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Learn Presenter in 7 Steps

A 23-minute course that shows you how to tell a compelling story through a presentation that will look great on any device.

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Quick Tour

Learn the basics of Presenter’s interface.

3 MIN

1 MIN

A screenshot of the Editor in iA Presenter.

Write Your Story

Write your script, add media, and structure your slides.

2 MIN

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Format Text

Format your script using Markdown.

2 MIN

1 MIN

A screenshot of Presenter's Editor with the Text Inspector panel open.

Design Your Slides

Cut content into slides, select layouts, and choose a theme.

2 MIN

A screenshot of Presenter's Editor with the Design panel open and the default Theme changed.

Practice and Present

Learn how to present online, or in person.

2 MIN

Share and Export

Share your presentation online, or export it.

2 MIN

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How To Videos

The full collection, in one place.

iA Presenter 101 - Quick tour

iA Presenter 101 - Writing your story

iA Presenter 101 - Design your slides

iA Presenter 101 - Practice and present

iA Presenter 101 - Share and aftercare

Presentation Tips

Curated articles on presentation style, form and technique.

Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish

Notes on a revolution in slow motion.

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Share Your Presentation in a Single Click

Sharing a presentation should be quick. But it's slow. Viewing a presentation should be easy. But it's hard. Until now.

How to Create, Structure, Design, Prepare and Hold a Great Presentation

Presenting is an ancient art, studied and refined over centuries, and captured in the Five Canons of Rhetoric.

Your speaking voice

Notes on how to cultivate your speaking voice, by Grenville Kleiser.

Finding confidence

Many of us experience a paralyzing dread of speaking in front of an audience, and will do just about anything to avoid it. But practice makes perfect.

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Behind the gesture

Should you use gestures while you’re presenting? What about facial expressions? Find out here.

Three human legs as a base for the cage and hands shaped as birds (L'Ultrameuble by Kurt Seligmann, Rijksmuseum)

A good image tells a good story

Choose visuals as carefully as words to quickly grab attention, explain complex ideas, and leave a lasting impact.

Che Guevarra Saying: Stop Imitating. Find Your Own Style.

Successful methods of public speaking

Selected extracts from Grenville Kleiser's Successful Methods of Public Speaking (1920).

Is Every Picture Worth 1,000 Words?

Critique of the pure stock image.

Finishing your speech

An extract from Clarence Stratton’s Public Speaking (1920) that explains why a strong conclusion is critical for your presentation.

Presentation Tips

How to tell your story without boring your audience to death.

Introducing iA Presenter, the story-based presentation app

iA Presenter’s text-based interface cuts creation time to a minimum. Find out how presenting can be fun again, like Karaoke.

How Can We Make Presentations Better?

You need two things: A good story, and a new type of presentation app.

Being Boring: What’s Wrong With PowerPoint?

Quite a lot, as it turns out. Could a better presentation tool change the culture of never-ending boredom?