When I’m watching a presentation, and it’s boring and uninspiring, I lose interest.
Your presentations need to be visually pleasing to convince me that you’re a trustworthy professional.
Your first impression is incredibly important. Important enough to make or break the sale.
So, how can you ensure that your presentations are up to snuff?
It’s a presentation alternative to PowerPoint called Prezi.
Using Prezi is a clean, engaging way to organize your content into an attractive presentation.
Chef Giada De Laurentiis once said, “I’m into very colorful food. Obviously lots of flavor, but I think we eat with our eyes first, so it has to look great. The presentation has to be great.”
It may seem far-fetched to compare the appeal of food with some of your small businesses, but the idea is the same.
Presentation is key.
If you’re operating on a shoestring budget, the free model works just fine.
In order to use the free Prezi program, create an account using your email address, username, and password. This allows you to make public presentations with up to 100 MB of cloud storage.
Move the Prezi canvas by clicking on a blank area and dragging the screen.
Click on a piece of content to zoom into the screen and to a specific area of your Prezi.
Plus and minus buttons appear when the cursor is at right side of the screen; these buttons allow you to zoom in and out.
Just above these buttons is a home button; this brings the entire Prezi into view and allows you to step back to look at your work.
Prezi works like a roadmap. You have different pieces of content that include text, pictures, video, diagrams, or virtually anything else. In order to include content within the presentation path (the sequence of the slides), frame it with the “Frames and Arrows” button at the top of the screen.
You can add a new slide by inserting a new circle, rectangle, bracket, or invisible frame and placing it anywhere on the screen. Once you insert a frame, Prezi automatically adds the content to the path and the corresponding left-hand sidebar. Alternatively, right-click the piece of content and select “Add to Path.”
You can also include live links by typing the URL into a text box.
Once you click away from the box, the link should go live.
Don’t forget that you can edit the path (sequence) of your Prezi by changing around the order of the slides in thesidebar on the left-hand side of the screen.
You also may want to explore the “Theme Wizard” which can be accessed by the “Themes” button at the top of the page. This changes the color scheme of your presentation, including the background, brackets, arrows, and font.
One of the most interesting components of Prezi is the zooming option.
You can zoom close up into the presentation to see that is invisible when looking at the presenation as a whole.
It creates a unique effect when the audience dives into the image to see the content during the presentation. Similarly, you can zoom so that the presentation becomes a dot on the screen, and place content there.
Move to the first slide of your presentation and click the “Present” button at the top of the screen.
You can also download and edit anyone else’s public Prezi from the “Explore” page.
You can add their content to your Prezi, or add your content to a saved copy of their presentation. Of course, it’s always important to give them credit.
The Prezi Team has a wonderful example you can find HERE.
I also made a Prezi that you can view right HERE.
Prezi also has both a written and video tutorial describing how to use their product. Their instructions are extremely helpful when starting out with the program. Now you’re armed with everything you need to know about Prezi. So, no more boring presentations!
Your first impression is incredibly important. Important enough to make or break the sale.
So, how can you ensure that your presentations are up to snuff?
It’s a presentation alternative to PowerPoint called Prezi.
Using Prezi is a clean, engaging way to organize your content into an attractive presentation.
Chef Giada De Laurentiis once said, “I’m into very colorful food. Obviously lots of flavor, but I think we eat with our eyes first, so it has to look great. The presentation has to be great.”
It may seem far-fetched to compare the appeal of food with some of your small businesses, but the idea is the same.
Presentation is key.
1. Starting Up
Prezi is a freemium model, meaning there is a free option, but there are also three other models you can purchase at a low monthly cost that offer more advanced features.If you’re operating on a shoestring budget, the free model works just fine.
In order to use the free Prezi program, create an account using your email address, username, and password. This allows you to make public presentations with up to 100 MB of cloud storage.
2. Navigating The Prezi Screen
First things first, select a predesigned template to create your Prezi or start from a blank screen.Move the Prezi canvas by clicking on a blank area and dragging the screen.
Click on a piece of content to zoom into the screen and to a specific area of your Prezi.
Plus and minus buttons appear when the cursor is at right side of the screen; these buttons allow you to zoom in and out.
Just above these buttons is a home button; this brings the entire Prezi into view and allows you to step back to look at your work.
Prezi works like a roadmap. You have different pieces of content that include text, pictures, video, diagrams, or virtually anything else. In order to include content within the presentation path (the sequence of the slides), frame it with the “Frames and Arrows” button at the top of the screen.
You can add a new slide by inserting a new circle, rectangle, bracket, or invisible frame and placing it anywhere on the screen. Once you insert a frame, Prezi automatically adds the content to the path and the corresponding left-hand sidebar. Alternatively, right-click the piece of content and select “Add to Path.”
3. Incorporating Text
Click anywhere on the screen and type to add text. A box appears over the words and you can adjust the font, color, size, background color, etc.4. Getting Fancy
You can also add pictures, videos, diagrams, and PowerPoint to your Prezi. Select the “Insert” button at the top of the page and then the option you want to include.You can also include live links by typing the URL into a text box.
Once you click away from the box, the link should go live.
Don’t forget that you can edit the path (sequence) of your Prezi by changing around the order of the slides in thesidebar on the left-hand side of the screen.
You also may want to explore the “Theme Wizard” which can be accessed by the “Themes” button at the top of the page. This changes the color scheme of your presentation, including the background, brackets, arrows, and font.
One of the most interesting components of Prezi is the zooming option.
You can zoom close up into the presentation to see that is invisible when looking at the presenation as a whole.
It creates a unique effect when the audience dives into the image to see the content during the presentation. Similarly, you can zoom so that the presentation becomes a dot on the screen, and place content there.
5. Finishing Up
At anytime, you can preview your presentation to see the final product.Move to the first slide of your presentation and click the “Present” button at the top of the screen.
You can also download and edit anyone else’s public Prezi from the “Explore” page.
You can add their content to your Prezi, or add your content to a saved copy of their presentation. Of course, it’s always important to give them credit.
The Prezi Team has a wonderful example you can find HERE.
I also made a Prezi that you can view right HERE.
Prezi also has both a written and video tutorial describing how to use their product. Their instructions are extremely helpful when starting out with the program. Now you’re armed with everything you need to know about Prezi. So, no more boring presentations!
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