Wiley Prezi For Dummies
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1. factors Need for simplicity Simplicity makes complex ideas seem easier to grasp Don t try to show that you know everything about a subject Curate the material and pick out only the most relevant Interacting with the Prezi Community You ll be happy to know that Prezi has a very robust community Prezi users share their presentations online and actively provide the opportunity to like and comments on well done prezis There are social networks online tutorials and tech support areas The Prezi community includes the following Prezis Explore tab http prezi com explore Prezi subscribers display their prezis in this area There are great examples of all kinds of prezis for you to comment on and copy for your reuse 1 Prezi Learn Center http prezi com learn Here you ll find an online manual tutorials and information about how to use Prezi s features The company Twitter account http twitter com Prezi At the company account you ll see information about updates new ideas and examples shared by the community See Figure 1 10 1 The tech support Twitter account http twitter com Prezisupport Users tweet about real time questions and issues they are having You can get quick answers to many of your questions here 1 Prezi Get Satisfaction tech support site http community prezi com prezi This site is very robust and provides a place for you to ask complex questions that c2. 1 Getting Started with Prezi 23 Getting Ready to Present Prezis provide you with a unique opportunity to develop and follow a story line supported by just the right text and images To support this whether you re presenting online or offline you need to remember to do two things before you present The two things are as follows 1 Set a Path Determine which chunk of information the audience will see each time you advance the screen This determination is based on how you ve constructed the story line and the sequence of events Don t forget that you can also present without a Path if you want to encourage a dialogue with your audience Freeform presentations in Prezi foster interaction by allowing the audience to steer the conversa tion You won t have to scroll back and forth to find the slides under discussion Just click it with your cursor and you re there 1 Determine timing intervals Timing intervals refer to the amount of time that elapses between Path screens when you are using Autoplay You can choose 4 10 or 20 seconds They re critical After you set up an interval watch it several times to make sure you ve made the correct choice Remember to watch your prezi like an audience member If the material goes by too fast or too slow the impact will be lost lve seen prezis that have lots of text on the screen which is not a good idea and have the screens going by at 4 seconds each This is frustrating fo
3. a darkened room which was a recipe for disaster When the lights came back on you d see a bunch of bleary eyed colleagues pretending they were awake the whole time Of course no one was fooled or persuaded 10 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset When computers came on the scene there was some relief Professional looking graphics could be created without a camera or an extensive art department People could show presentations as they had before but now the slides were digital For 20 years this method has prevailed Some people are very comfortable with it and don t plan to try anything new Others though see room for alter natives They want something that adds a more visual way of telling a story Enter Prezi It provides something that the other presentation software appli cations don t movement When you watch a prezi for the first time you re struck by the fact that your screen has layers You can zoom into them and out again to explore the canvas And you can put it on Autoplay and let it roll That s when the fun begins Finding Out Just What Prezi Is Prezi describes itself as a digital storytelling tool This is a deceptively simple description To understand the difference between Prezi and other presentation tools you need to look at the difference between a process and its content Most slide programs dictate a process They re set up to organize material for a presenter to talk about in a li
4. need for design skills You can use any kind of graphics that suit your presentation and you can show the big picture and the details at the same time Prezi offers a Smart Zooming feature so that the best way to zoom is predetermined No algorithms need to be harmed in the process of creating your prezi 1 Like any other presentation software Because Prezi developers threw out the slide motif on day one you need to rethink how you present Don t worry it will be fun It will spur your creative thinking 1 A way to make weak art look good No software program is going to make that smiling bear holding a sign clipart look right in your presenta tion On the other hand if you have good visuals you can use them in ways you haven t done before YY Only for presentations There are lots of other uses for Prezi including Mind Mapping note taking and sharing information such as photos and recipes When you see what Prezi can do you ll find your own favorites Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi 15 Signing Up and Picking the Right Plan for Vou Prezi offers five subscriber options so you can pick the one that works for you Free Enjoy Pro Edu Enjoy and Edu Pro All the plans allow you to create a Prezi online and download it to present offline If you re just experi menting the free 30 day trial may be the right choice to start When you see how much online storage space you think you ll need and how you ll use it
