customize this template and make it your own! Edit and Download

Apply the memorization techniques above while you’re rehearsing your presentation, but make sure you also understand each and every word.

 

3. Start strong to hook your audience.

When it comes to giving presentations, first impressions are extremely important.

The way you start can set the stage for the rest of your talk—you can either have the audience sit up in their seats and give you their full attention, or have them ready to doze off.

There are several proven techniques you can use to start your presentation in a powerful way, such as:

  • Tell a personal story
  • Make a provocative statement
  • Share a shocking fact or statistic
  • Ask a question
  • Start with a prop
  • Show a video or meaningful visual

If you want to learn more about these presentation hooks and more in detail, read our guide to starting a presentation with examples from famous TED talks.

If you prefer watching a video instead, we’ve got you covered.

 

4. Observe your audience’s behavior.

Remember, a presentation—or any talk for that matter—is not a one-way conversation. Effective communication involves constant feedback from the listener and requires the speaker to react to that feedback appropriately.

So, how does this apply to presentation delivery?

When you’re up on the stage giving your presentation, make sure you constantly observe your audience and their reactions—this includes their facial expressions, body language and even questions.

You might sense your audience is getting bored, for example, if you see a few people fidgeting in their seats, yawning or looking at their phones.

This is your cue to switch things up a bit. For example, you can:

  • Ask a question
  • Change the subject
  • Make them laugh with a joke or humorous statement
  • Get people to stand up or do an activity
  • Take a break if you have enough time
  • Invite questions from the audience

Similarly, if you see your audience engaged with what you’re saying, continue with your enthusiasm and try to keep them hooked till the end.

 

5. Be authentic and vulnerable.

When giving a presentation, the worst thing you can do is try to be someone else and come across as pretentious and unoriginal.

In this TED talk, Brene Brown starts by revealing that she felt so vulnerable and embarrassed after one of her talks that she didn’t leave her house for three days.

Successful presenters are authentic, even if they are not perfect. They are relatable, grounded and vulnerable. Instead of hiding their failures, imperfections and insecurities, they share them with the audience and build an emotional connection.

When the audience finds you relatable, they are more inclined to listen to you and take you seriously.

 

6. Conclude your presentation on a high.

Just like it’s important to start your presentation with a powerful hook, likewise, you need to conclude your presentation in such a way that it impacts your audience and leaves them thinking about your take-home message for a long time after.

There are several ways to close your presentation with style:

  • End with a memorable quote
  • Drive your main points home
  • Close with a story
  • Use a strong call to action

Here’s an infographic summarizing the main points above and more.

how to end a presentation visme infographic

Read our guide to learn more about how to close a presentation in a powerful way.

 

7. Leave time for questions at the end.

Our last piece of advice for preparing for and presenting an effective presentation is to get your audience involved and allocate time for their comments and questions at the end of your presentation.

Everyone wants to be heard, and if you did your job correctly, you should have sparked some conversation starters from your audience by the end of your presentation.

Give them your time and attention at the end of your presentation to show them you care about your presentation and most importantly, them.

 

8. Prepare backup content.

No matter how well prepared you are, it’s always better to have a backup because not everything may go the same as you planned.

Despite whatever your intention is, as a presenter, you should always have a plan B, C and sometimes D for your presentation. Put together statements that will cover you if you find yourself upsetting the audience.

Problems may occur due to location changes, technical difficulties and many other factors; you must always be prepared. Your backup content can be anything that can change the game as needed.

For example, you can prepare some backup questions that you can ask according to the situation, some additional relatable examples or even a few slides with different design elements that you might need to meet the requirements of your audience.

 

Presentation Tips & Best Practices

Last but not least, here are some of the best presentation tips and practices that you can use as a final checklist when preparing for your presentation. This includes, but is not limited to:

 

Limit the amount of text on your slides

You don’t want to overwhelm your audience with too much information, it’s a great idea to try to keep your text to about 6-8 lines per slide. To check if your text is concise enough try to use K.I.S.S (keep it stupid simple). This will ensure that you effortlessly know how to create a good presentation slide regardless of the topic at hand.

 

Include practical examples

To keep your audience on track and prevent boredom, utilize real-life or practical examples that they can relate to in their everyday lives. This approach leaves a much stronger impact than simply informing them that the information exists.

Use presenter’s notes for additional information

Avoid cluttering slides with text; instead, add important information into presenter's notes to ensure clarity without sacrificing slide design.All of Visme’s presentations with a section to add presenter’s notes visible to only you in the designated area at the bottom without sacrificing beautiful slide design.

