How can I embed a whiteboard in my presentation?

Illustration of a person working with sticky notes

My two cents

Some specialised tools like presentations built with Canva or Miro can easily switch from a presentation mode to a whiteboard mode.

A screenshot of the Canva app where you can expand a slide into a whiteboard

Classical tools like Google Slides, Keynote or Powerpoint don't allow you to embed a whiteboard (directly from Miro, for example). But instead, you can make a screenshot of your zoomed-out whiteboard, add it to your presentation and add a link to the image. So when you arrive at that slide:

  • You can easily click on the whiteboard screenshot to access the whiteboard

  • And if the details have changed in the whiteboard, it's not an issue as your screenshot shows the overview, and each sticky note isn't readable as it's too zoomed out.

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