5. of keron onton of Maks Itis addictive o soak into the cake 2 Jenny Ansell 8RC aS sy Understanding How Professionals Can Use Prezi If you re a professional designer you ll want to take a look at Prezi It pro vides you with a great tool to do either of the following Show off your entire portfolio With Prezi you can create a stand alone portfolio file You can upload your current graphics and add text to edu cate the client about your work You can set the Path so that you can tell a story line about your career Create custom graphics for others Prezis are a visual medium If you have some great graphics to offer storytellers you ll want to contact them Educating with Prezi Prezi has received a great deal of attention from the educational community Both students and teachers are interested in using Prezi to show as well as tell For this reason Prezi has created a special license for educators and their students See Chapter 12 for more on the Edu license
6. plete detail Here I list the main bubbles and their functions The menu consists of the following bubbles 1 Write bubble This is where you can add and format text Transformation Zebra Located in the Write bubble It allows you to move resize and rotate any object you upload to the canvas Y Insert bubble The submenu includes Load Files and Shapes bubbles 1 Frame bubble The submenu offers you Bracket Circle Rectangle and Hidden Frame bubbles 1 Path bubble Here you find the 1 2 3 Add Capture View and Delete All bubbles Colors and Fonts bubble Here you select the style for your prezi It includes several choices of colors and fonts 11 12 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset L Figure 1 1 Prezi Bubble menu a 1 Show bubble This is the mode from which you present When the prezi is in Show mode the Bubble menu recedes and the canvas lines are removed From here you can set timing intervals and Autoplay manually zoom in and zoom out and expand to use the full screen It doesn t take long to understand how to use the menu Just dive right in and experiment You can t break anything Nothing is irreversible All you need to do is click the Undo link in the upper right corner if you don t like something Publishing online Prezi wants to make it easy for you to distinguish between Prezi which is the company name and prezi which is a presentation created with Prezi This capitali
7. Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi In This Chapter Understanding the Prezi paradigm Presenting without slides Discovering unique uses for Prezi Picking the right plan Po to anew way of presenting Hopefully Prezi can inspire you to think differently about your next presentation Prezi can take your slide driven talks in a whole new direction Part of the appeal of Prezi is its totally unique way of presenting ideas But it s more than that It s a way to free yourself from the boundaries of time and space Does that sound magi cal I hope so Your journey into Prezi will be exciting Unlike more conventional presentation applications Prezi gives you the tools to work in several dimensions at once to wow a formerly bored audience When you see how to traverse layers and zoom around you ll see what I mean In this chapter I introduce you to a new presentation paradigm And the price is right You can start with the free version and decide where to go from there Prezi is also hosted online so everything is just a little bit easier The key to getting comfortable with Prezi is to jump right in and experiment Evolving Presentations If you were unlucky enough to attend a business presentation before the mid 1980s you saw a person standing in the front of the room clicking through 35mm slides in a carousel or you saw a person slapping transparencies on an overhead projector Unfortunately these presentations usually required
8. an t be handled with a quick answer Y Prezi Blog http blog prezi com Prezi has a lively blog where you can find the latest information about who is using Prezi and innova tions people have created EEE Figure 1 10 Prezi on Twitter PCS Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi 2 7 ge thp twitter com prez x X 3 ogle p Fle Edt View Favortes Toob Help ig Favorites Prezi prezi on Twiter Location Budapest San Francisco Web tip tiprezi com Bio Prezi is a Zooming story telling and presemation tool that helps you create outstanding visuals for your v Following thoughts sts tr 123 4 888 429 fotewing followers halwe New to Prezi Get inspired on our Learn section with how to videos intro danas ak prezis and walkthroughs ree http fo me yfTnuO2A Actions eladen ec i block prezi a report tor spam Following New to Prezi Get Inspired on our Learn section with now to videos Intro prezis and walkthroughs http prezi comleamn 2 ranz TLE cki Garr Reynolds author of dest selling book Presentation Zen about amp pan an inspiring talk with Prezi nttpu bit ly cy7LVK http mexgkxozY6 g lee to Tole lan RT presentationzen Inspiring contagious TED presentation PAEA Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge http snipurl comvzjt4k RRA View a Seeing That Prezis Aren t Limited to Presentations Because Prezi is a story
