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How To Make An Effective

What Is a Prezi?

A prezi is a presentation program used as an alternative to the traditional PowerPoint presentations. Instead of the use of traditional slides, Prezis use an open canvas that can be manipulated to the users desire. The Prezis can be created in traditional slide-based fashion or you can throw the rule book out the window and have at it. Anything goes with this presentation website.

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Here are 6 tips and tricks on how to make a great Prezi:

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move wildly around the canvas,

Be Sympathetic to the Audience

Have a Plan Before You Start

Use Appropriate Fonts/Colours/Sizes

Having random changes in perspective,

Sometimes when people give feedback on Prezis, they complain about feeling 'sea-sick'. This is a simple problem evade by having all materials placed sympathetically, and having a sensible path in between them.

When creating prezis, it is always a good idea to plan out what you want to do before starting.

Most Prezis (if using a specific template) has a

colour combination already pre-chosen, (like this one - blue, black, and white) but if you choose to create your own template, avoid having colors that are similar to each other. (black background with dark grey writing, bad idea) This causes problems for the audience because it becomes hard to read.

The best way to plot out the path is in a coherent fashion.

For example; always move in one direction. This Prezi stays in an orderly fashion rather than haphazardly placed around the screen. (moves vertically to the end of the frame, then horizontally to the following frames.) This - hopefully - avoids any feelings of sea sickness.

It is hard to create an effective presentation on the fly, because as ideas keep being added and added to the prezi, it starts to spiral out of control (sometimes literally). This become a less successful presentation and is often characterized as 'made up as it went along'.

The “me” to “we” problem. A font size that looks good to you on your computer, may not look so well to the audience. Even though it may be blown up on the screen, small fonts are still problematic to read from the back of a room. Use at minimum size 20 font. This insures that the entire audience is able to read the slides properly and not have to squint.

A sure-fire way of making your audience sea sick is;

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Great Vibes

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When creating professional presentations, there is often no need for any of this. Just because Prezis have amazing feature doesn't mean you need to use them all. Limit the perspective changes to 2 or 3. And most of all:

Unlike average presentations, Prezis can be completely non-linear. In regards to this, it is often a good idea to plan out ideas on paper before starting.

Libre Baskerville

Do NOT go upside down unless completely necessary.

Even if you really like that or , stay with fonts that are easy to read, for example; , , and . They are just easier to read on the screen and more aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. (these fonts also help to make your presentation seem more professional)

For example:

Avoid Paragraphs

Use Images/Videos Sparingly (but still use them)

Have A Theme

It is important to have equal amounts of images to the amount of words you use. If images outweigh the amount of words you have, it can become distracting, especially when it is clip art (avoid clip art at all costs, it removes the professionality of the presentation.) Keep art professional and related to your topic. An image of Spiderman with the topic of polar bears does not work to well.

  • Have as little writing on the slides as possible
  • The more writing the more distracting
  • If using paragraphs, move the slides, don’t have too much information in one box (people get bored reading so much information - learned from experience)
  • Have a script handy with additional information so that you can elaborate on your points but not have too much info on the slides
  • Limit your slides to five lines of text to make your points clear

Not good images to use.

Prezis have the option for you to choose form set themes/templates, which have a previously chosen colours and fonts, however there is the option of using the 'blank canvas' which gives the you the opportunity to choose the fonts/colours that you want. (Can't mix and match colours throughout the prezi)

On the other hand, if you have a presentation that has a lot of writing, use more pictures (have your writing on a separate page with key points on the screen) this will help keep your audience engaged and not drooling out of boredom

Prezi already has template themes, so if you are first starting off with using prezi, there are pre made templates. Just make sure to match your template with the theme you chose (avoid a beach template if your theme is about rainforests - there is a template for everything, I swear)

This is an example

This is an example of a Prezi with too much information

Choose a theme early and stick to it, changing a theme mid presentation can affect how things were placed throughout the presentation (the carefully aligned elements might not be so carefully aligned/might be askew)

For an example, this is my prezi in multiple different styles:

wow, that looks horrible

This is how it should look

This is pretty unfortunate

...that's just bad

Not bad but hard to read.

https://prezi.com/u8zh0wapfg0k/heinz-vs-frenchs/

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