Automated presentations that update themselves
A weekly class project status report, a research group's monthly update, a club budget summary. Point SlideMaker.app at a Google Sheet, a CSV or a public web page and the presentation rebuilds itself on the schedule you choose.
Free to use.
Four reports people rebuild by hand every time
Each one repeats the same copying and formatting every cycle. A scheduled presentation does that part for you.
Weekly class project status
Every week, a student group copies its task list into slides for the teacher, fixes the formatting, and redraws the progress chart.
A weekly status report connected to the group's Google Sheet rebuilds every Monday. Tasks, owners, statuses, and blockers all come from the sheet.
Research group monthly update
Before each monthly meeting, someone collects progress from every lab member and builds the same slides again.
Each member updates their row in a shared sheet. The monthly update deck builds itself on the 1st, ready for the meeting.
Club budget summary
The club treasurer copies the budget sheet into slides by hand for every committee meeting.
A monthly report reads the budget sheet and builds the summary. The treasurer reviews it and shares the link.
Personal tracking
You log study hours, reading or workouts in a sheet but never step back to look at the trend.
A weekly report from that sheet gives you a short summary every Monday, with what changed since last week.
How automated presentations work
Four short steps, set up once.
Connect a data source
Point to a Google Sheet tab, upload a CSV, or paste a public web page URL. Or skip the source and run from a prompt alone.
Choose a cadence
Daily, weekly, or monthly. Weekly suits status reports; monthly suits reviews and budgets. Pick the day, the time, and the timezone. Pause or resume later.
Pick a theme
Every run uses the same theme so the report stays visually consistent over time.
Done. It runs itself
A short email arrives when each new report is ready, with a direct link. Each run keeps the structure of the previous deck and updates the numbers.
Automated presentations vs. dashboards
Dashboards are for exploring live data. Presentations are for reading a summary. Different jobs.
- Live data, always up to date
- Viewers open and explore it
- Built for ongoing monitoring
- Snapshot at each cadence
- Opens from a link, or download as PowerPoint or PDF
- Built for class updates, group meetings, personal check-ins
The time math
Rebuilding by hand vs. a schedule, over a year (rough examples).
Report templates
Twelve report types. Each uses the same scheduled-presentation feature, set up for a different kind of report.
Common questions about automated presentations
What is an automated presentation?
An automated presentation is a slide deck that SlideMaker regenerates on a schedule (daily, weekly, or monthly) from your prompt and, if you connect one, a data source. Each run uses the latest data, so nobody has to rebuild the slides by hand. Common examples: a weekly class project status report, a research group monthly update, or a club budget summary.
How is this different from a dashboard?
A dashboard shows live data that people open and explore. An automated presentation is a snapshot built on a schedule: a deck with its own link that can also be downloaded as PDF or PowerPoint. It suits a weekly class update or a monthly group meeting where people just want to read the summary.
Which data sources work?
Google Sheets, CSV files, and public web pages with readable content. You can also run a schedule from a prompt alone. Connect once and every run reads the latest version of the source.
Can I use this for a weekly status report?
Yes. Connect a Google Sheet with your status fields (task, owner, status, blockers), pick the weekly cadence, choose a theme, and the status report rebuilds every week with the latest data. The same works for a reading log, a study plan, or any recurring update.
Can I use this for a monthly or quarterly review?
Yes. Point the schedule at your tracking sheet and pick the monthly cadence. For a quarterly or end-of-term review, use the deck from the last month of the period.
Can the report be paused or edited?
Yes. Every schedule can be paused, resumed, or deleted at any time. Decks from earlier runs stay in your account.
How much does it cost?
Free to use.
What happens if the data source goes offline?
That run may fail or produce a deck without the fresh data, but the next scheduled run still fires. Check that the sheet or page is still shared publicly.
Does it send an email when a new report is ready?
Yes. A short email lands in the schedule owner's inbox each time a new report is generated, with a direct link to view and edit.
Set up an automated presentation in two minutes
Free to use.
Set up an automated presentationAlso called: automated reports, scheduled presentations, recurring slides. Same feature.