9. and It s available on the Visual Literacy site See Figure 1 11 Here s the direct link to it www visual literacy org periodic_table periodic_table html Business plans and other business uses When you re selling ideas and need to persuade for commercial reasons you ll want to turn to visuals Your goal is to have your story strike an emo tional chord with the viewer and then have them explain that resonance to themselves with facts and figures People buy on emotion but justify their purchase with logic With Prezi you re already halfway there because you have all the tools at your fingertips Paresthesia DNA Mythology Anesthesia A Shatter proof glass Submarines Ulcers EEE Figure 1 12 Presenting a business plan he Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi Because of the popularity of social media networks people in business are jumping on the notion that persuasion is best done through stories Stories are easily told in a social media environment That s why many venture capi talists have started focusing on the story a business can tell online Some have adopted the credo that you need to describe your business in 30 sec onds or less to get an appointment to show them your plan If you follow up your description with a prezi you ll at least have the chance to mesmerize them with your story See Figure 1 12 Chapter 11 discusses using Prezi for business plans in depth Scrapbooks reci
10. count Youre only limited by your hard disk 1 It provides an extra layer of security because you can work offline and then upload your Prezi online or do the opposite so that you have a duplicate in another place The Prezi Desktop is available to subscribers with Pro or Edu Pro licenses The Bubble menu works exactly like the online application so there s no learning curve After you download the application to your desktop you can quickly get started At the opening screen you can see both your online and offline prezis on the desktop if you log in If not you only see the prezis you have on your hard drive The available prezis look like sticky notes When you open one by clicking it you see the familiar Bubble menu 14 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset Prezi Desktop You are logged in as diamondsfBaclom Logont a o Make Prodi Easvto Buy E Figure 1 3 The Prezi Desktop before you open a prezi SS iE he Understanding what Prezi is not Because Prezi looks different and changes well worn presentation paths some people may have some misconceptions about using it Before you get started you should be aware that Prezi is not the following A way to reuse slide presentations as is You can take a slide presenta tion and just convert it to a prezi but the end result is just boring Some have tried all have failed A program that requires design skills There s no
11. d to create or what you need to purchase 3 Figure out how to place these visuals on the digital canvas in a way that provides meaning just by looking at it Should you use a metaphor What about using a familiar pattern that relates to the content Because you want to show both the big picture and the details a random arrangement without grouping will be inefficient 4 Figure out what order you want the content to be viewed in and how to zoom in and out to reach that content You can see how planning on paper would support this process more easily When you get the hang of it you may want to work directly online 20 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset Thinking visually When you creating a prezi you translate some of your ideas and concepts into visuals Thankfully prezis don t lend themselves to heavy text passages and ponderous bullet lists There are built in design tools that Prezi provides to help you break down the text into more easily digested pieces Throughout this book I also talk about how to use visuals that you create with other software programs or find from outside sources I list the accept able formats in the next section The visuals themselves might include the following Story illustrations Y Word art 1 Custom designed keywords and phrases 1 Metaphors 1 Mind Maps 1 Flow charts graphs statistics Maps and timelines 1 Personas 1 Photos and stock images 1 Hand drawn imag
12. data is available to you on one canvas If you want to speak about something you can access your presentation content like you would on a whiteboard You point at it It s all there to see at once If you want to tell the story in a different way to each audience you don t need to reorder anything You just follow the story in a different way Telling your story Fiction writers have it much easier than business writers when they want to plot a story or so some people think They can make up anything they want and let the story take them anywhere they want to go When it comes to tell ing a business story however there are constraints based on facts figures and outcomes But is this really such a limiting factor Actually it s not if you think about it differently You aren t trying to make up a story Your job is to tell one that already exists Your job is different You need to take the ideas you want to convey and weave them into a story that people can understand and relate to This is covered more thoroughly in Chapter 8 Take the following actions as you construct your story Look at the plots You don t need to get too complicated with your plotting for a business presentation Luckily you know how it turns out before you begin your presentation so that you can pace it effectively Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi 1 Decide who the hero is Even in a business presentation the hero is still important Yo
