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{{Short description|Online presentation design platform}}
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{{Not to be confused with|Preci|Précis (disambiguation)}}
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| name = Prezi
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| url = {{url|http://prezi.com/}}
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| logo = [[File:Prezi logo transparent 2012.svg|frameless|150px]]
| origin = [[Hungary]]
| employees = 300 (2022)
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| Founders = [[Adam Somlai-Fischer, Peter Halacsy & Peter Arvai]]
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| url = {{URL|https://www.prezi.com/}}
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| language = [[English language|English]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
| location = [[San Francisco]], [[United States]]

[[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
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| type = [[Presentation Software|Presentation]] [[Collaboration tool|Collaboration]]
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| founder = [[Adam Somlai-Fischer]]<br>Peter Halacsy<br>[[Peter Arvai]]
| launch date = 2009
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| language = [[English language|English]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[German language|German]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[French language|French]], [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
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| current status = Active
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| type = [[Presentation Software|Presentation]] [[Collaboration tool|Collaboration]]
| owner = Prezi Inc
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'''Prezi''' is a Hungarian video and visual communications software company founded in 2009 in Hungary, with offices in [[San Francisco]], [[Budapest]] and [[Riga]] as of 2020.<ref name="barrons">{{Cite web |last=Sebag-Montefiore |first=Clarissa |date=3 July 2020 |title=Great Escapes: Prezi Founder Peter Arvai on How to Make Your Home a Refuge |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/great-escapes-prezi-founder-peter-arvai-on-how-to-make-your-home-a-refuge-01593772445 |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Barron’s Penta]]}}</ref> According to Prezi, in 2021, the software company has more than 100 million users worldwide<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prezi announces Google Slides integration |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/prezi-announces-google-slides-integration/ |website=TechRepublic|date=29 July 2021 }}</ref> who have created approximately 400 million presentations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2020 |title=Prezi introduces dynamic video teaching tools as education moves online |url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/10/16/prezi-introduces-dynamic-video-teaching-tools-as-education-moves-online/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |publisher=VentureBeat}}</ref><ref name="barrons" /><ref name="cnet">{{Cite web |last=What |first=Now |date=1 October 2020 |title=Are you still doing ordinary screen-share? |url=https://www.cnet.com/videos/are-you-still-doing-ordinary-screen-share/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[CNET]]}}</ref> In 2019, they launched Prezi Video, a tool that allows for virtual presentations within the video screen of a live or recorded video.<ref name="qz">{{Cite web |last=MacLellan |first=Lila |date=24 January 2020 |title=Prezi wants to make you the Rachel Maddow of your office |url=https://qz.com/work/1789643/prezis-new-video-format-puts-graphics-next-to-your-face/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]}}</ref> The word ''Prezi'' is the short form of "presentation" in Hungarian.<ref name="DailyBrink">{{Cite interview |last=Arvai |first=Peter |interviewer=Gary Goldman |title=Prezi Founders |last2=Halacsy |first2=Peter |last3=Somlai-Fischer |first3=Adam |url=https://www.dailybrink.com/?p=1596 |access-date=2023-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113224824/https://www.dailybrink.com/?p=1596 |archive-date=2012-11-13 |url-status=dead |publisher=Daily Brink}}</ref> As of January 2022, the company had around 300 employees in 13 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Handley |first=Lucy |date=2022-01-25 |title=The rise of the 15-minute meeting — and how to run one |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/25/the-rise-of-the-15-minute-meeting-and-how-to-run-one.html |access-date=2022-02-21 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>
'''Prezi''' is a [[Cloud computing|cloud]]-based ([[SaaS]]) [[presentation software]] and [[storytelling]] tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gearedforimagination.com |title=Topozoo|publisher=Geared for Imagination |accessdate=25 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Susan Gunelius|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2011/03/23/stand-out-from-competitors-with-prezi-presentations/|title=Stand out from competitors with Prezi |publisher=Forbes.com LLC |accessdate=25 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cluthe |first=Kirsten |url=http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/263602/ten-essential-business-tools/1 |title=Ten Essential Business Tools - Presentations: Prezi.com - Slideshow from |publisher=PCMag.com |date=2011-04-26 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Watters |first=Audrey |url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/view_your_prezi_presentations_anywhere_via_new_ipa.php |title=View Your Prezi Presentations Anywhere Via New iPad App |publisher=Readwriteweb.com |date=2011-01-10 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Susan Gunelius |url=http://blogs.forbes.com/work-in-progress/2011/03/23/stand-out-from-competitors-with-prezi-presentations/ |title=Stand Out From Competitors With Prezi Presentations - Forbes |publisher=Blogs.forbes.com |date=2012-04-18 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> The product employs a [[zooming user interface]] (ZUI), which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media, and allows users to display and navigate through information within a [[2.5D]] or [[parallax|parallax 3D]] space on the [[Z-axis]]. Prezi was officially established in 2009 by co-founders [[Adam Somlai-Fischer]], [[Peter Halacsy]] and [[Peter Arvai]].


