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Official Independent Prezi Expert Russell Anderson-Williams explains where the power of Prezi really lies, and how to make presentations that truly engage the audience http://www.theprezenter.com
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By Russell Anderson-Williams (aka The Prezenter) Official Independent Expert
A guide to what Prezi is really all about, and the impact it can have
on your presentations.
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As official independent Prezi experts we spend a lot of time meeting business
people that want to improve the quality of their presentations.
Even though at the time of writing this document Prezi has well over 26 Million
users, it is still a real unknown for many. It’s still amazing for us to find people
who have never even heard of Prezi, and of course very satisfying when we
completely blow their minds with what’s possible.
There are also a huge number of people who have never used Prezi but have
maybe seen it being used at an event and then quickly checked it out online at
www.prezi.com for five minutes.
It’s this second group of people who usually say things like:
It’s just a wizzier version of PowerPoint
Everything’s animated and moves around which looks great
It looks so much better than the slides I’ve used for years
You can zoom in on things
It’s like a giant mind-map
And so on, and so on....
Of course all of the above is correct, although we could go into lots more detail
on each point and be more precise about the explanations being given.
Regardless of the fine details though these are the things we hear most.
But there’s one key point that we find literally everyone is missing!
What? What is it?....I hear you scream.
Well the next page explains what Prezi is REALLY all about, and why you should
start using it to improve your presentations.
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A lot of these very smart business people we meet always like to put us on the
spot and ask ‘So tell us why we should use Prezi?’
Our response is always.....Because it not only gives you better looking
presentations. It gives you a whole new way to present!
Of course that leads to them then asking ‘What do you mean by a new way to
present?’
In Prezi there are no slides (oooh scary!) but instead there’s a giant canvas for
you to spread the content of your presentation out onto.
Because of this it’s possible to deliver a presentation in a non-linear way i.e.
with no start or end point.
THE most powerful thing you can do when presenting with Prezi is ask your
audience a simple question ‘What would you like to talk about first?’
Just uttering those simple words at the start of your presentation will get
people sitting up straight in their seats and thinking ‘Oh wow this is different’.
And that’s before you’ve even started to show them anything in your
presentation!
Once you have their attention and they tell you what’s the most important
thing to them right now this is where the fun starts and you can manually click
to zoom into the area of interest.
Once you are in that area you can continue to freestyle around and click on
relevant bits of content, or you can pick up a linear path and present that area.
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Then move back to the overview (or what we call the BIG picture) and ask the
question again ‘What would you like to talk about now?’
We probably don’t even need to write this section but just in case you haven’t
realised the benefits of presenting in this way here goes:
Save time for you and them by only talking about areas of interest
Engage the audience from the start by asking them to decide where we
go first and what to talk about
Everyone has a more natural and meaningful conversation
Enable your audience to remember more because they decide the
direction and route you take
Demonstrate that you are innovative and not a slide monkey churning
out Death by PowerPoint!
We are sure there is even more benefits that you will come up with yourself,
but without a doubt this is what Prezi is really all about.
Prezi enables you to present in an engaging, memorable, and natural way
The Prezenter team runs a wide range of Prezi training for all skill levels, and
for people across the globe.
If you really want to embrace the true power of Prezi then get in touch with us
today by emailing [email protected] or check out our online Prezi
training programs at www.theprezenter.com
Is it time for you to ditch the slides? We think so
