The time has come for Microsoft's difficult/boring PowerPoint to relinquish its terrible grasp on presentations. Prezi, a new program allows for MORE creativity than PowerPoint, yet makes sure no one has a clunky-looking presentation.
It's not just a cool presentation application, it helps people organize their thoughts and figure out the best way to group parts of the presentation — almost like a word web or mind map.
A little walk-through:
Presenters design Preszis online but can download an offline application, Prezi Desktop, if they upgrade to the Pro version which costs money. The sweet thing about it being online is you can store multiple Prezis in your folders and share these through Prezi Meetings with other online users who can make alterations if necessary. Perfect for group projects or inter-department collaboration.
Concept creator, Adam Somlai-Fischer, has been creating these presentations since 2001, granted he was hand coding the whole thing, but was internationally recognized for his zooming presentations. He then met Peter Arvai who was convinced to become CEO to develop the company. It has officially been around since 2009 (WHERE HAVE I BEEN??) with investments from TED Conferences (which I love).
Thank goodness they give you an entire Learn page complete with video tutorials and sample Prezis. They also have a solid Support page if you get lost of something stops working.
They also work on your Apple iPad for portability!!
Here's an example of a cool Prezi...
It's not just a cool presentation application, it helps people organize their thoughts and figure out the best way to group parts of the presentation — almost like a word web or mind map.
A little walk-through:
Presenters design Preszis online but can download an offline application, Prezi Desktop, if they upgrade to the Pro version which costs money. The sweet thing about it being online is you can store multiple Prezis in your folders and share these through Prezi Meetings with other online users who can make alterations if necessary. Perfect for group projects or inter-department collaboration.
Concept creator, Adam Somlai-Fischer, has been creating these presentations since 2001, granted he was hand coding the whole thing, but was internationally recognized for his zooming presentations. He then met Peter Arvai who was convinced to become CEO to develop the company. It has officially been around since 2009 (WHERE HAVE I BEEN??) with investments from TED Conferences (which I love).
Thank goodness they give you an entire Learn page complete with video tutorials and sample Prezis. They also have a solid Support page if you get lost of something stops working.
They also work on your Apple iPad for portability!!
Here's an example of a cool Prezi...