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Demo Day 2016 - Design Center (21).jpg|thumb|The building housing the Prezi offices in Budapest (2016)]]
[[File:Prezi offices, San Francisco (January 2020).jpg|thumb|Prezi offices in San Francisco (2020)]]
Prezi was founded in 2009 in [[Budapest]], Hungary, by [[Adam Somlai-Fischer]], [[Peter Halacsy]], and [[Peter Arvai]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coleman |first=Alison |date=7 November 2014 |title=How Prezi Helped Turn Budapest Into Europe's Newest Startup Hub |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisoncoleman/2014/11/07/how-prezi-hungarys-vc-trojan-horse-helped-turn-budapest-into-europes-newest-start-up-hub/#461b6ae72aa6 |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Forbes#Forbes.com|Forbes.com]]}}</ref> The company incorporated on May 20, 2009, and received its first major investment from [[TED (conference)|TED]] two months later.<ref name="Schwartz" /> In November 2009, a San Francisco office was opened.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2020 |title=Prezi Co-founder Retires After 12 Years |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/prezi-co-founder-hungary-arvai/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |publisher=Hungary Today}}</ref>


In early 2011, Prezi launched its first [[iPad]] application. That same year, it received $14M in [[Venture capital#Financing stages|Series B venture capital funding]] led by Accel Partners.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Company Announcements |date=15 December 2011 |url=https://prezi.com/press/announcements/#8 |language=en |access-date=7 April 2021 |work=Prezi}}</ref> A Prezi [[iPhone app]] was launched in late 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 November 2012 |title=View Presentations On The iPhone And Edit On The iPad With New Prezi Apps |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/28/the-idea-economy-in-action-view-on-the-iphone-and-edit-on-the-go-with-new-prezi-ipad-apps/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADzZpIe-142KsmStlY9sHUzh7k9iifW74DLzV-KDrRLxgw4hCpQPtghwB0kHcrQpkIpzvfAjVnEW_ehiPsXW24rYohk7yx4ztW0306jECMcDdl_Thx_HGedZfQaOQbhGMchaDnrW4pNXlk9P5VFeXGUHWXupHRm_vf3J7g4zVr7f |access-date=7 April 2021 |publisher=Tech Crunch}}</ref>
Prezi (or Prezi.com) was created by the support of [[Kitchen Budapest]] and [[Magyar Telekom]] in 2008 in order to replace the ordinary slide based presentations. Today the project is assisted by Sunstone Capital.{{Citation needed|date=January 2014}} The actual development was done by Zui Labs led by its three Hungarian founders Péter Árvai, Szabolcs Somlai-Fischer and Péter Halácsy. The word prezi is the Hungarian short form of presentation.


In March 2014, Prezi pledged $100 million in free licenses to [[Title 1]] schools as part of the [[Barack Obama|Obama]] administration's ConnectED program.<ref name="Farr">{{Cite web |last=Farr |first=Christina |date=28 February 2014 |title=Adobe & Prezi commit $400M to President Obama's digital literacy program |url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/02/28/adobe-prezi-commit-400m-to-president-obamas-digital-literacy-program/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[VentureBeat]]}}</ref> November of that year saw the announcement of $57 million in new funding from Spectrum Equity and Accel Partners.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butcher |first=Mike |title=Prezi Secures $57M Growth Round From Spectrum And Accel, Passes 50M Users |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/19/prezi-secures-57m-growth-round-from-spectrum-and-accel-passes-50m-users/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |date=19 November 2014 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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== Products and features ==
[[File:Path Tool.png|thumb|Prezi Path Tool]]


