ImPREZI Your Audience

Recently, a friend of mine introduced me to a new way to present slide shows, minus the slides. PowerPoint and SlideShare were great...in 1990. Now that we're approaching 2010, perhaps it's time to reinvent the wheel.

Prezi.com is a "canvas" approach to keeping the attention of your audience compared to the monotony of flipping through slides that all look identical. Instead of "sliding" from one slide to the next, Prezi is a "zooming" approach from one concept to the next. With Prezi, the audience has no idea what is coming. Eager anticipation can be the magic words when creating a successful presentation. All you need is the right tools to deliver that result:



The Prezi Blog discusses further techniques that can be learned for this program. Everything from wordles, to imbedded links, to video, Prezi has all the capability of Powerpoint plus the "wow" factor we are missing with the slide show. (Don't worry-if you're too nervous to completely let go of the slide show world, you can upload it into Prezi. No more excuses)And, whether you're giving that presentation to students or a boardroom, keeping your audience engaged is the most chanellenging part. The ripple affects of this program can also extend to a buisness. The last thing customers want is to wade through endless web pages. Why not give them something they can actually learn from? This concept that be applied in many areas of business and education alike.

So, who do you need to imPREZI? Give it a shot. You have nothing to lose but those boring slides!