The iPad is a great business-building tool for organizations who want to share PowerPoint or multi-media applications in the field. Until recently, the only caveat was you had to create or make updates to the presentations in another interface and not directly from the iPad. Flowboard is a free application that allows you to create presentations on the go right from your iPad.
With Flowboard you can create powerful interactive, multi-media publications simply and quickly, complete with images, text, videos, PDFs, links, & photo galleries. Once you’ve downloaded the app and created an account using your email address or through Facebook, you will see the suite’s full set of tools including templates for presentations, portfolios, product and service catalogs, stories and much more. You can view other completed Flowboard presentations to give you inspiration before you begin creating your own. If you don’t see a template that closely resembles your branding, you can create your own from scratch. Can’t finish a presentation in one sitting? Flowboard automatically saves your presentation locally as you create it. Once your presentation is finished, you can sync it with Facebook, Instagram, Box, Google Drive and DropBox. Share the Flowboard library URL and anyone can view it using Flowboard’s web player. Presentations can be embedded in websites or blogs and can even be exported to PDF for AirPrinting.
Flowboard is a free download from the iTunes store. Flowboard Premium increase the montly upload quota to 1Gb and allows larger file uploade, the ability to upload PDF files, and password protect your presentations for $4.99 a month or $39.99 per year.
Flowboard does have some limitations. There’s no animation available so the slides are static and you can’t create elements within the app, you can only import pre-existing images or add text, but if you are interested in creating presentations from your libraries on the go, Flowboard is a fun, powerful, and easy to use tool for any business owner.
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