Sure, there are great templates for PowerPoint. But quite frankly I do better when explaining myself on the back of a napkin –with a little help from the book by the same name.
But this week I’ve started teaching myself a great new application for presentations, called Prezi.
Naturally my first one is for Public Radius. Take a first look
Here’s why I love Prezi:
- It lets you control the focal points and flow of the presentation -by tilting words, zooming in on words and images etc.
- Once you figure out how the striped control icon (the ‘transformation zebra’) works, you could add elements and move them around as you would when brainstorming on a scratch pad
- Because you can move laterally or diagonally, you could adjust your story line on the fly as new ideas emerge.
- It’s easy to embed other digital content –video, audio etc –something I will get to in the next phase
- The best part is your presentation on this platform is designed to be connected to other social media venues. Which is exactly what Public Radius is all about–connecting the dots!
I couldn’t agree with you any more on the strong points of Prezi! It’s so nice to finally have a tool that doen’t force the audience into a mode of purely linear thinking. Great first presentation!
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Thanks David for the comment. Have you been using Prezi? You’ve got a great blog, btw.
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