Using Prezi for Conference Presentations

What can I do with it?

For free!

To use or not to use?

Is it suitable for academic presentations?

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Working with Prezi

Insert images and videos

Group things together

Plot a path through your prezi

Select colours and change theme

Admire your handiwork!

Framing

Mapping relationships

The park is a good place to relax

The university would like to expand the number of bodies it holds...

The Library is for studying

Add images

Or videos

Size matters!

Big

Bigger

Huge

tiny

go into detail

take a close up

Show the big picture

Enumerate your points

One by one

In a list

Use pictures to show things

Or hide things!

Don't overdo the tricks

It's easy to put in pointless effects

...and make

people

feel

disorientated!

Sparing use is more effective

Using Prezi for conference presentations

A Graduate School Media Zoo Workshop

• Learn about Prezi and how to use it
• Discuss the pros/cons of using Prezi
• Make your own Prezi

Plan for this session...

Demonstration of Prezi

Critique of use for academic conferences

How to use it

Guided experimentation

prezi.com

www.le.ac.uk/gsmz

Emma Kimberley

In a nutshell

The Basics

1. Make a mindmap

• presentations
• mindmap
• visual map
• narrative/storytelling
• zooming
• 'non-linear'
• freemium

2. Plot a course through it

3. Show it to people

Tips and tricks

Top tools for learning

• 28th in 2009
• 12th in 2010
• 8th so far in 2011

Getting an account

and growing

Ideas

keep growing

Or show them all together

• Make presentations
• Add images/videos/files
• Store in private or public
• Present online or offline
• Download
• Show on your iPad
• Use your own logo

With educational licence

Collaborate

• Work together in real time
• Show your Prezi remotely
• Up to 10 people in one Prezi

For $59

• Desktop version
• Enhanced support
• More storage

Not so good for:

Time

Practicalities

Quicker to use ppt

Quicker to make changes

Printing

Making changes

Better than powerpoint for:

• Making an impact
• Flexibility
• Including images/video
• Encouraging originality
• Mapping content relationships
• Collaborating
• Involving the audience
• Promoting discussion

Structure

Adding/deleting slides

ppt is 'safe'

Complex material is more difficult to control

A good match?

Less well suited...

Nervous speakers

Use frames to see text or images in one view

People with no time

Innovative presenters

'Traditional' conference presenters

Want to make it visually stimulating

Willing to put effort into design

For conferences

• Accept that if your talk is linear, Prezi also has to be
• Develop a clear narrative
• Make it work for you
• Use its potential for answering questions

Get started

• Create a prezi
• Experiment with editing
• Have a prezi meeting with your neighbour(s) or someone across the room

PDFs

http://www.slideshare.net/gradschoolmediazoo/things-to-do-on-prezi

jpegs

Next steps

http://www.slideshare.net/thewikiman/how-to-use-prezi-and-win

Grouping and layering

Step-by-step tutorial

Prezi for ipad