13. details at the same time One of the best ways to explain the meaning of something is to show how it fits into a larger context That concept is known as seeing how a detail fits into the big picture In his book Visual Explanations Edward Tufte recom mends using a method called PGP to explain complex ideas or data PGP refers to explaining things by using a Particular point a General point and then another Particular point So for example if you were explaining a graphic showing sales figures in Prezi you would first point to a particular number and speak to it and then pull out to a more general point that shows the greater context Then you would move back in again and discuss another particular point that enhances the original argument you made In Figure 1 8 you see the total big picture of the presentation Presenting with Multimedia and the way it s broken out into the details grouped by graphic formats Surprisingly Prezi is set up to do exactly that with no additional work on your part To use the PGP method you would use Smart Zooming to zoom in to a data point on the Prezi canvas then zoom out to show the bigger picture and then zoom back in to enhance that point That s how prezis are meant to be used They re created to help you explain things in the easi est way possible If you remember this method when you are planning your prezis you can make complex ideas seem simpler Multi Media ar ar Chapter
14. es see Figure 1 6 Animation video with audio 1 Scrapbooking material Representing movement using layering When you lay your elements on the Prezi canvas you can focus on it using three built in movements You can zoom in zoom out and rotate it Think about how different this is than just placing a static image on the screen See Figure 1 7 When you view a slide you look at it head on If you re speaking to a particu lar element of the slide you can t zoom in and focus on it unless you take a slice of it and make that your next slide Looking at content in Prezi mimics a natural process If you want to see it up close you can click it or create a preset to zoom in on it This zooming opens up your ability to show things in all sorts of new ways The perception is that you have actual movement In addition when you add timing to the equation your audience perceives the material as using time and space as part of the show Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi 2 Fle Edt view Favortes Tools Hep 35 Share Figure 1 6 STORY TELLERS A prezi with cnet p hand drawn people graphics Fle Edt wew Favontes Tools Hep Az Savedat 42 Undo Print Help Exit 54 Q Q e Figure 1 7 Demon strating movement Ce 22 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset E Figure 1 8 Looking at the big picture and the details i Exploring the big picture and
15. her will either be a worthwhile experience or it won t If you start planning your presentation by focusing on what you know about the people watching and how you need to communicate your message you re way ahead of the game The only way to fail in this respect is to be wrong about who the audience members are and how you need to communicate with them Following are some of the things you need to consider at the beginning of the planning phase 1 Context What is this audience s view of the world in relation to this topic Before you develop conclusions make sure you ve done some research on the audience first Y Trust Understand that before people believe a word you say they need to trust your motives If they think you have a hidden agenda or aren t completely truthful you ll have a hard time convincing them of any thing 1 WIIFM What s In It For Me When you decided to make this presenta tion you made a calculation You thought about what you would gain by making it Rest assured your audience members will make the same calculation about watching it Make sure you make it worth their while 26 Part Establishing a Prezi Mindset Learning styles Your audience is made up of visual auditory and kines thetic learners Vary the content to appeal to everyone Y Physical limits Your audience is subject to the usual factors hunger thirst sleepiness and so on Try to do what you can to mitigate these
16. makes it very easy for you to invite others to work with you To make working in teams a snap you ll use the coeditor link on the Your Prezis page See Figure 1 9 Collaboration is covered in more depth in Chapter 5 Make Products Easy to Buy with Stories by stephanie diamond on Prezi Windows Internet Explorer G ae B hitp s pres com f472u70spun_ make procucts easy to be iex E orea review Fie Edt Yew Favontes Tools Heb if Favorites Make Products Easy to Buy with Stories Make Products Easy o Buy with S ories EJ Power of Storytelling It s a dialogue You re a marketer right Public amp allow 1 Who can edit ote copy the e You owne Public A Figure 1 9 f Private Inviting a coeditor Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi 25 Displaying Vour Prezis Prezis can be shared in a variety of ways Don t hesitate to give it wide expo sure See Chapter 5 for more information about sharing your prezis Aside from sharing in e mails you can display your Prezi in the following ways 1 Embed on a Web page Publish to a social media site v Share on your blog 1 Put in the Prezi Explore tab with or without Reuse rights Developing a Presentation Partnership The one thing that separates a good presenter from a bad one is her ability to focus on the audience As a good presenter you must establish a partner ship between yourself and the audience You re in this together The time you spend toget
