Don't you just love preparing for your meeting? 2 AM with a gallon of strong coffee and you are still preparing slide after slide after slide. Yawn. Fun? What if there was an alternative to PowerPoint? Imagine if you could present in a way that got your ideas across but in a more creative way without losing your audience. I've been messing around with prezi an online presentation tool that tries to break the mold. I am still trying to get my arms around it as it does need a bit of a rethink in how you create your presentation. But the options to manipulate text and images are pretty cool and there are some terrific examples of good Prezis out there. Bring out the artist in you for your next meeting and wow your audience. Ok I made that up. Anyway, play around with it and see if your audience put away their Blackberries at your next 15 minutes of fame. I gave it a whirl: here. Not exactly Van Gogh but different. Playing it back also requires a certian skill as you zoom in and out and around and pull back and zoom in...you get the picture. Its all online and has a free package option so you can determine if this is really for you. I highly recommend it - even if it seems slightly erratic and out of control. What could be better at your next meeting?
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Tired of PowerPoint?
Don't you just love preparing for your meeting? 2 AM with a gallon of strong coffee and you are still preparing slide after slide after slide. Yawn. Fun? What if there was an alternative to PowerPoint? Imagine if you could present in a way that got your ideas across but in a more creative way without losing your audience. I've been messing around with prezi an online presentation tool that tries to break the mold. I am still trying to get my arms around it as it does need a bit of a rethink in how you create your presentation. But the options to manipulate text and images are pretty cool and there are some terrific examples of good Prezis out there. Bring out the artist in you for your next meeting and wow your audience. Ok I made that up. Anyway, play around with it and see if your audience put away their Blackberries at your next 15 minutes of fame. I gave it a whirl: here. Not exactly Van Gogh but different. Playing it back also requires a certian skill as you zoom in and out and around and pull back and zoom in...you get the picture. Its all online and has a free package option so you can determine if this is really for you. I highly recommend it - even if it seems slightly erratic and out of control. What could be better at your next meeting?
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