In February 2015, Prezi launched Nutshell, an app for creating 'mini-movies' from photos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hear |first=Steve |title=Prezi Launches Nutshell, An App To Turn Photos Into 'Mini-Movies' |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/10/nutshell/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |date=10 February 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref> Prezi for [[Android operating system|Android]] was launched in 2015, and in June 2016, the company launched Prezi Business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawers |first=Paul |date=7 June 2016 |title=With 75M users, Prezi targets businesses with new collaboration and analytics tools for presentations |url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/06/07/75m-users-on-prezi-targets-businesses-with-new-collaboration-and-analytics-tools-for-presentations/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[VentureBeat]]}}</ref> In April 2017, Prezi Next—a new [[HTML5]]-based product—was released.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maina |first=Antony |date=2 May 2017 |title=New Prezi Next Offers Audience Feedback in Real Time on Your Next Presentation |url=https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/05/prezi-next.html |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=Small Business Trends |language=en-US}}</ref> In May 2017, Prezi acquired [[Infogram]], a data visualization company based in Latvia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawers |first=Paul |date=16 May 2017 |title=Prezi makes its first acquisition, snaps up Latvian data visualization startup Infogram |url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/05/16/prezi-makes-it-first-acquisition-snaps-up-latvian-data-visualization-startup-infogram/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[VentureBeat]]}}</ref>
=== Prezi ZUI ===
The Prezi online and offline ZUI editors employ a common tool palette, allowing users to pan and zoom, and to size, rotate, or edit an object. The user places objects on a canvas and navigates between videos, images, texts and other presentation media. Frames allow grouping of presentation media together as a single presentation object. Paths are navigational sequences that connect presentation objects for the purposes of structuring a linear presentation.


In 2017, Prezi started to observe a shift from presentations being primarily onstage and in-person, to increased virtual presenting, and the company began a broader effort to refocus around improving virtual meetings and integrating into virtual communications tools.<ref name="cnet" /><ref name="Chin">{{Cite web |last=Chin |first=Monica |date=21 September 2020 |title=Prezi is releasing new video features to make virtual teaching more exciting |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/21/21448964/prezi-screenshare-video-new-features-distance-learning |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> In November 2019, Prezi launched Prezi Video, a video tool that lets users give virtual presentations in the screen of a live or recorded video, enabling video presenters to interact with their visual content like a newscaster or weather-person.<ref name="qz" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Technology |first=Bloomberg |date=26 November 2019 |title=Prezi's Video Tool Improves Live Presentations, CEO Says |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-11-25/prezi-s-video-tool-improves-live-presentations-ceo-says-video |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]}}</ref>
=== Prezi Desktop ===
Prezi Desktop<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prezi.com/desktop/ |title=Desktop |publisher=Prezi |date= |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> allows Prezi Pro or Edu Pro subscribers to work off-line and create and save their presentations on their own [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] or [[Mac OS X|Mac]] systems. Prezi Desktop Editor allows users to work on the presentation off- line which come in .pez file format. Users can have files up to 500 MB in size when signing up using a school login e-mail address. This storage capability doesn't affect when users use an appropriate third-party conversion software with [[FLV]] or [[SWF]] format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prezi.com/desktop/ |title=Desktop |publisher=Prezi |date= |accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref>


Teachers were the quickest audience to adopt Prezi Video, and by April 2020 Prezi had teachers in 175 countries using Prezi Video in their virtual classrooms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finance |first=Yahoo! |date=8 September 2020 |title=There will be a 'massive shift' in how teaching in the workplace is executed: Prezi CEO |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/video/massive-shift-teaching-workplace-executed-170348399.html |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Yahoo! Finance]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Markets |first=Bloomberg |date=14 September 2020 |title=Prezi CEO Talks Mainstream Tech in Education |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2020-09-14/prezi-ceo-talks-mainstream-tech-in-education-video |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]}}</ref> Prezi Video received a 2020 Award of Excellence from Tech & Learning Magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Editors |first=TL |date=24 July 2020 |title=Tech & Learning Names the Winners of the Awards of Excellence Contest |url=https://www.techlearning.com/news/tech-and-learning-names-the-winners-of-the-awards-of-excellence-contest |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Tech & Learning]]}}</ref>
=== Prezi Collaborate ===
Prezi Collaborate is an online collaboration feature that allows up to ten people (co-located or geographically separated) to co-edit and show their presentations in real time. Users participate in a prezi simultaneously, and each is visually represented in the presentation window by a small avatar. Although Prez Meetings can be done simultaneously that is not the only option. Participants can be invited to edit the Prezi presentation at a later time if they wish. A link will be sent and the participant has up to ten days to edit the presentation. Prezi Meeting is included in all license types.