17. near fashion which is great for the pre senter but not always great for the audience Prezi on the other hand uses content to create a story line With Prezi the organization of the material doesn t dictate a particular process the story does Just like any tool you have to figure out how to make Prezi work for you It s easy to use however and when you get rolling you ll probably prefer it to other presentation software But you ll have to open your mind to a different way of thinking about what goes into presenting First and foremost Prezi helps you tell a persuasive story that can change people s minds With Prezi your only limitation is the amount of time you have to spend on creating something unique Breaking the slide barrier Can you imagine creating a presentation that doesn t include slides Up until now you likely couldn t Breaking your addiction to information in rectangu lar bullet lists is going to be key to using Prezi If you think I m kidding I m not When you first try Prezi your impulse may be to try to put all your infor mation into the built in Frame tool brackets circles and rectangles and show them one by one like a slide show Resist this urge Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi What if directors had taken the new medium of TV as an opportunity to show people reading radio scripts at a microphone At first this might have been acceptable but eventually people would have star
18. o Prezi com http prezi com you find three tabs in the upper left corner of the site They are Your Prezis Learn and Explore Before you sign up the Home tab shows you the features and benefits of Prezi After you sign up the Home tab changes to the Your Prezis tab PCS Figure 1 5 Prezi con tent tabs Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi The following content is found on each of the tabs see Figure 1 5 Y Your Prezis After you sign up the Home tab becomes the Your Prezis tab and this is where you access all the prezis you create In this tab you see all your prezis laid out for you You can also sort your prezis by title or by last opened You can display this sort by all those owned by you or those shared with you 1 Learn There are three columns on this page where all the e learning content is located In the first column you see the Prezi Academy where you can find Basic Advanced and Expert lessons Next you see the Live from Prezi Universe column where you find tips ideas and updates from Prezi The third column is where you find a link to the manual and links to the different Prezi tech support sites 1 Explore This area is a great resource Here you can find all the prezis that have been created by those with Free licenses You can also find prezis that have been made public for the purpose of sharing them with others People may also designate their prezis as Reusable so that y
19. ou can use them as a foundation to build your own prezi The Explore area is searchable by topic and whether or not it is reusable Explore Prezi Windows Internet Explorer go G tp prezi com explores X g s20gk Pie Fle Edt vew Favontes Toos Heb ny Favorites Exobre Prezi E p ROZI Your prezis Learn Explore Search ili Popular prezis M Show only reusable 17 18 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset Changing the Way Vou Present with Prezi If you re comfortable with a presentation process that can t be varied then Prezi is not for you Prezi gives you options Options can be scary but only until you try out a few Then they can be liberating Comparing Prezi to traditional slide based programs is like comparing a large digital whiteboard to a deck of cards On the whiteboard everything is laid out before you No content is hidden With the deck of cards you need to go card by card to see the content Imagine starting a slide presentation with slide number five and then zipping back to one and then out to ten The audience would be frustrated for two reasons first because the information is out of order and second because moving back and forth seamlessly is clumsy and awkward I m sure you ve seen a presenter scanning back and forth frantically trying to find informa tion on a slide near the beginning It s not pretty With Prezi you avoid this problem completely All your
