Prezi Reviews

Summary: With Prezi I have been able to capture more attention in meetings within my company since the slides are more intuitive and professional, thus being able to develop the content or the idea in a more practical and easy way. I have been able to create slides in less time compared to outdated and complicated PowerPoint slides. With this platform I have also been able to work collaboratively in order to streamline the work process when it comes to great information or a large number of ideas that occur within the feedback with my work team.

Positive: It is very practical to have a platform on which you can create slides without having to download any installation software for such use, I also love that to be able to view the slides on another computer and without the need for an internet connection, no installation is needed to preview as the slide has functions which the presentation plays smoothly. The template gallery is very useful since I have almost unlimited availability to be able to start a theme professionally without starting a slide from scratch, I only modify certain characteristics such as images, content, fonts, etc. The option of being able to edit the slide with drag and drop functions is very good to speed up the process of creating a slide.

Negative: There is a little problem on some computers when using the Prezi viewer, in certain cases you have to download the installable editor to be able to view the slides. Most of the time the Prezi viewer in desktop mode is very slow, I do not understand why they have not optimized that problem since it is a bit annoying when editing and previewing. I don't understand why to log into the desktop Prezi executable, I have checked my internet connection and everything is fine. Generally speaking most of the time and in every way Prezi can be a pretty slow platform.

Summary: My overall experience with Prezi has been really good as we have chosen not to use the downloadable version for computers. Currently, our team uses the version and the mobile version, because it allows us to have impressive agility when editing and completing any slide. I am very satisfied with the benefits that Prezi has brought me, because I have been able to make really creative slides, with a very attractive design and with the possibility of adding drawings and shapes to all my slides. Also, Prezi has allowed me to use templates that organize all my information very well, with arrows that redirect to another section of the slide with the press of a key. I would like to use the downloadable platform for computers, I hope you can improve it so that I can have a more complete experience with Prezi. Prezi is a very easy platform to use, your login is completely fast and the web version takes very little time to load.

Positive: In our work sector, it is very important to design high quality slides with a good information organization. Prezi has been able to provide us with this quality when creating and editing all kinds of slides. One of the things I like the most about this platform is that it offers me a wide variety of pre-designed templates that I can insert to any slide I am making, this allows me to give a better touch of creativity to the entire presentation. In addition, another feature that I love about Prezi is that it allows me to insert drawings or shapes previously created by the same platform, this has allowed me to add cartoons and many things that complement the slides that I am making.

Negative: Prezi is a very complete platform when it comes to making slides online, however, one of the negative factors that affects the user experience a bit is when the user uses the downloadable version for computers that Prezi offers. Currently, in our company we use Prezi in its web version and mobile version, because the downloadable application for computers takes a long time to load all the information on the slides and to be able to edit them, it consumes too much RAM on the computer and affects its fluidity. Also, this application has problems when converting the slide to .PDF format, causing the user to download the .pdf format from the web version. I would like to use this downloadable application, I hope you can optimize it so that you can have a much more experience.

Summary: Prezi can make your presentation look nice; and for the right type of presentation, it might be the right thing for you. For most presentations, this is overkill and a simple set of Powerpoint slides or physical graphs and charts will keep your audience more focused on the information you're trying to get across. Much like the various animation effects of Powerpoint itself, all that moving in and out, zooming around, none of that really aids in presentation beyond looking fancy. There is some extra level of organization in Prezi that you can't accomplish for Powerpoint, and you can more easily shift back and forth between specific chunks of information in Prezi. I'd recommend it for presentations with a lot of information and parts where you'll need to switch back and forth between different chunks several times throughout. Otherwise, you can get by just fine with Powerpoint and the main difference is simply down to aesthetics. Depending on your audience, one might be better received than the other.

Positive: Prezi can make your presentations look really nice and pretty with minimal effort. You can pretty much organize it however you want. My first use of it was for a class where a professor described it as a fancier version of Powerpoint. That's essentially what it is, all the features and types of content you'd associate with Powerpoint is exactly what you'll get out of Prezi, but it'll look much nicer and have a better flow to it.

Negative: The prettiness of it doesn't actually add much though, and over the years, when I've needed to make a presentation, I still go back to Powerpoint. Most presentations don't really need all the bells and whistles that come with Prezi, nor the added organization aspect of it, which can make use of this over Powerpoint come off as just showing off or plain distracting from the actual content.