In July 2020, Prezi named President Jim Szafranski as the new CEO, and announced that Co-Founder and CEO Peter Arvai would become Executive Chairman. Szafranski joined Prezi as Chief Operating Officer in 2015 and was named to the Board of Directors in 2018, before being elevated to President in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Szafranski Leads Prezi (And All Of Us) Into The Future Of Interactive Content |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laureldonnellan/2020/11/11/jim-szafranski-leads-prezi-and-all-of-us-into-the-future-of-interactive-content/?sh=3cc91b204f08 |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=Forbes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schőnviszky |first=Csenge |date=29 July 2020 |title=Prezi Co-founder Retires After 12 Years |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/prezi-co-founder-hungary-arvai/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Hungary Today]]}}</ref>
===Prezi Viewer for iPad===
Prezi Viewer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prezi.com/ipad/ |title=Viewer for iPad |publisher=Prezi |date= |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> is an app developed for the [[iPad]] for viewing prezis created on one's Prezi online account. The iPad [[touchscreen]] and [[multi-touch]] [[user interface]] enables users to pan, and pinch to zoom in or out of their media.


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Prezzip also offers templates for PreziU, with tool kits and visuals for file presentations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prezzip.com/index.php/footer-pages/about/prezi-ipad-viewer/|title=Prezi iPad viewer |publisher=Prezzip |accessdate=25 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prezzip.com/index.php/footer-pages/about/what-we-do/ |title=what we do |publisher=Prezzip |date= |accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref>
The company's flagship platform is a visual storytelling software alternative to traditional slide-based presentation formats. Prezi presentations feature a map-like overview that lets users pan between topics, zoom in on details, and pull back to reveal context. Prezi Video is integrated with popular video chat platforms and communication tools; it can be used in [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]], [[Microsoft Teams]], [[Google Hangouts]], [[Slack (software)|Slack]], [[Facebook]], [[GoToMeeting|GoToWebinar]] and [[Cisco Webex|Webex]].<ref name="Chin" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Jefferson |date=20 August 2020 |title=10 cool Zoom app plug-ins to enhance your video meeting experience |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/08/20/zoom-video-meetings-can-get-boost-these-10-useful-apps/5608602002/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref name="Kaplan">{{Cite web |last=Kaplan |first=Juliana |date=1 October 2020 |title=How the CEO of a startup challenging the dominance of Microsoft Powerpoint conquered his quarantine mornings |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/prezi-ceo-gave-up-coffee-during-pandemic-how-runs-meetings-2020-9 |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawers |first=Paul |date=16 October 2020 |title=Prezi introduces dynamic video teaching tools as education moves online |url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/10/16/prezi-introduces-dynamic-video-teaching-tools-as-education-moves-online/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[VentureBeat]]}}</ref>


An update to the original Prezi presentation software, Prezi Present (formerly Next) features a redesigned editor, designer templates, and Prezi Viewer for Android and iOS devices. Additionally, Prezi Present makes it possible to use augmented reality in presentations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cruz |first=Claudia |date=25 April 2017 |title=Prezi Next permitirá usar la realidad aumentada en presentaciones |trans-title=Prezi Next brings augmented reality to presentations |url=https://www.cnet.com/es/noticias/prezi-next-permitira-usar-la-realidad-aumentada-en-presentaciones/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[CNET]] |language=es}}</ref>
== Revenue model ==
Prezi uses the [[freemium]] model. Customers who use the product's Public license must publish their work on the Prezi.com website, which is publicly viewable. Customers who pay for a Prezi Enjoy or Prezi Pro can make their presentations privately. Only Pro license users have access to Prezi Desktop, which enables offline editing. Prezi also offers an educational license for students and educators.


One of Prezi Video’s key use-cases is for business presentations on live or recorded video, allowing the presenter to maintain a face-to-face connection with their audience.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Donnellan |first=Laurel |date=20 November 2020 |title=Jim Szafranski Leads Prezi (And All Of Us) Into The Future Of Interactive Content |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laureldonnellan/2020/11/11/jim-szafranski-leads-prezi-and-all-of-us-into-the-future-of-interactive-content/?sh=818b9464f08c |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> Steven M. Baule and Julie E. Lewis state that "making a Prezi video is fairly simple", and that the "presentation engine is robust and allows for embedded video from YouTube or other sources".<ref name="BauleLewis">{{Cite book |last1=Baule |first1=Steven M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u-uBrDd_5hQC |title=Social Networking for Schools |last2=Lewis |first2=Julie E. |year=2012 |publisher=Linworth |page=81|isbn=9781586835378 }}</ref>
== Uses ==