Here's a video showing how to use presentation notes in Visme

 

Consider your presentation’s mode of delivery

The delivery of your presentation is just as important as the details it contains. This will affect your presentation's design as well. For example, for standalone presentations, it’s a great idea to add more text into your slides. On the other hand, if you’re holding an in-person presentation, it might be a good idea to have less text on your slides.

 

Keep your slides on-brand

While designing your slides, always keep your brand identity in mind, especially if creating a crucial business presentation. It will distinguish you from competitors, prompt people to refer your products and services to others and connect people with your brand emotionally.

So, consider your brand colors, brand fonts, logo and other elements of your company’s visual identity. If you have not defined any of these elements, try choosing the design elements that match your brand personality and the theme of your presentation.

 

Presentation Creation FAQs

Do you still have pressing questions regarding presentation creation and Visme? These FAQs will clear your doubts.

Q. Is Visme Good for Presentations?

Yes, Visme is a great tool for making presentations. Here are the most important reasons why:

  • You can create presentations from scratch, with content blocks or with pre-designed templates.
  • There are millions of design elements available in the editor to help you craft professional-looking slides.
  • Develop complete presentations with the AI Presentation Maker.
  • Generate branded presentation templates with the AI Brand Wizard.
  • Use the whiteboard feature to brainstorm, plan and outline a presentation with your team.
  • Collaborate with colleagues using workflows and assign specific tasks to different people.
  • Share your presentation in several ways: as a live link in flipbook format, as a live link in slide format and as a PDF.

Q. Is Visme Really Free?

Yes, Visme really is free. The Basic Plan is the ideal choice to take Visme for a test drive. You don’t need a credit card to sign up. Upgrading is easy if you want access to premium features.

The best thing about Visme, apart from being free, is that it’s not just a presentation maker. Visme is an all-in-one content authoring tool where you can create infographics, documents, social media posts and much more. That’s not all. Visme has a whole suite of AI tools, like the AI Document Generator, to help you create content fast and easy. The document maker helps you craft many types of documents in less than two minutes. Once generated they only need minimal customization to be finalized.

Q. What Is the Difference Between PowerPoint and Visme?

There are several differences between PowerPoint and Visme. Here are the most important:

Visme has a drag-and-drop editor, while PowerPoint has a limited editor with simple functionality.

The Visme presentation library has hundreds of ready-to-use templates compared to the limited amount that PowerPoint offers.

Visme has robust interactive popup features, while PowerPoint does not. You can even present presentations as a flipbook, while PowerPoint cannot. There are over 10,000 icons and graphics, while PowerPoint has much fewer. The lead generation capabilities and performance analytics features are robust, while PowerPoint doesn’t have these features.

Visme offers an entire suite of AI tools, like the image generator and image editing tools, while PowerPoint does not. With Visme, you can design much more than just presentations, like infographics, social media posts, interactive documents, and much more.

Visme has over 30 types of data visualizations, while PowerPoint has only 15. There's also a cutting-edge collaboration feature that supports collaboration with teams of all sizes. The workflow feature lets team members assign each other tasks or projects and work together. PowerPoint doesn’t have these features.

We've created an in-depth article to compare Visme and PowerPoint.

Q. When Starting a Presentation, What Is the First Crucial Step to Take?

The crucial first step when starting a presentation is to know the audience you’ll be presenting to.

Having a clear grasp of the audience’s needs before even starting the presentation outline will help you craft slides and content that speak directly to the viewer.

Then, when presenting, start off with a comment that engages with them quickly, helping you keep their attention throughout the slides and speech.

 

Visme: The Ultimate Presentation Design Tool

A powerful and visually stunning presentation is crucial in today's business landscape. And Visme provides an excellent platform for achieving that goal. With its user-friendly interface and extensive design tools, even beginners can create professional-looking presentations in no time.

Here is what one of our customers has to say about Visme’s presentation software and Visme presentation templates:

“Visme is easy to use! I'm a beginner, and after only two hours, I'm already making professional-looking slides for our company's board meeting in three days.”

One of the most significant advantages of Visme is the ability to customize every aspect of your presentation. Visme allows you to create a unique and captivating visual experience from the background color to the font style.

Additionally, Visme offers a vast library of pre-made templates, graphics and icons to help you get started.

So, whether you want to create a research presentation or a pitch deck to secure funding, Visme has everything you need.

Sign-up for Visme’s free online presentation design tool and start your presentation design journey now!

 

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    About the Author

    Nayomi Chibana is a journalist and writer for Visme’s Visual Learning Center. Besides researching trends in visual communication and next-generation storytelling, she’s passionate about data-driven content.