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December 21, 2012

Present.me – Put Yourself Up Front

When it comes to explaining complex concepts and ideas, slides and graphs rarely tell the whole story. To get clients and coworkers fully on board, you usually need to make your case in person. Present.me is a tool that people can use to record and share video presentations with people located remotely, anywhere in the world.

Present.me gives you a way to give compelling presentations without being physically present in the same room as the people you’re speaking to. The presentations you can give through the Present.me look and feel exactly like the presentations you’d be giving in person, complete with slides, graphs, and face-to-face interaction. Unlike video chatting applications like Skype and GoToMeeting, however, Present.me doesn’t require multiple meeting participants to be online at the same time. As the presenter, you simply upload your slides, record a video of yourself explaining each slide, and share you entire presentation with anyone you like. The video your record will appear directly alongside the slides you’re presenting, and you can make minor edits to your video by using the editing tools available within the Present.me app. Click “Publish” when your completed presentation is ready to go, and Present.me will share a custom link with any recipients you choose.

Present.me is just as useful for educators and HR representatives as it is for salespeople and freelancers. Business owners with remote workforces can use the app to update their employees on company changes without requiring that everyone be online at the same time, while busy salespeople can rely on the tool when pitching new prospects and presenting completed projects to longtime clients.

Practical Uses:

  • Create a training presentation for new employees
  • Explain the advertising campaign your team developed
  • Offer insight into why you made certain decisions on an important project
  • Watch your coworker’s presentation while sitting on the beach in Mexico

Insider Tips:

  • Trim video recordings with Present.me’s editing tools
  • Upload Powerpoint, PDF, Excel, Word, Google Docs or Open Office files
  • Presentations can be shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter
  • Users with paid plans can keep their presentations private

What we liked:

  • People can view presentations on their own time schedules
  • People can add video and audio to their slides
  • Presenters can trim their videos to eliminate any mistakes made during their presentations
  • Present.me offers analytics tools that show who watched a presentation and how long they watched it for

What we didn’t like:

  • Users with free plans can only have one private presentation

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Company Info:

  • Launched: March 2012
  • Privately Held
  • Headquarters: London, England
  • Founded by: Spencer Lambert and Richard Garnett
  • Web site: http://present.me

Costs:

  • Free plan
  • Plus plan is $9/month or $97/year
  • Pro plan is $39/month or $420/year
  • Team plan is $49/month or $529/year

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