Powerpoint or Prezi

[Checkm8]

So I saw my second prezi presentation and have been wowed by them twice. I have a strong powerpoint background and thats my go to tool if needed. I signed up for a student account and I was going to look into the tutorials and example presentations with prezi. Then I thought to myself, 'hmm.. wonder if anyone has an opinion on this'. I know there are a lot of working villuns and many student villuns.

I was wondering. Is this coming up and being used by the younger generation? And for the older industry folks; is Prezi being used out there a fair bit yet?

[Boss Llama]

I don't know which generation I count as, but in my experiences in both government and schools, PowerPoint remains almost totally dominant. I believe I can recall one Prezi presentation, and everybody loved it and thought it was cool, but it hasn't spread in my circles at all.

If you're wanting to create a file that can be shared with others, turned in for work or an assignment, or otherwise passed around, PowerPoint is pretty much a must. If you're creating a presentation that only you will be using and presenting, Prezi can definitely add a respectable flair to it.

[frostdillicus]

Prezi is far more entertaining than powerpoint ever will be. That said, unfortunately powerpoint is pretty entrenched. If you are just doing student presentations though, Prezi is pretty awesome.

[One_Medic_Army]

Prezi is far more entertaining than powerpoint ever will be. That said, unfortunately powerpoint is pretty entrenched. If you are just doing student presentations though, Prezi is pretty awesome.

From a college student: If you're doing student presentations, make sure you're allowed to hook up your own laptop and have the right ports/adapters. Most of the time we end up having to use a provided laptop at my school.

[Checkm8]

I am just really curious to see if anyone has used it yet! I'm gonna jump into it here sometime! Prezi that is..

[M's]

UHG death by power point. I so wish that the Military would move away from that platform.
Mostly due to the fact that. Army presentations must be done with minimal "Bells and Whistles". But by golly I got lottsa nap time in during 2 and 3 hr presentations; on how to be kind and respectfull to the local's. Even if they where not kind to us.

[bullet4o1]

We are a Microsoft Shop. We have a Gold Partnership with them so we get free software

[gator]

Powerpoint, or Keynote with the slightly more prevalent use of Macs in the CS environment is pretty much what I see.

From the Prezi overview, it just sounds like the Ken Burns Effect applied to presentations. I don't really see what it does that couldn't be done by a traditional presentation program, but it does seem to make the workflow for generating a more idea-based presentation as opposed to the "death by bullets" presentation style more intuitive.

[metacide]

I've never used Prezi either >.> I only even heard about it the other day actually.

That being said I am a minimalist when it comes to presentations; which means no gaudy effects, only 4 bullet points per screen and less than 5 words per bullet point. All that other stuff just gets in the way of the message.