Audience & Student Engagement Blog

The Top 10 PowerPoint Alternatives for 2020

PowerPoint was first rolled out by Microsoft in 1987. Since then, they’ve added a raft of features with subsequent versions. It’s been the undisputed presentation king over the past three decades and rightly so - it was one of the first mainstream presentation tools. It revolutionized events, education and training, and everything in between. However, there’s now a plethora of new and exciting alternatives that enable even novice users to create highly visual, engaging and customized presentations.

Audience Participation Tips

Ryan Dornfeld, January 23, 2020

8 Critical Elements to Capture Data at Conferences Successfully

For as long we’ve used databases, sales and marketing folk have hacked together smart ways to get contact details collected offline, online....

Product Update Tech Tips

Mike Piddock, November 26, 2019

Increasing Engagement for Internal Events

Organising internal events can be a stressful ordeal. It's no wonder that event planning is often considered to be one of the most stressful jobs out there. Having a low turnout can be an event planner’s nightmare, after putting so much time and effort into organising it. So how do you get more bums on seats for your internal events? We’ll discuss some of the ways to attract a higher turnout.

Bradley Smith, October 22, 2019

Make Your Sessions Feel Like Your Own

With up to 25% of marketing budgets going towards events, you need to ensure you use a platform that is flexible, feels like your own and one that your audience is comfortable with.

Product Updates

Glisser, October 8, 2019

Meet Your Security Requirements

Enterprise-grade security has been at the heart of Glisser since its inception. We recognise with the steep rise in data breaches, companies consider data security as one of their most pressing features.

Product Updates

Glisser, October 8, 2019

Your Guide to Handling Difficult Questions During a Presentation

There is always going to be one question that drops a pit in your stomach. These difficult questions can make or break your presentation. Become a pro at answering these hard questions with the help of our guide!

Event Planning

Mark Simeon, August 7, 2019

Is this Microsoft's answer to Death by PowerPoint?

Everyone’s familiar with PowerPoint. Which means everyone is also familiar with “Death by PowerPoint”. The misuse of a great presentation tool has soured the brand name and sent everyone in search of PowerPoint alternative. Microsoft is now looking to combat that.

Audience Participation Tips

Mark Simeon, July 18, 2019

Great Icebreakers for your next event

With the increasing implementation of event tech at large scale events, as an event organiser, you’ll want to ensure the audience engages as much as possible with the speakers and content. After all, event tech is one of the best tools to prove the event ROI. For this to happen, it’s a fantastic idea to ensure the audience is comfortable using the event tech.

Audience Participation Tips

Mark Simeon, July 12, 2019

GDPR, Brexit and Events - Part 2 - International Data Transfer

In the second part of our GDPR, Brexit and Events duology, we dive into the impacts Brexit will have on the international transfer of data.

GDPR

Arvi Virdee, July 4, 2019

GDPR, Brexit and Events

In the confusion over Brexit and its impact, part one of our GDPR, Brexit and Events duology will help shed light on Brexit's impact on GDPR and the events industry.

GDPR CCPA

Arvi Virdee, June 27, 2019