The Prezi Business platform combines the core features of Prezi Present with business-focused productivity tools, including real-time data analytics, integration with the business collaboration platform Slack, commenting and co-editing features, and the Live Prezi feature, with virtual meeting rooms for hosting remote Prezi presentations.<ref name="Boyd">{{Cite web |last=Boyd |first=Stowe |date=7 June 2016 |title=Prezi Business: Moving out of the Auditorium to the Meeting |url=https://gigaom.com/2016/06/07/prezi-for-business-moving-out-of-the-auditorium-to-the-meeting/ |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Gigaom]]}}</ref> The Prezi Design platform has widely used infographic capabilities, which was built on Infogram, which Prezi acquired in 2017.<ref name="Kaplan" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Alisha |date=7 February 2020 |title=Next slide, please: Prezi CEO adds more presentation products to the lineup |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/02/07/next-slide-please-prezi-ceo-adds-more-presentation.html |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[BizJournals]]}}</ref>
=== Business and conferences ===
Some users at the [[World Economic Forum]] are currently using Prezi for their presentations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.prezi.com/2009/11/03/how-to-create-a-good-prezi-for-the-world-economic-forum/ |title=zoomintoprezi - Latest - How to create a good prezi - World Economic Forum |publisher=Blog.prezi.com |date=2009-11-03 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> Many [[TED (conference)|TED Conference]] speakers have used Prezi, including TED curator [[Chris Anderson (entrepreneur)|Chris Anderson]], who used a Prezi for his TEDGlobal 2010 presentation: How Web Video Powers Global Innovation.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Zo53M0lcY&playnext=1&list=PL94B5E5DD92C50B81 |title=Chris Anderson: How YouTube is driving innovation |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-09-14 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> Michael Chasen, President/CEO of [[Blackboard, Inc.]], used Prezi to deliver the keynote at their BbWorld 2011 annual users' conference.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlGA9_p_--c |title=BbWorld 2011 Corporate Keynote |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-07-26 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> [[FBLA]] members have recently started using this software.{{citation needed|reason=|date=September 2013}}


=== Education ===
== Uses ==
The platform has been used in the conference setting by the [[Clinton Foundation]], [[Lufthansa]], [[IBM]], and [[The Independent]], and is a staple at both [[SXSW]] and TED.<ref name="Schwartz">{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Ariel |date=31 July 2013 |title=The First Company that TED Ever Invested in is Changing the Way We Make Presentations |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/2682690/the-first-company-that-ted-ever-invested-in-is-changing-the-way-we-make-presentations |access-date=7 April 2021 |website=[[Fast Company]]}}</ref>
Prezi is used at [[Oregon State University]],<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://calendar.oregonstate.edu/event/63614 |title=Prezi in the classroom |publisher=Oregon University State University calendar |date= |accessdate=2012-07-24}}</ref> as well as at the [[Dwight School]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Anderson |first=Jenny |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/at-a-private-school-virtual-learning-and-the-rock/ |title=At Dwight School, Virtual Learning and the Rock - NYTimes.com |location=Manhattan (NYC) |publisher=Cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com |date=2011-06-21 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> and elsewhere in primary education and higher education.<ref>{{cite web|author=Zoltan Radnai|url=http://edu.prezi.com/article/27827/-Prezi-makes-you-stop-and-think/|title=Prezi makes you stop and think|publisher=Prezi|accessdate=23 July 2012}}</ref> It can be used by teachers and students to collaborate on presentations with multiple users having access and the ability to edit the same presentation,<ref>{{cite web|author=Tilt |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZyv6MTVsjc |title=Student Web 2.0 |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2012-07-18}}</ref> and to allow students to construct and present their knowledge in different learning styles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nactateachers.org/attachments/article/1060/NACTA%20Journal%20Vol%2055%20Sup%201.pdf/|title=Thinking outside of slide |publisher=NACTA |accessdate=24 July 2012}}</ref> The product is also being used in [[e-learning]] and [[edutainment]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7nDT_KgPpk |title=Daniel Gallichan - 1. Platz beim 1. Freiburger Science Slam |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> However note that Prezi is considered by Web2Access to be an 'inaccessible service'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.web2access.org.uk/product/172/ |title=Results for Prezi|publisher=Web2Access JISC TechDis |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref> Educators have been advised that Prezi is not ADA/508 compliant and that an accessible PowerPoint version of the presentation should be provided online for students where a Prezi has been used.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webaccessibility.gmu.edu/prezi.html |title=Prezi Known Accessibility Issues|publisher=George Mason University |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref>
Prezi Business is designed specifically for sales and marketing professionals. The platform combines conversational presenting capabilities with business-focused features such as collaboration, Slack integration, and analytics.<ref name="Boyd" />

