Just as with a Google Map, your Prezi needs to get you and your audience from one point to another. A map has a big picture of the area you are interested in and also smaller, but relevant, details which focus on the specific area you want to use. It has the right amount of…
To many it wouldn’t seem like a compliment but actually it is. If you follow the basic design principles that are commonly referred to as CRAP you can’t really go wrong (and what applies to presentations is equally relevant to any other form of visual). C ontrast Make elements different (by clever use of fonts…
Fade things into a frame with Prezi Sometimes it can be handy to have things fade-in onto the screen just like we do in PPT. Follow this link to see how to achieve this in Prezi. It’s very easy to fade in pictures, videos, other frames (including all of their contents) in a frame… Fade…
Have you heard of the “Death by PowerPoint” movement? I’m not sure you could actually call it a movement, but it’s a way to summarise the many people who are fed up of being bored senseless by business presentations – most often delivered with PowerPoint. After the software itself, bullet points are the “Death by…
We had a quick brainstorm in the office this morning. 5 designers, all 2 plus year Prezi veterans. We created a wish list, we got over the layout changes and the ‘disappearing Zebra’, and moved on to a simple list of things that we wish Prezi could do. Even more we think that Prezi is now at the stage…
Last week I attended my first Independent Publisher’s Guild UK (IPG) Conference. I was there at the recommendation of Antonella Pearce, the excellent Publisher Relations Manager of the Publisher’s Licensing Society who suggested I should attend to learn a little more about the world of publishing. I love going to conferences. Particularly those where I have no agenda for being…
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…
When you’re designing your Prezi presentation, make sure your audience will see what (and only what) you want in each frame, by setting the screen resolutions you will be presenting in. It’s easy to tell Prezi what size your screen will be, and if you remember to do that before you begin designing your presentation,…
![How Can I be More Charismatic? [Prezi]](https://www.jim-harvey.com/wp-content/uploads/charisma-prezi.jpg)
Here’s a Prezi Jim gave to The Inspired Group recently. It’s a presentation to be spoken to, discussing an upcoming project of ours (more information to come). The subject: charisma. What is it, and can it be taught? Thanks to everyone who came along, we had a great discussion on the day – and it’s…