Co-presenting slides remotely, without "next slide, please"

Two people, one deck, and only one of them can click. On a call, that turns into twenty minutes of "next slide, please". Here's how to give both of you the clicker.

Why handovers go wrong

When one person shares their screen, everyone else presents through them. The second speaker says "next", waits, says "next" again, and loses their rhythm. Swapping who shares is worse. You get a few seconds of black, then the wrong window, then a chat notification in the middle of the pitch.

Give your co-presenter the clicker

1. Upload the deck and send the link to your co-presenter and your audience.
2. Open People & permissions: the row of faces at the top of the room.
3. Find your co-presenter and switch on Change the slide for everyone, just for them.

That's it. Whoever has the permission presses → and the whole room moves. You can both flip slides, so the handover is just "over to you, Sam". No new screen share, no waiting.

Want the whole room to have it? Flip the same switch at the top of the panel instead, and it applies to everyone.

For remote pitches

Two founders pitching over a call is the classic case. Split the deck by section and let each person drive their own part. While one talks, the other can point at the number they'll come back to, with a cursor that carries their name.

A few things worth setting before the call:

• Turn drawing off for everyone else. Drawing is on by default, which is great for a workshop and less great for an investor meeting. Leave it on for the two of you.
• Leave download off (it is by default) unless you want people to keep the PDF.
• Use presentation mode. Press P for full screen, with or without other people's cursors.

Panels and conference talks

The same works with three or four speakers. Give each speaker the clicker, keep it off for the audience, and nobody has to coordinate who's sharing. If a speaker's laptop dies, anyone with the permission can pick up from their phone. Everything lives in the browser, so there's nothing to install.

More guides

• Present slides without sharing your screenWhy screen sharing blurs your deck, and how to send people the real slides instead.
• Let your audience follow along on their phoneFor hybrid rooms and talks: people follow the live slide on their own phone or laptop.
• Present a PDF online, liveTurn any PDF into a live, shared deck everyone can point at and draw on.
• Live slides for classes and workshopsStudents follow the lecture on their own screens, scroll back, and mark what confused them.
• Review a deck together, on the slideTeam reviews and design feedback: circle the exact number or pixel you mean.
• Ways to present slides remotely, comparedScreen sharing, Google Slides, PowerPoint Live, Pitch, Slido and SlideBySide side by side.