Prezi worked closely with the [[ConnectED]] initiative since its inauguration by President Barack Obama in 2013, providing free Prezi licenses to hundreds of thousands of Title I high school teachers across the nation.<ref name="Farr" /> It has also been used for creative purposes, such as Alexandra Saemmer's digital poem [[Böhmische Dörfer]].
=== Information visualization ===
In July 2011, ''[[The Guardian]]'' used Prezi to publish a new world map graphic on their website, for an article about the newly independent South Sudan.<ref>{{cite news|author=Simon Rogers, Jenny Ridley |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/jul/08/world-map-new-south-sudan |title=The new world map: download it for yourself &#124; World news &#124; guardian.co.uk |publisher=Guardian |date= 2011-07-08|accessdate=2012-06-05 |location=London}}</ref>

== Platform compatibility ==
Prezi is developed in [[Adobe Flash]], [[Adobe AIR]] and built on top of [[Django (web framework)|Django]]. It is therefore compatible with most modern computers and web browsers. However, it does not comply with web standards, since it is still necessary to install the Adobe Flash plug-in.

From July 2014 viewing Prezis is also possible without Adobe Flash, using only Javascript.<ref>{{cite news|author=Peter Halacsy |url=https://medium.com/prezi-engineering/how-and-why-prezi-turned-to-javascript-56e0ca57d135 |title=How and why Prezi turned to JavaScript - and why it took four years|publisher=Prezi |date= 2014-07-01|accessdate=2014-07-04}}</ref>

== Criticism ==
Some users{{who|date=November 2013}} have criticized Prezi’s “[[zooming user interface]] (ZUI),” claiming it can induce nausea.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} The company has acknowledged this potential effect and offers tutorials with recommendations for use of layout to avoid excessive visual stimulation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prezi.com/learn/grouping-and-layering/ |title=Why the Best Prezis use Grouping & Layering &#124; Prezi Learn Center |publisher=Prezi.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> Others have criticized the Prezi’s lack of font and color options. Notably, Presentation Zen author Garr Reynolds once stated that he had never seen a good presentation using Prezi and was looking for one;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120402080355/http://garr.posterous.com/have-you-ever-seen-a-great-talk-given-with-th|title=Have you ever seen a great talk given with the help of Prezi? Do you have a link? - Garr's posterous |publisher=Garr.posterous.com |date=2010-09-10 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref> in a later post, he refers to Chris Anderson’s talk at TED Global 2010 as one of the best TED talks ever, commenting that it was a good use of Prezi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120402080641/http://garr.posterous.com/on-train-to-tokyo-watching-one-of-the-best-te|title=On train to Tokyo watching one of the best TED talks ever - Garr's posterous |publisher=Garr.posterous.com |date=2010-09-14 |accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref>

Unfortunately, as Prezi is a Flash-based online zooming tool, most elements of the presentation cannot be read aloud by users with disabilities by means of a screen reader (e.g. it is not possible to add alt tags to images and iframes used for the page design, and templates, have been built to work within without accessibility options). Prezi is considered by Web2Access to be an 'inaccessible service'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.web2access.org.uk/product/172/ |title=Results for Prezi|publisher=Web2Access JISC TechDis |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref> Educators have been advised that Prezi is not ADA/508 compliant and that an accessible PowerPoint version of the presentation should be provided online for students where a Prezi has been used.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webaccessibility.gmu.edu/prezi.html |title=Prezi Known Accessibility Issues|publisher=George Mason University |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Scientific visualization]]
* [[Data Presentation Architecture]]


==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 22 December 2024

Not to be confused with Preci or Précis (disambiguation).
Prezi
Type of site
Presentation Collaboration
Available inEnglish, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, German, Italian, French, Hungarian
HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States Budapest, Hungary
OwnerPrezi Inc
Founder(s)Adam Somlai-Fischer
Peter Halacsy
Peter Arvai
Employees300 (2022)
URLwww.prezi.com
LaunchedApril 5, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04-05)
Current statusActive

