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Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations

By : Russell Anderson-Williams
Book Image

Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations

By: Russell Anderson-Williams

Overview of this book

Prezi is a tool for delivering presentations in a linear or non-linear format. This cloud-based software enables users to structure presentations on an infinite canvass in a way that is much more engaging and visually stimulating to the audience. "Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations" is a must read for anyone already using Prezi who wants to take their presentations to the next level. It covers all of the technical elements of the software, whilst also looking at the practicalities of using Prezi in a business environment. This book covers all the technical elements of Prezi and also teaches the reader how to think for Prezi, and approach their design in the best way. This is an essential resource for people who want to use Prezi seriously. As well as covering best practices for inserting imagery, sound, and video, this book also covers topics for business users like collaborating and sharing Prezis online, using Prezi at a meeting to brain storm with overseas colleagues, and how to 'Prezify' PowerPoint or Keynote slides. "Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations" will escalate you from Prezi user to master with ease.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 3. Inserting a Video

So far, we've looked at using imagery and sound to grab your audience's attention. It stands to reason that video is going to be even more engaging because it's a combination of these two elements.

Used correctly in Prezi, video can give your audience the most engaging experience, and it can really help get your messages across in a memorable way.

There are lots of different approaches you can take to find or even build your own videos for Prezi and this chapter we will help you understand those approaches, along with how they might fit into your business.

We'll cover the following:

  • Technicalities of using video in Prezi

  • Searching for and using YouTube videos

  • Creating your own YouTube account

  • Editing your own videos