Monday, October 31, 2011

Interesting Presentation Software

Here is a link to the website of a new-ish presentation software called "Prezi".

I attended a session at the REFORMA conference in September and the presenter was using this. It's definitely a fresh look at graphical presentation. Prezi's angle is that "slide" shows like PowerPoint are relying upon a dated format and technology...we don't have actual slides anymore and we don't use slide projectors. Therefore we shouldn't be stuck viewing one slide at a time and in strictly chronological, first-to-last order.

Prezi lets you zoom in and out and scan your presentation from a macro and a micro viewpoint. So far I've just messed around with the website and looked at some of their demo presentations. I know that it was visually engaging during the presentation at REFORMA. The basic version of this is web-based and free.

I'm guessing that soon everybody will be using this until a newer, cooler presentation software comes along...

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