Sunday, September 13, 2015

The Wonderful World Of Prezi Presentation Design

By Daphne Bowen


Prezi is a great cloud based presentation application that was created to bring an entirely new outlook on the way we make presentations. The specific prezi presentation design that one decides to employ will have a huge impact on how the audience chooses to respond to you. The term prezi was derived from the Hungarian word meaning presentation.

It was founded by three Hungarian programmers very recently in 2009. Its usage targets all kinds of individuals in different professions such as such as teachers students and business executives. It was discovered that audiences are much more likely to pay attention to your presentation if it was more interactive.

Using it is pretty straight forward. First, you must log in to their website at prezi.com or create an account if you do not currently have one. You can choose a free or paid account based on your preference and after that you are good to go. There are plenty of tutorials on the web on how to get started with your new account therefore new users should not be in any way intimidated.

The more interesting part is getting into the actual design layout. A number of themes are availed at start up. Choosing a theme will be vital in determining the text color and means by which the objects interact. There is also an additional feature of choosing whether your layout will be 2-D or 3-D. The three dimensional layouts elicits more of a wow effect from the audience if properly used. This is largely due to the ability to zoom in and out of the set.

Since the templates usually only provide the skeleton, the details of the actual presentation will be determined by what you actually intend on presenting. A more general approach that works all the time is to base your ideas around major points of your talk. This will not only give you a bigger picture but will also help you in filling out the minor details at much more ease.

Key to its evolution is the ability to stand out as a dynamic, non linear tool to expressing ones ideas. This serves to breathe life to an otherwise boring conventional slide approach. The other crucial factor is that it is an open source software available to anybody with access to the internet.

The older generations are however more conservative and prefer to stick to the animal they are more familiar with. This is not surprising judging by the amount of effort, although slight, that is required to gain an understanding of its means of operation. Prezi being web based can in some ways also hinder access say to individuals who may not necessarily have a reliable internet connection. Audiences have also complained of experiencing dizzy spells when exposed to quick moving 3-D illustrations.

In conclusion, prezi is a very powerful tool that should be encouraged for use by individuals or groups. Those who are willing to go through the process of learning and understanding its use get to reap the rewards it has to offer.




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