We've all heard of death by Powerpoint. Those tedious presentations where the speaker nervously reads everything off the slides which we have already scanned. It's no fun for them, and it's not much fun for us either. However, there are a number of tools that you can use to make presentations much more fun and interesting. 

Adobe Voice

This is a very simple app that you can use to create a small story video. It's great if you want to do an explainer video for example, or show and tell or to promote an idea. You simply record your voice, add in the image(s) that work with what you've said, save and move on. For a company that normally creates really complicated software, this is refreshingly simple and easy to use. 

If you prefer to watch the video on YouTube it's available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QESp1U8Ck0M 

You can find out more about the product at https://spark.adobe.com/about/video (irritatingly they changed the name after I'd produced the video!)

You can download it at

iOS https://itunes.apple.com/app/id852555131 

At the moment there isn't a version available for Android, but there are alternatives to the product at http://alternativeto.net/software/adobe-voice/ 

Animoto

This is another really simple tool that you can use to create professional quality videos. Simply choose the images that you want, (including video if you prefer) and Animoto will create a short 30 second video combining music, movement, visual effects and so on. 

If you want to watch this video at YouTube its at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilmv26zbCOA