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	==Products==		==Products==
	The current prezi product lineup consists of three applications.  Each is targeted at a different market and providing unique yet interrelated features.		The current prezi product lineup consists of three applications.  Each is targeted at a different market and providing unique yet interrelated features.
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−	Prezi Desktop is a downloadable offline editor which requires installing Adobe AIR. Once downloaded and installed, the user can create and edit their prezis without an internet connection.	+	*'''Prezi Desktop''' A downloadable offline editor which requires installing Adobe AIR. Once downloaded and installed, the user can create and edit their prezis without an internet connection.
−	===Prezi Meeting===	+	*'''Prezi Meeting''' An app that allows up to 10 people to create, edit, and view a Prezi at the same time. Avatars are used to show where each person is working.
−	Prezi Meeting allows up to 10 people to create, edit, and view a Prezi at the same time. Avatars are used to show where each person is working.	+	*'''Prezi Viewer for the iPad''' A free app that allows you to view, revise, and present your prezis. After a prezi is downloaded once, the user will not need internet connection to work on it regardless of your license.
−	===Prezi Viewer for the iPad===	+
−	A free app that allows you to view, revise, and present your prezis. After a prezi is downloaded once, the user will not need internet connection to work on it regardless of your license.	+
	==Uses==		==Uses==

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Prezi

"Free Falling Through Prezi" a prezi demo Type Cloud Based Presentation Tool Launch Date 2009 Status Active Product Line Prezi Meeting Prezi Viewer for the Ipad Prezi Desktop Platform Cloud Service iOS App Windows Website www.prezi.com

rezi is a cloud-based presentation tool that employs zooming user interface (ZUI). It enables users to interact with their presentations with non-linear navigation tools. Known as an interactive whiteboard, users can zoom in and out in their presentations using Prezi's ZUI 2.5D space. Different from Microsoft’s traditional PowerPoint slides, Prezi provides a single virtual canvas where the user clicks anywhere to add texts, shapes, photos, and multimedia.To create navigation, the user selects the path tool and clicks the objects in the order he or she wants them to appear. It was founded in 2009 by co-founders Adam Somlai-Fischer, Peter Halacsy and Peter Arvai, with offices today in Budapest and San Fransisco. Due to the cloud based nature of the software, ethical implications such as security issues arise for users.

History

Adam Somlai-Fischer, Prezi co-founder and “internationally renowned architect and visual artist” has been working with ZUIs since 2001. ^[1] Before developing Prezi, Somali-Fischer hand coded individual zooming presentations. He found that using a zoomable interface allowed him to visually present the “big picture” while also providing the tool to zoom into the details. Somlai envisioned a publicly-available zooming presentation editor that did not need to be coded individually by hand. In 2007, his professor of New Media at the Budapest University of Technology, Peter Halacsy, convinced Somlai-Fischer to develop the software so the public could make these zooming presentations. With the help of the third founder and CEO, Peter Arvai, the product was created and Prezi was launched from Budapest in April 2009. ^[2] Prezi established their U.S office (San Francisco, CA) in November 2009.

Licenses

Prezi bases it licenses on the freemium model.

Public

• Free
• Includes basic features
• 100 MB of storage space
• All prezis are public ^[3]

Enjoy

• Free 30 day trial
• After trial, $59 billed annually
• Includes basic features
• 500 MB of storage space
• Prezis can be set to private
• Can upload your own logo in place of Prezi’s
• Premium Support service within 24 hours of your problem

EDU Enjoy

• Students and teachers who sign up with their .edu email receive a free version of the Enjoy license.

Pro

• Free 30 day trial
• After trial, $159 is billed annually
• Includes all the “Enjoy” license features, but also includes “Prezi Desktop” which allows you to edit prezis offline

Products

The current prezi product lineup consists of three applications. Each is targeted at a different market and providing unique yet interrelated features.

• Prezi Desktop A downloadable offline editor which requires installing Adobe AIR. Once downloaded and installed, the user can create and edit their prezis without an internet connection.
• Prezi Meeting An app that allows up to 10 people to create, edit, and view a Prezi at the same time. Avatars are used to show where each person is working.
• Prezi Viewer for the iPad A free app that allows you to view, revise, and present your prezis. After a prezi is downloaded once, the user will not need internet connection to work on it regardless of your license.

Uses

Prezi is used by variety of people to accomplish different tasks. All are centered on the strength of visual media in representation ideas and information.

• Presentation Commonly used for business and educational presentations. Prezi is also increasingly being used for TED talks as it offers engaging non-linear effects useful for a presenter who wishes to zoom in or out of details. Prezi additionally allows for a continuous linear format which can be appealing for story tellers wishing to visually show a journey. ^[4] Some famous speakers who have used Prezi for their TED talks include

Chris Anderson

Salman Khan^[5]

James Geary^[6]

Peter Arvai^[7]

• Resumes(prezumes)^{[8] [9]}
• Mind Maps^[10]
• Digital Scrapbooking^[11]

Criticism

Prezi is often criticized for making the audience dizzy or nauseous-- a result of overusing the spinning and zooming effects.^[12] Prezi’s discussion forum also shows many customer complaints regarding Prezi outages.^[13] Similarly, when internet connection is not available, and you only have the Public license or have not downloaded your prezis, you are unable to present.

Ethical Concerns

Security

Because Prezi is cloud based, there is always a chance that information and prezis could be intercepted by third party sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Prezi “cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online”.^[14] This presents a dilemma for individuals or companies who want to use the program, but must keep their presentation content private and secure. Prezi does offer Prezi Desktop which potentially resolves this issue if you use it to only develop your prezis offline, however this costs money. Unless you have the EDU Enjoy license, you must pay to make your prezis private and you must pay more if you would like your prezis to stay out of the Prezi server cloud. The free version also automatically sets your prezis to “Public and Allow Copy”. You can manually change it to don’t allow copy, but the free version will always make your prezis public.

Another security issue relates the ownership of your information. On their website, Prezi says, “Information concerning your past behavior with the Service may be retained indefinitely by Prezi.”^[15] According to the terms and conditions, they will keep your information for as long as they like.

Cancellation

An issue stands in relation to subscription cancellation. Should you decide to cancel your subscription, you are still bound to the entire year long payment. Instead of a monthly payment as you go, they hold you to the cost of the rest of the license. “For example, if you paid for 12 months of the Prezi Pro license on January 1 and you cancel on October 1, your account will stay as a Pro license through December 31st.”^[16]

See Also

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