Presentation Workflow: Mind Maps to Google Slides

Mind Map

My presentation inspiration often begins as visual brainstorming captured in iThoughts — a favorite iOS mind mapping app.

Here’s a simple workflow for transforming these maps into Google Slides.

STEP 1

Ensure the iThoughts and Google Slides apps are installed on your iOS device. You may also want Google Drive.

Here are the app install links.

iThoughts (mindmap) on the App Store

Google Slides on the App Store

Google Drive - free online storage on the App Store

STEP 2

Create a mindmap in iThoughts … for help see the website.

Watch this video for an iThoughts overview.

iThought v2 — Youtube

STEP 3

Use the iThoughts sharing capability to export the mind map into Google Slides as a PowerPoint (.pptx) presentation.

• Tap the export icon (NOTE: you may need to scroll through the action icons to access the export option)
• Select Open in Another App
• Select MS Powerpoint (.pptx) format
• Tap Import with Slides button

Export iThoughts to Powerpoint — Import into Google Slides

STEP 4

In the Google Slides app, locate and open the newly created PowerPoint (.pptx) presentation.

Next…

• Tap the dots icon in the top right
• Tap the question mark icon next to Office Compatibility Mode.
• Tap the Save as Google Slides button to convert the PowerPoint presentation to the Google Slides format.

STEP 5

Use the Google Slides app or the Google Slides web interface to edit, format, share & present the slides.

Google Slides

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