Ideas for your next PowerPoint Night

Is there anything nerdier than getting together with your friends on a Friday night and sharing 10 minute presentations on different topics? Probably not!

But when people didn't have a lot of socialization options during COVID, PowerPoint Nights really took off, and surprisingly, they haven't gone away. So here are some of our favorite PowerPoint night ideas, grouped by theme, for your next PowerPoint night.

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What is a PowerPoint Night?

PowerPoint Nights, also called PowerPoint Parties, are a social media trend that gained popularity in 2020 - 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic's lockdowns and calls for social distancing. In short, they involve a group of friends creating presentations and presenting them to each other over video call. Generally, a PowerPoint Night works best when you pick funny topics that will get the participants to interact with the presentation.

PowerPoint Parties originally became popular because they are a great remote social activity, but they can also be great in person as a group activity.

Do you have to use PowerPoint?

While “PowerPoint Night” is the popular term used for this trend, any presentation tool will do. Beyond PowerPoint or Google Slides, you could also use a Word document with lots of pictures, or tools like Coda or Notion, too. Whatever is easiest for you to share your ideas!

Can I use AI to generate my presentation?

While PowerPoint Nights are generally fun because it allows people to share their passions, making the first draft of a slide deck can be pretty annoying. If you want a head start on creating your slide deck, you can use a tool like Plus AI.

Plus AI is an add-on to Google Slides or PowerPoint. The tool uses AI to automatically create the first draft of your presentation, and you can also use it to format and rewrite existing slides. This can help significantly cut down the time you spend on your PowerPoint Night presentation.

That way you have time to focus on creating the perfect meme - and not worrying about formatting slides.

Best PowerPoint Night Ideas

Here are some popular themes for PowerPoint Night presentations.

Who is who

1. Friends as TV characters. Match friends or colleagues with characters from popular TV shows, e.g. The Office. This PowerPoint Night theme is good as a light and funny theme.
2. Guess who. Everyone makes a presentation describing someone in the group, but without mentioning names. Then the game is to guess who it is about.
3. Friend or colleague starter pack. Make presentations giving funny introductions to your friends or colleagues to be used as a ‘starter pack’ for someone new to the group.
4. The Met gala. Create a presentation on what each person would wear to the Met gala.
5. Celebrity lookalikes. In this PowerPoint Night theme you all present everyone's lookalike along with a justification.
6. Friends as fast food chains. Similar to TV characters but this tends to force you to get a bit more creative.
7. Friends as dog breeds. Dogs have a lot of personality – match those with your friends.

Getting personal

1. What I actually do. Have everyone do a short and informative presentation about what they actually do for work.
2. Exposing your diary. It’s in the name - this category asks presenters to create presentations with parts of their diary.
3. Your pet peeves. This PowerPoint night theme is a chance to air your pet peeves to your friends and colleagues.
4. Unpopular opinions. Present your most unpopular opinions to those around you. PowerPoint Nights are meant to be interactive, so this is a great one.
5. Who knows you best trivia. Create a presentation with questions to test how well your friends know you.
6. Conspiracy theories. This PowerPoint Night theme can get controversial, so best keep this within friend groups. Present conspiracy theories you believe in and why.
7. Fashion trends you regret. We’ve all had embarrassing fashion moments. Share your regrets in the form of a presentation.
8. Rating places you’ve cried. This can get both embarrassing, personal, and funny, which is the point of PowerPoint Nights. Add an extra layer by asking the participants to rate the places you’ve cried.
9. Why you should have your own talk show. Create a presentation designed to convince your friends why you should be the next big talk show host.
10. Bucket list. Create a presentation of the things you want to experience in your life and why.
11. Rating yearbook photos. As the name says, this is an opportunities to get out those old, embarrassing yearbook photos and laugh at our awkward, younger selves.
12. Favorite memories. This one can both be nice and funny - the memories can be embarrassing too. Present your favorite memories with each friend in this PowerPoint Night theme.

Persuasive presentations

1. Why [show] is THE BEST reality show. Convince everyone to watch your favorite shows.
2. Why you should stop eating meat. Potentially spicy but not too political.
3. As President I would... What is the one law or change you'd make if you became president tomorrow?
4. Can we STOP doing [xyz]? Name your least favorite trend or activity that has taken off.

If you like the idea of doing persuasive presentations, but don't love these ideas, we have hundreds of ideas for a persuasive presentation here!

Best and worst

1. Best and worst dogs. This can get surprisingly heated, people love dogs.
2. Best and worst fast food chains. Similar to the above, people have strong opinions about where they get their fast food.
3. Best and worst fashion trends. We all have some trends that we just can’t get behind, and some that we love with a passion. Use this PowerPoint Night theme to surface yours.
4. Best and worst celebrity couples. Which couples do you love and which just don’t make sense to you?
5. Best and worst local bars. This one is only generally for friends in the same area, but it can get surprisingly heated.
6. Best and worst reality TV shows. Love is Blind vs. the Bachelor? Let's hear both sides of the argument.

Pitches

1. Amazon products that you’d recommend to anyone. Find some unusual products on Amazon and ‘pitch’ them during PowerPoint Night.
2. Emojis that need to be created. Are there any emojis that you keep wanting, but never get included? Pitch the emojis to your friends.
3. Apps that you can’t live without. There are probably a few apps on your phone that have become an absolute necessity for you. Convince your friends that they are for them as well.

Short on time? Get a free pitch deck from Plus AI here.

Goals, wants, and desires

1. New Years Resolutions. Goals for the year. Review of last year's goals. And anything else you want to commit to with your friends.
2. Bucket list review. Create some slides about your favorite trips to date and the places on your bucket list.
3. The perfect partner. A 10 slide deck about your perfect boyfriend or girlfriend? Perfect thing to send out to your friends and potential matchmakers.
4. If I had $100M. What would you do if you stumbled upon $100 million. Put together a plan and compare it to your friends.

If you're looking for more inspiration and fun presentation ideas, check out our list of 250 unique presentation ideas! We have something that works for everyone.

Have you tried any PowerPoint Night ideas or themes that aren’t on this list? Let us know and we’ll include them!