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As seen in some of my previous slides, AI has become a vital part of my business. From finding and creating visuals, to writing content, unearthing information, to testing work. Even creating my logo! So of course, AI is my on-staff presentation designer.
Most of the slide presentation apps - PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides - have some kind of design assistance built in. Then there are the design tools like Canva and Tome which offer customization and pre-built templates. To take it to (potentially) the next level, I tried Beautiful.ai (https://www.beautiful.ai/).
Beautiful.ai comes with a free trial period after which it's a reasonable $10/month for an unlimited subscription. For this you get full access to its' slide development platform that includes seemingly infinite templates, images, and pre-built presentations on commonly used topics.
The main AI functionality is DesignerBot. Enter a description of the kind of presentation you want to build and it not only creates a template but also a series of slides covering potential topics.
I didn't find this particularly helpful as the content is fairly generic and the look & fee arbitrary and needing redesign. That said, the more self-service tools are outstanding. Just start a new presentation by picking from a set of starting "themes", select the type of slide (e.g. Header page), and you're up and running.
After selecting a theme (fully customizable during slide development), all you have to do is enter your content and use the Beautiful.ai search tools for any stock images. Similarly you can select certain slide types like charts, graphs, bullets, images etc.
A worthwhile addition to this tool would be Hotpot.ai which can create icons to use as bullets and to illustrate key points.
I have now developed a 50+ slide set of modules on Business Development, Pitch prep, Onboarding New Clients, and Organic Growth. I've done the same with a training session on Shopper/Commerce Marketing, each incorporating my company viz ID along with some look & feel built exclusively in Beautiful.ai with, if I do say so myself, beautiful results
From there it's very easy to export your presentation to PPT or Google Slides (and vice versa). So, if you're not quite ready to hire that in-house designer, Beautiful.ai may be the $10/month answer.