Prezi is a Hungarian video and visual communications software company founded in 2009 in Hungary, with offices in San Francisco, Budapest and Riga as of 2020.[1] According to Prezi, in 2021, the software company has more than 100 million users worldwide[2] who have created approximately 400 million presentations.[3][1][4] In 2019, they launched Prezi Video, a tool that allows for virtual presentations within the video screen of a live or recorded video.[5] The word Prezi is the short form of "presentation" in Hungarian.[6] As of January 2022, the company had around 300 employees in 13 countries.[7]

History

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The building housing the Prezi offices in Budapest (2016)
Prezi offices in San Francisco (2020)

Prezi was founded in 2009 in Budapest, Hungary, by Adam Somlai-Fischer, Peter Halacsy, and Peter Arvai.[8] The company incorporated on May 20, 2009, and received its first major investment from TED two months later.[9] In November 2009, a San Francisco office was opened.[10]

In early 2011, Prezi launched its first iPad application. That same year, it received $14M in Series B venture capital funding led by Accel Partners.[11] A Prezi iPhone app was launched in late 2012.[12]

In March 2014, Prezi pledged $100 million in free licenses to Title 1 schools as part of the Obama administration's ConnectED program.[13] November of that year saw the announcement of $57 million in new funding from Spectrum Equity and Accel Partners.[14]

In February 2015, Prezi launched Nutshell, an app for creating 'mini-movies' from photos.[15] Prezi for Android was launched in 2015, and in June 2016, the company launched Prezi Business.[16] In April 2017, Prezi Next—a new HTML5-based product—was released.[17] In May 2017, Prezi acquired Infogram, a data visualization company based in Latvia.[18]

In 2017, Prezi started to observe a shift from presentations being primarily onstage and in-person, to increased virtual presenting, and the company began a broader effort to refocus around improving virtual meetings and integrating into virtual communications tools.[4][19] In November 2019, Prezi launched Prezi Video, a video tool that lets users give virtual presentations in the screen of a live or recorded video, enabling video presenters to interact with their visual content like a newscaster or weather-person.[5][20]

Teachers were the quickest audience to adopt Prezi Video, and by April 2020 Prezi had teachers in 175 countries using Prezi Video in their virtual classrooms.[21][22] Prezi Video received a 2020 Award of Excellence from Tech & Learning Magazine.[23]

In July 2020, Prezi named President Jim Szafranski as the new CEO, and announced that Co-Founder and CEO Peter Arvai would become Executive Chairman. Szafranski joined Prezi as Chief Operating Officer in 2015 and was named to the Board of Directors in 2018, before being elevated to President in 2019.[24][25]

Products and features

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The company's flagship platform is a visual storytelling software alternative to traditional slide-based presentation formats. Prezi presentations feature a map-like overview that lets users pan between topics, zoom in on details, and pull back to reveal context. Prezi Video is integrated with popular video chat platforms and communication tools; it can be used in Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, Slack, Facebook, GoToWebinar and Webex.[19][26][27][28]

An update to the original Prezi presentation software, Prezi Present (formerly Next) features a redesigned editor, designer templates, and Prezi Viewer for Android and iOS devices. Additionally, Prezi Present makes it possible to use augmented reality in presentations.[29]

One of Prezi Video’s key use-cases is for business presentations on live or recorded video, allowing the presenter to maintain a face-to-face connection with their audience.[30] Steven M. Baule and Julie E. Lewis state that "making a Prezi video is fairly simple", and that the "presentation engine is robust and allows for embedded video from YouTube or other sources".[31]

The Prezi Business platform combines the core features of Prezi Present with business-focused productivity tools, including real-time data analytics, integration with the business collaboration platform Slack, commenting and co-editing features, and the Live Prezi feature, with virtual meeting rooms for hosting remote Prezi presentations.[32] The Prezi Design platform has widely used infographic capabilities, which was built on Infogram, which Prezi acquired in 2017.[27][33]

Uses

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The platform has been used in the conference setting by the Clinton Foundation, Lufthansa, IBM, and The Independent, and is a staple at both SXSW and TED.[9] Prezi Business is designed specifically for sales and marketing professionals. The platform combines conversational presenting capabilities with business-focused features such as collaboration, Slack integration, and analytics.[32] Prezi worked closely with the ConnectED initiative since its inauguration by President Barack Obama in 2013, providing free Prezi licenses to hundreds of thousands of Title I high school teachers across the nation.[13] It has also been used for creative purposes, such as Alexandra Saemmer's digital poem Böhmische Dörfer.

