Presentations
Presentation Software
Using NovaMind can make your presentation planning and preparation a breeze. But it doesn't stop there.
NovaMind Platinum also contains a powerful presentation module that leaves other presentation packages in the dust. I'ts like unplugging your presentation from the powerpoint and taking it in whatever direction suits your audience. Truly intuitive, totally flexible.
Let's look at a couple of examples to see which tools will suit you the best. That way, you can make the right decision.
Learning to use the NovaMind presenter can be a little uncomfortable at first, because it is SO different to the linear, slide-by-slide process of PowerPoint. But you soon get used to being in total control, and you quickly become an expert at giving your audience the interaction they need to really get involved. That's what makes a powerful presentation.
Know Your Criteria
Before you can choose presentation software, it's a good idea to have some sense of your personal criteria. What are your needs and what kind of interface are you looking for?
To clarify your needs, you could start to define your top criteria. For example, you might decide:
- Fast performance
- Ease of use
- Flexibility in making changes as you go
- Attention grabbing aspects like great visuals or crucial time-savers
- Communication capabilities like adding multimedia
Next, get a feel for the overall package by asking what matters to you:
- How often will you be using it?
- Does your operating system support it?
- What is your comfort level with computer programs?
- What price range are you in?
- Will it help you stand out from the crowd?
As you can see from a look at our testimonials pages - many people have discovered the advantages of NovaMind over PowerPoint - and they love it!
Most people use Microsoft PowerPoint when doing a presentation. NovaMind allows you to take a completely different approach and bring your audience right into the middle of your material. Let's look at their strengths and weaknesses.
PowerPoint really hasn't changed much in over 10 years in its core functionality. Sure there have been improvements - you can now insert multimedia, create custom timings and change the colours. But it's still a slide-by-slide, linear method that can put a lot of people to sleep.
Powerpoint forces you to do your preparation twice. You have to create your slides and then write your presentation, or prepare and then creates slides that summarise your key points. Either way it takes time and effort.
Then there's the inevitable handouts - giving away your material before you even start to speak. That means your audience can easily skip ahead of you, become bored and lose the impact of your presentation.
On the other hand, NovaMind presenter offers an asonishing amount of flexibility. The software actively assists you to intuitively build your entire presentation as a Mind Map. Your mind map becomes your visual display, which you reveal as your presentation progresses. Two birds, one stone - impressive!
NovaMind has been praised for its amazing visual flexibility, excellent graphics library, and strengths in organizing information. It gets rid of the strict, robotic sameness of Powerpoint and expands the possibilities out radially, like the spokes in a wheel or a spider's web. No longer restricted by the order of your slides, you are free to focus on one area for as long as your audience is interested, and then move on seamlessly.
NovaMind also contains a revolutionary technique for grabbing your audience's attention and keeping it. Personalised handouts: a copy of your mind map, without the text. This forces them to write notes according to their own interpretation, in their own words. Making them think about what you are saying, and put it into their own words is the best way to make your presentation a memorable one.
