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Thought you were too smart for notes? Think again. Psychology says we forget up to 70% of new information within just 24 hours if we don’t revisit it. And that’s in a calm, quiet environment; now add the pressure of a live audience, a ticking clock, and the occasional tech glitch, and your brain’s “perfect […]

TL;DR Recording audio on PowerPoint sounds easy until you actually try doing it across different devices. One moment you’re searching for the “Record” button, the next you’re stuck wondering why your microphone isn’t picking up anything, or why your narration cuts off midway. Whether you’re a teacher prepping lessons, a professional building a pitch, or […]

TL;DR PowerPoint has come a long way since the days of manually stacking shapes and lines to create timelines. After years of perfecting slide design the hard way, I’ve realized that built-in add-ins now make the process ridiculously faster, cleaner, and almost foolproof. Don’t spend years doing what I did. In this blog, I’m sharing […]

TL;DR: We’ll admit it- at SlideSpeak, we’ve gotten a little too comfortable. It’s been ages since any of us actually built a PowerPoint deck from scratch. Why bother when we’ve got AI plugins, templates, and tools that basically do it for us, right? Well… one of our team members called us out. Said we might […]

Let’s be honest, Think-cell has long been the sharpest tool in the slide-deck shed when it comes to turning Excel data into impressive charts. It’s the go-to plugin for consultants who don’t flinch at 100-slide decks and analysts who live inside PowerPoint. But even the most trusted tools can start to feel… well, a bit […]

Claude’s capabilities can be extended through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which allows developers to add custom tools and integrations directly to the AI assistant. With MCP, Claude can do much more than just chat, using the SlideSpeak MCP Claude can generate PowerPoint presentations, analyze spreadsheets, interact with APIs, and perform countless other specialized tasks […]

We already know that AI-powered tools to generate presentations exist, and we also know that static slides in your presentations do nothing for audience engagement. As generative AI becomes more talented, a new capability is emerging: animating presentations with AI. Is using AI tools to animate presentations really worth the learning curve, or should we […]

Manus has just launched Manus Slides, a new AI tool that helps you create slide presentations quickly and easily. This feature is part of Manus, an AI startup based in China. Manus has raised over $75m USD in it’s last round at a 500m evaluation. Many hype it as a super competitive AI agent able […]

Whether you’re generating weekly reports, client presentations, or project summaries, the process of manually transforming this data into presentation slides is both tedious and time consuming. What if you could automate this entire workflow and have professional presentations created automatically every time your data updates? Make.com is a powerful visual automation platform that allows you […]

Turning a dense research paper into a clear and engaging PowerPoint presentation can be time-consuming and overwhelming. But thanks to recent advancements in artificial intelligence, it’s now easier than ever. If you’ve been wondering how to convert a research paper to PowerPoint with AI, this guide will walk you through the smartest tools and tips […]