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Aug 8 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Check these websites and tools to make your presentations a bit more interesting and interactive.

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1. @VismeApp: Create presentations, documents and interactive charts etc.

visme.co
2.@Mentimeter: Create quizzes, polls etc

mentimeter.com
3.@Pitch: They have many interesting templates.

pitch.com
4.@WPS_Office: It's an editing tool that allows you to organize and present text, images, audio, and even videos.

wps.com/office/present…
5. Slide Carnival: A lot of free PPT templates & Google Slides themes.

slidescarnival.com
6.@canva: I can't complete my list without Canva.

Here's a thread that goes perfect with my canva love!

7.Pexels for videos like this 👇🏻

pexels.com/search/videos/…
8.@blushdesignapp: Create easy and customized illustrations.

blush.design
9.Lunapic: To remove the background from any image.

www9.lunapic.com/editor/
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