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I’ve seen a lot of presentations in my days – some good, some bad and lots somewhere in between.

The better presentations have been able to support the presenter’s message simply and attractively without being a distraction. The worst have included dancing Jesus animations, poorly contrasted backgrounds and a messy conglomeration of words and colors.

Most people who make presentations use software like Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple’s Keynote or OpenOffice.org’s Impress to put together their presentations. Those who are dedicated to working online may even use Google Docs to create a presentation.

Through Lifehacker, I learned about Prezi, a presentation tool that makes it easy to create simple, animated presentations that are quite impressive. There’s a showcase of some of the better Prezi’s here.

A Prezi account is free for the basic account, but there are upgrade subscriptions available at a reasonable cost. The breakdown of their subscription levels is here.

The Prezi Tutorial is worth the 3 minutes it takes to watch, as making a presentation with Prezi is different from nearly any other presentation software. There are more advanced lessons available, too. This isn’t to say Prezi isn’t intuitive. After watching the video, I was able to create a basic presentation in about 5 minutes.

Go ahead, take a look at Prezi.com, sign up for a free account and watch the tutorial. There are few other tools out there that make it this easy to create such an impressive presentation.