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How to Record Audio on PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide
PowerPoint

How to Record Audio on PowerPoint: A Step-by-Step Guide

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 […]
Kevin Goedecke
Kevin GoedeckeAug 21, 2025
Which PowerPoint Timeline Plugin Fits Your Workflow Best?
PowerPoint

Which PowerPoint Timeline Plugin Fits Your Workflow Best?

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 […]
Kevin Goedecke
Kevin GoedeckeAug 21, 2025
Beyond Charts: Top Think-cell Alternatives with AI
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Beyond Charts: Top Think-cell Alternatives with AI

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 […]
Kevin Goedecke
Kevin GoedeckeJul 21, 2025
Create AI Presentations in Claude using MCP
Artificial Intelligence

Create AI Presentations in Claude using MCP

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 […]
Mike van Egmond
Mike van EgmondJul 21, 2025
Best Tools to Animate Presentations with AI
Artificial Intelligence

Best Tools to Animate Presentations with AI

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 […]
Kevin Goedecke
Kevin GoedeckeJul 3, 2025
Top 5 Alternatives to Manus Slides
Artificial Intelligence

Top 5 Alternatives to Manus Slides

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 […]
Kevin Goedecke
Kevin GoedeckeJun 20, 2025
Automate presentations with Make.com
Artificial Intelligence

Automate presentations with Make.com

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 […]
Mike van Egmond
Mike van EgmondJun 17, 2025
Generate PowerPoint with AI from any Word document
Artificial Intelligence

Generate PowerPoint with AI from any Word document

TLDR: Go here to start using SlideSpeak directly to turn your Word document into a presentation with AI. SlideSpeak lets you generate PowerPoint presentations from any Word document. It uses the latest AI technology to analyze the content of your document and design professional slides for you. In this post, we’ll walk through how to […]
Kevin Goedecke
Kevin GoedeckeJun 17, 2025
10 AI Tools for Teachers to Save Time & Boost Productivity
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10 AI Tools for Teachers to Save Time & Boost Productivity

In today’s classrooms, teachers juggle more roles than ever… part educator, part admin, part content creator, and sometimes even part tech support. From lesson planning and grading to communication and educational content creation, the to-do list never seems to shrink. Enter artificial intelligence (AI): not as a replacement for teachers, but as a set of […]
Kevin Goedecke
Kevin GoedeckeJun 3, 2025
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