Quick Pitch: Prezi creates presentations on a single zoomable canvas.
Genius Idea: The cloud-based software allows you to zoom in and out of your presentation, helping to explain your ideas.
Prezi, a cloud-based presentation software, is an alternative to the PowerPoint presentation. It helps you create visually engaging presentations using a single zoomable canvas. Instead of separating your ideas into different slides, you can instead add them to one space.
When it comes time to present, you can either show the big picture or zoom into the small details.
Users can import and edit text, shapes, drawings, images, PDFs, YouTube videos and PowerPoint slides onto their Prezi canvases. They can also group similar items or add layers to prevent clutter.
Once a path is created to connect ideas, the canvas is ready to be presented online or offline, from a computer or iPad.
“Prezi is about giving people the ability to think creatively and outside the box,” Peter Arvai, CEO of Prezi, told Mashable. “Arranging your ideas into one single space helps you and your audience realize the connection and relationships between your ideas.”
Prezi’s collaboration feature makes it easy to edit presentations with other users in real-time.
Presentations made with the startup's free service will also be available on Prezi’s website for anyone to reuse. To make presentations private, users must purchase the “Enjoy” package for $59 a year, or the “Pro” package for $159 a year. The Pro package also lets them edit Prezis offline.
Prezi was launched in 2009 and now has more than 10 million users. The company has raised $15.5 million in funding, with investments from TED Conferences and Sunstone Capital.
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