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Scott Berkun Hates Prezi- and he’s got a point

January 29, 2013

I see his point, and feel no need to comment, or disagree. In short, he says- To this day I have yet to see a Prezi presentation that would not have been better had the speaker used something else, including nothing at all. Many presentations would be better if the speaker just spoke, sans slides [...]

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Prezi vs PowerPoint Explained- Video

November 23, 2012

In this short video we explain  the key similarities and differences between PowerPoint and Prezi. Key messages: If your speech is poor, neither tool will help you. PowerPoint has simple strengths for the average business presenter. Prezi has a couple of significant strengths if you want to stand out. Prezi for Professionals and Speech Transcript. [...]

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How to Create a Business Presentation that Blows your Audience Away: 5 Golden Rules

June 15, 2012

  When you need to create a business presentation that surprises your audience into paying attention, and charms or shocks them into take action – we think Prezi is your best friend. We’ve been presenting with Prezi for about 4 years now. We’ve posted lots about Prezi’s strengths and limitations, and we love it and PowerPoint [...]

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How to add ‘Flash’ images and animations to a Prezi

June 1, 2012

Prezi gets better and better everyday.  Here’s a short video on how you can add Flash images and movies to Prezi to get those great results. The basic rules- Keep the movies short and simple Loop them if you want them to keep playing as you speak Link them with a path to help you [...]

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Prezi Example from a speech at Mercer in London- Personal Impact

March 12, 2012

Here’s an example Prezi presentation I made today to a networking group- The Vine, at Mercer, a professional services firm in London, UK. I created a set of simple slides to talk to, with simple graphics and a super logical layout. No frills and not too many tricks. Comments welcome. Personal Impact- The Vine at [...]

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What Makes a Good Prezi? It Doesn’t Make People Vomit.

March 7, 2012

I was talking to a client the other day about Prezi, she’s an experienced PowerPoint presenter, and her take on the Prezis she’s seen was, and I quote- ‘It literally makes me sick. All that panning and zooming…’ I don’t think she meant ‘literally’ sick, but it’s the most common response I get when I [...]

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How to use Prezi- a prezi for you to use

March 5, 2012

Prezi Explained 2.0 on Prezi Having talked a lot recently about the strengths and weaknesses of Prezi, I thought it was about time I ‘showed and told’. So here’s a Prezi presentation of mine, to give you an overview of how you can use the tool to best advantage. You can click through it like [...]

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Prezi: Perfect for supervised reading!

February 29, 2012

I’ve been pretty balanced about Prezi in previous articles. ‘What does Prezi do for a poor speech?’ then ‘Prezi- Is it any good?’ and also a sort of sales pitch for its strengths in ‘Prezi vs. PowerPoint‘.  Now Prezi version 3.79 is a very good piece of software.  In skilled hands it is a brilliant [...]

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What does Prezi do for a poor speech?

October 29, 2011

  Even if it’s a cute pig, it’s still a pig.  Isn’t it? So let’s cut the crap about Prezi – Which I like and have reviewed here- saving the world from PowerPoint, and realise that drafting a decent speech with no pictures and delivering it competently,  will be much better received than a poor [...]

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Prezi- Is it any good?

April 18, 2010

In the fusty old world of presentation software there’s a new kid on the block claiming to be a PowerPoint ‘Killer’.  Is it any good, or just another loudmouth looking for a lucky break?  Here are a few answers to your questions… What is Prezi? In a nutshell, Prezi is a ‘Flash’-based presentation software that allows [...]

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