> Total noob here when it comes to making good presentations. No software in the world will make your presentation interesting if you don't know how to make a

> Total noob here when it comes to making good presentations. No software in the world will make your presentation interesting if you don't know how to make a good presentation. A good place to start, IMHO, are the "Death by Powerpoint" guidelines [1]. As for the software itself: I use LibreOffice and that's fine - if it can generate presentations that would allow Steve Jobs to introduce the iPhone [2], it is good enough for me. I've also used Powerpoint and Keynote, and other than Keynote having slightly prettier defaults I couldn't give a strong reason for choosing one over the other. I would encourage you to be very careful with animations - you don't want your audience to lose focus because you took them on a Hollywood-like trip across the universe every three minutes (looking at you, Prezi). I think your slides should be there only to show content that you cannot explain with words alone - if I can read everything I need from your slides, then why are you here? Note: you would be surprised at the fierce oposition in big companies against slides that contain anything less than the content of the entire presentation. Always know your audience beforehand! [1] https://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint https://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnrJzXM7a6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnrJzXM7a6o