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Zoho today launched Zoho ShowTime, a web and mobile app focused completely on making better presenters out of speakers. Presenters now can engage with their audience, drive self-improvement through feedback, and showcase their work on a secure cloud platform. With Zoho ShowTime running on their computers or mobile devices, audiences can view and participate in presentations as they interact with presenters. Presenters, meanwhile, can view participant engagement, activity, and appreciation—at the slide level—so they can improve their presentations like never before."Presentation software for decades has focused exclusively on creating pretty presentations," said Vijay Sundaram, chief strategy officer of Zoho. "The focus has been on graphics and special effects rather than on tools that engage. Who needs yet another twist-and-turn animation?"That traditional approach misses the goal of most presenters, who don't just want to create presentations. They want to talk with their audiences—not at them. They want to understand the messages that worked and those that didn't, so they can improve their material and tactics over time. However, the disconnect between vendor offerings and presenter objectives leaves audiences in a slideshow stupor and presenters in the dark."Zoho ShowTime promotes engagement," added Sundaram. "During a presentation, attendees use Zoho ShowTime to ask questions, vote on slides, and even go back and revisit slides to cement their understanding. Presenters can step out from the confinement of the lecturn, roam the room, and connect with people. Later, they can examine audience activity, like ratings and questions, to assess what worked and what didn't."