References

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  1. ^ a b Sebag-Montefiore, Clarissa (3 July 2020). "Great Escapes: Prezi Founder Peter Arvai on How to Make Your Home a Refuge". Barron’s Penta. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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  6. ^ Arvai, Peter; Halacsy, Peter; Somlai-Fischer, Adam. "Prezi Founders" (Interview). Interviewed by Gary Goldman. Daily Brink. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  7. ^ Handley, Lucy (2022-01-25). "The rise of the 15-minute meeting — and how to run one". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  8. ^ Coleman, Alison (7 November 2014). "How Prezi Helped Turn Budapest Into Europe's Newest Startup Hub". Forbes.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b Schwartz, Ariel (31 July 2013). "The First Company that TED Ever Invested in is Changing the Way We Make Presentations". Fast Company. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Prezi Co-founder Retires After 12 Years". Hungary Today. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Company Announcements". Prezi (Press release). 15 December 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  12. ^ "View Presentations On The iPhone And Edit On The iPad With New Prezi Apps". Tech Crunch. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  13. ^ a b Farr, Christina (28 February 2014). "Adobe & Prezi commit $400M to President Obama's digital literacy program". VentureBeat. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  14. ^ Butcher, Mike (19 November 2014). "Prezi Secures $57M Growth Round From Spectrum And Accel, Passes 50M Users". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  15. ^ O'Hear, Steve (10 February 2015). "Prezi Launches Nutshell, An App To Turn Photos Into 'Mini-Movies'". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  16. ^ Sawers, Paul (7 June 2016). "With 75M users, Prezi targets businesses with new collaboration and analytics tools for presentations". VentureBeat. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  17. ^ Maina, Antony (2 May 2017). "New Prezi Next Offers Audience Feedback in Real Time on Your Next Presentation". Small Business Trends. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  18. ^ Sawers, Paul (16 May 2017). "Prezi makes its first acquisition, snaps up Latvian data visualization startup Infogram". VentureBeat. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  19. ^ a b Chin, Monica (21 September 2020). "Prezi is releasing new video features to make virtual teaching more exciting". The Verge. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  20. ^ Technology, Bloomberg (26 November 2019). "Prezi's Video Tool Improves Live Presentations, CEO Says". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  21. ^ Finance, Yahoo! (8 September 2020). "There will be a 'massive shift' in how teaching in the workplace is executed: Prezi CEO". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  22. ^ Markets, Bloomberg (14 September 2020). "Prezi CEO Talks Mainstream Tech in Education". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  23. ^ Editors, TL (24 July 2020). "Tech & Learning Names the Winners of the Awards of Excellence Contest". Tech & Learning. Retrieved 7 April 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  24. ^ "Jim Szafranski Leads Prezi (And All Of Us) Into The Future Of Interactive Content". Forbes. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  25. ^ Schőnviszky, Csenge (29 July 2020). "Prezi Co-founder Retires After 12 Years". Hungary Today. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  26. ^ Graham, Jefferson (20 August 2020). "10 cool Zoom app plug-ins to enhance your video meeting experience". USA Today. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  27. ^ a b Kaplan, Juliana (1 October 2020). "How the CEO of a startup challenging the dominance of Microsoft Powerpoint conquered his quarantine mornings". Business Insider. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  28. ^ Sawers, Paul (16 October 2020). "Prezi introduces dynamic video teaching tools as education moves online". VentureBeat. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  29. ^ Cruz, Claudia (25 April 2017). "Prezi Next permitirá usar la realidad aumentada en presentaciones" [Prezi Next brings augmented reality to presentations]. CNET (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  30. ^ Donnellan, Laurel (20 November 2020). "Jim Szafranski Leads Prezi (And All Of Us) Into The Future Of Interactive Content". Forbes. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  31. ^ Baule, Steven M.; Lewis, Julie E. (2012). Social Networking for Schools. Linworth. p. 81. ISBN 9781586835378.
  32. ^ a b Boyd, Stowe (7 June 2016). "Prezi Business: Moving out of the Auditorium to the Meeting". Gigaom. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  33. ^ Green, Alisha (7 February 2020). "Next slide, please: Prezi CEO adds more presentation products to the lineup". BizJournals. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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