20. pes hobbies and so on When you start to think about Prezi as a way to display your favorite collec tion demonstrate a recipe or create a party invitation you ll be excited to see how far you can push the tools See Figure 1 13 You can embed video audio and animation in your prezi These options take you much farther than a digital scrapbook or other illustration tool that s flat and static Remember that Prezi has layers which means that you can zoom in and out and rotate your materials You can also pace your prezi so that it s fast slow or moves to the beat Who and where are my customers E ports gt BusinessDecision Hs graphed data we ay zz i 4 Lave F fe Customers 2 29 30 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset b Figure 1 13 A recipe in Prezi D An easy Step by step recipe Ingredients Zoe Bak i 5 2 er 8RC A e Aste by step guide to utter aes P P 8 quick and aa Lemon drizzle cake isse Cake Sers easy i a E x N aust gre Step by step guide ao a don Duce Suggestion of design Drizzle A simple maderia sponge or with a tangy but sweet lemon g drizle on Cae Serving suggestions Extra awk he uen Rake cake in a kost daad kinke Veni nahi tse lniana j et BRE R boca ara in the middle of two cakes aust Aake a round cake ar EPER awy drizzle mix it with gf another idea is to put a slice re is now ready to cat Make small cakes and
21. r your audience members who will quickly give up Presenting online or offline When you have everything set up prezis can be presented both online from a browser window or offline from your hard drive CD or USB drive When choosing a method you need to know the following 1 Online Prezis are hosted online so if you want to present froma browser it s very easy All you need to do is log in to your account and play your prezi from there If you have a Free license your prezi is pub lished and the URL is visible If you have the Enjoy or Pro account you can present from a private prezi or make your prezi public The choice is yours Your main concern when presenting online is always your Internet connection If it fails during the presentation you re in trouble 24 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset Offline If you download your prezi to a hard drive or other device like a CD or USB drive you have more insurance that your prezi will be avail able when you want it You can very easily download your prezi using the online controls Just remember that you can t create a prezi offline without an Pro account that gives you access to Prezi Desktop P ae ca S Remember that you can t edit your offline prezi after you ve downloaded it unless you have a Pro account To edit it you need to edit the online version and redownload it a a Working with Collaborators Collaboration on the Internet is critical Prezi
22. ted to balk because this approach didn t take advantage of the visual medium that television is The medium of television meant that storytellers no longer had to just tell they had to show as well That s what Prezi lets you do With Prezi you need to use the visual medium and the ability to zoom in and out not make it fit an old paradigm You need to think differently about how things are displayed and discussed When you get comfortable with it though this new paradigm will spur your creativity Don t be afraid to put anything on the canvas and play with it Your results will be better and your audience will thank you for it One of the best ways to retrain your eye is to look in the Prezi Explore tab and see what others have done You ll begin to notice how some people try to experiment with new ideas and others just try to re create a slide motif When you recognize this you ll be able to avoid it Getting to know the Prezi menu The Prezi Bubble menu is the heart of the application In keeping with Prezi s uniqueness it doesn t look like the ordinary Windows style menu It s called a Bubble menu because each menu choice is a circle that looks something like a bubble The main menu consists of one major center bubble with five smaller bubbles around it See Figure 1 1 All the action takes place here Using these command bubbles you can create anything you can imagine In Chapter 3 the menu is presented in com
23. telling tool think of using it when you want to com municate something to others That means that when you want to introduce a new product or service or solve a problem you can use Prezi to deliver your message But you can also use it for nonbusiness applications There s nothing inherently business oriented about the tool It all depends on how you use it Problem solving and brainstorming There are lots of different problem solving methods that you can employ using Prezi My favorite is a Mind Map which I cover in Chapters 10 and 16 But you can also use it to create other diagrams and flowcharts that help with problem solving 28 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset a Figure 1 11 Brain storming with Prezi D For inspiration on other visual methods you can use you might want to check out the Periodic Table of Visual Methods for Management created by Ralph Lengler and Martin Eppler Just like the periodic table of elements that you learned about in science class this is a chart of visual elements It is broken into six categories via color coding data visualization information visualization concept visualization strategy visualization metaphor visual ization and compound visualization When you roll over one of the elements with your cursor an image pops up showing you what it looks like This chart helps you familiarize yourself with a variety of different methods and perhaps find one for the task at h
