Prezi facts for kids
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Presentation Collaboration |
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| Available in | English, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, German, Italian, French, Hungarian |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, United States Budapest, Hungary |
| Owner | Prezi Inc |
| Founder(s) | Adam Somlai-Fischer Peter Halacsy Peter Arvai |
| Employees | 300 (2022) |
| Launched | April 5, 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
Prezi is a company that creates special software for video and visual presentations. It was started in 2009 in Hungary. Today, Prezi has offices in cities like San Francisco and Budapest.
In 2021, over 100 million people around the world used Prezi. They have made about 400 million presentations! In 2019, Prezi launched Prezi Video. This tool lets you give presentations while you are on a live video call or in a recorded video. The name Prezi is a short way of saying "presentation" in Hungarian.
History of Prezi
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Prezi was founded in 2009 in Budapest, Hungary. The founders were Adam Somlai-Fischer, Peter Halacsy, and Peter Arvai. The company officially started on May 20, 2009.
Just two months later, Prezi received its first big investment from TED. TED is famous for its talks about "ideas worth spreading." In November 2009, Prezi opened an office in San Francisco, USA.
In early 2011, Prezi released its first app for the iPad. Later that year, the company received $14 million in funding. This money came from investors who believed in Prezi's future. An iPhone app for Prezi was launched in late 2012.
In March 2014, Prezi promised to give $100 million worth of free licenses to schools. This was part of the ConnectED program by the Obama government. It helped schools with many students from low-income families get access to Prezi. In November of that year, Prezi announced another $57 million in new funding.
In 2015, Prezi launched its app for Android phones. In June 2016, they introduced Prezi Business. This version was made for companies and their needs. In April 2017, Prezi Next was released. This was a new product built using modern web technology. In May 2017, Prezi bought a company called Infogram. Infogram helps people create cool charts and graphs.
Around 2017, Prezi noticed that more people were giving presentations online. So, the company started to focus on making virtual meetings better. In November 2019, Prezi launched Prezi Video. This tool lets you show your content on screen while you are talking, just like a TV newscaster.
Teachers quickly started using Prezi Video. By April 2020, teachers in 175 countries were using it for their online classes. Prezi Video even won an award in 2020.
In July 2020, Jim Szafranski became the new CEO of Prezi. One of the co-founders, Peter Arvai, became the Executive Chairman.
Prezi Products and Features
Prezi's main product is a visual storytelling software. It's a different way to make presentations compared to traditional slides. Prezi presentations look like a big map. You can zoom in on details and then zoom out to see the bigger picture.
Prezi Video works with many popular video call tools. You can use it with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, Slack, Facebook, and more. This lets you present your content right on your video screen.
Prezi Present is an updated version of the original Prezi software. It has a new editor and ready-made designs. You can also view Prezi Present files on Android and iOS devices. Prezi Present even allows you to use augmented reality in your presentations. Augmented reality adds computer-generated images to a real-world view.
Prezi Video is very useful for business presentations. It helps you keep a face-to-face connection with your audience. Making a Prezi video is quite simple. The software is strong and lets you add videos from places like YouTube.
Prezi Business combines the main features of Prezi Present with tools for businesses. It includes features like seeing how people interact with your presentation in real-time. It also works with Slack, a popular team communication tool. You can also comment and work together on presentations. The Live Prezi feature lets you host online meetings for your presentations.
Prezi Design helps you create infographics. Infographics are visual ways to show information. This part of Prezi was built using Infogram, the company Prezi bought in 2017.
How Prezi is Used
Many big organizations and companies have used Prezi for their conferences. These include the Clinton Foundation, Lufthansa, IBM, and The Independent. Prezi is also often used at big events like SXSW and TED.
Prezi Business is made especially for people in sales and marketing. It helps them give engaging presentations. It also has features for teamwork, connecting with Slack, and checking how well presentations are doing.
Prezi worked closely with the ConnectED program. This program was started by President Barack Obama in 2013. Prezi gave free licenses to many high school teachers across the United States. This helped teachers in schools with many students from low-income families.
See also
In Spanish: Prezi para niños
