Prezi has turned into a tool that you can use for
presentations, training and in the marketing of your organization. If you do not know what Prezi is then you need
to learn and fast! Take a second to look
at this video put out by them. Its explains
what they do really well!
If you look at our
website at www.expivia.net, all of the
videos that you see on the site were actually created using Prezi. Our favorite is our Expivia in 2 video:
Currently Prezi does not have a way to instantly turn a
presentation into a video from their site and post it on Youtube but there is a work around
that is very easy.
If you are a small business, have a small budget or just
like to try new things, this is for you.
If you need some help with this we can help you as well here at Expivia.
1) Create your Prezi. This is a whole other blog post!!!...lol... but take some
time and create a great presentation that explains what your business, product
or service does. Prezi allows you to
really use your imagination and you do not have to be a graphics designer to
make something great. That’s one of the
huge plusses of the format.
2) Ok so now you have your prezi completed hit the
EXIT button to leave the editor.
3) Once you have exited and are now in the viewing stage, you need to click DOWNLOAD and then click DOWNLOAD PORTABLE PREZI.
4) It will then create all the files that you will need to get it in the proper form to create a YouTube video.
5) You then need to save the folder to your desktop and extract (right click on the file) all the files. Once the files are extracted and you open the folder you will see one of the files that looks like this:
6) When you double click on that icon/file your Prezi will play.
7) Now you need to download screen recording software. You can find many free ones to download online. A personal preference when we were just starting was Camstasia Recorder. You do need to pay for the software after 30 days but its free to start, we believe it did the best job and was the easiest to use.
8) Open up the recording software and you should be able to manually adjust the size of the area to record. Make sure you have the full screen area able to be recorded but do not record your menu areas. Also move the area up a little it from the bottom so it will not record the arrows from the Prezi.
9) Open your Prezi and then hit the record button. Now you should always manually click through the Prezi as it is being recorded to make sure you take a little more time on wordier slides. Just slowly ready though the whole presentation to get the timing right. If you have music set to your Prezi, you can play around with clicking though the slides to highlights in the music. It takes a little more time but is a really cool effect. Kind of like when you see fireworks set to music!
10) When you are done recording make sure you view everything to make sure it came out how you wanted. You will find in normally takes a couple "takes" to get it right. Now that you like what you see it is time to upload. 99% of the screen recording software allows for a direct upload to your YouTube account. If you do not have an account just quickly sign up for a channel on YouTube.
The last part of it is to enjoy the video you just made. You can now add this to all your online branding. Put it on your Website, Tweet it, show it on LinkedIn and make a picture of it for your Pinterest page!
It is a very easy way to turn your Prezi masterpiece into a great video that will enhance your brand. We hope this helps the small entrepreneur, business owner or student who may not be ready for a full online marketing plan to make their business, service or product look professional and more importantly really cool!
Email us for any questions no matter how small.