24. u need to make the audience care about the outcome That s what the hero does Remember in this case the hero doesn t have to be a person It does have to resonate with the audience Figure out the hook Every story needs a hook the thing that makes people sit up and pay attention instead of texting their friends or look ing for a great sushi restaurant in the neighborhood If you don t supply one don t wonder why your audience can t seem to settle down and listen at the beginning Figure out the sequence of events Prezi gives you the opportunity to create a story line and set a Path to follow Creating a story line makes your presentation stronger You can also ensure that people can see the content in the order you intended if you re not present by having them set specific timing intervals you suggest Planning differently Even if you re a die hard keyboard user I recommend that you plan your first prezi using a pencil and paper or other sketching medium Prezi presents you with options that require you to think in ways you haven t before To do this effectively you need to think and draw first For example your first prezi might include the following planning sequence 1 After your story is created as described in the preceding section decide what you ll use as your key phrases and text content 2 Find and assemble the visuals that support your ideas You determine what visuals you already have what you nee
25. udents who request and qualify have the option of using the Edu Enjoy Plan 500MB of online storage for free or the Edu Pro plan 2 000MB of online storage for 59 annually Nonprofits that request and qualify for the Edu Enjoy plan may also access the Edu plans If you choose to cancel your account you ll be able to show the prezis you ve already created if you leave your account open This means that you won t lose the work you ve completed But you won t be able to create or edit new ones unless you sign up for a new free account 16 Part I Establishing a Prezi Mindset aay Figure 1 4 Prezi plans a amp Select license Prezi com Windows Internet Explorer tp prezi comprofilesanup Fle Edt view Favortes Tools Hep Select icense Pred com Choose from our Licenses v Present offline Download finished prezis so you can v present omine a v 100 MB S00 MB 2000 MB Free 59 year 159 year Student Teacher 5490 A 1325 E Licenses Technical requirements To use Prezi your computer must have the following 1 Adobe Flash Player 9 or higher You don t need a Flash Player installed on your computer but you do need to be able to run it online Minimum 1GB memory vy A mouse or touchpad You must have one of the following operating systems to use Prezi Desktop or Prezi com 1 Windows XP Vista 7 1 Mac OS X Meeting Prezi s public face When you go t
26. you can choose either the Enjoy or Pro plans The available plans are as fol lows see Figure 1 4 1 The Free plan The Free plan allows you to create and edit prezis online You get 100MB of free storage space and you can present a downloaded prezi offline On the flip side you can t make content private or remove the Prezi watermark If you don t have the need for large storage or pri vate prezis then this might be the choice for you Enjoy Cost 59 annual fee 30 day free trial The Enjoy plan gives you 500MB of online storage space to use for your prezis When you present you don t see the Prezi watermark on the left side of the screen like you would if you had the Free plan Your prezis remain private unless you make them public You can share a public or private prezi Using the Get link or Share down ward arrow you can send an e mail via Prezi with a link to the prezi 1 Pro Cost 159 annual fee 30 day free trial The Pro plan gives you 2 000MB of online storage space When you present you don t see the Prezi watermark With this plan your prezis remain private unless you make them public 1 Edu Enjoy and Edu Pro Prezi is becoming hugely popular in the class room Teachers want to be able to use the software and have their students use it as well Prezi recognized that educators were not able to afford the program for themselves and their students so Prezi created separate educational plans Teachers and st
27. zation convention is used throughout the book Prezi is hosted online so publishing your prezi is very easy Your options are dependent upon which license you have If you have the Free license your prezi is automati cally published made public and appears in the Explore tab If you have the Enjoy or Pro license you can decide when or whether you want to make your prezi public To put it in the Explore tab to share with others you must make it public See Figure 1 2 ows Internet Explorer tp prei comfeanyoubble menuy Fle Edt view Favorttes Tools Hep Lf Bubble Menu Pred Leam Center Chapter 1 Getting Started with Prezi 13 Fle Edt vew Favontes Tods Heb qay Favorites Make Products Easy to Buy with Stories Email this prezi E Send a link of Make Products Easy to Buy with Stories created by You From To Add a personal note Hi found this prezi on Prezi com click on the link below to view it Send invitation C Figure 1 2 A public URL for your prezi A URL Working offline with Prezi Desktop With Prezi Desktop you can work on your desktop without worrying about staying connected No Internet today No problem See Figure 1 3 Using the Desktop software offers you several benefits including the following You can work offline anywhere without an Internet connection You aren t limited by the designated online space for your ac
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