There's some new presentation software in town called Prezi and it's not only cool, but easy and free to use.
Before you watch the 2 minute video below, look for these features:
No slides
An infinite canvas
Zooming in and out, giving you a helicopter view and a microscope view all at once
easy to embed photos, videos etc
easy to flow logically through your ideas
Instead of telling you about it, why don't you take a look. This presentation is very simple and done in a few minutes by a complete Prezi novice. Me!
A Lot To Like About This Software
It's Free! At least the basic version is, but that's plenty to enable you to stand out from the Powerpoint crowd.
It's pretty easy to use. Watch the introductory video and you'll be away.
It just feels more like a program for the 2010s instead of the same thing we've been using since the 1980s (at least it feels that long!)
The infinite canvas gives you unlimited scope for creativity.
Used properly it could be a brilliant way to communicate concepts to an audience.
It really lends itself to going back over stuff from earlier in the presentation. Summarizing. Checking understanding.
It could ignite a whole new generation of public speakers and presenters to give it a go. And that means fewer people trapped by the fear of public speaking.
