Prezilimpia was first organized in 2018 with the purpose of developing the presentation skills of students studying in the field of economy and business and comparing the knowledge of students from different institutions. In the framework of the Hungarian and English language talent show students compete with classic presentations and they have the opportunity to participate in a presentation-karaoke, in which they have to improvise about an unknown slideshow and talk about it smartly and fluently.

The aim of the competition is to develop talented young speakers to become real professionals. Therefore, a panel of experienced judges gives feedback to participants at the end of their presentations both at the regional and at the national round, while a Toastmaster mentor helps the best ones to prepare for the national final.

Prezilimpia 2021

The University of Szeged Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, the Association for Marketing Research and Education and the Ezabeszéd Toastmasters Retorika Klub are organizing the PREZILIMPIA competition again in Spring 2021. Due to the pandemic situation, Prezilimpia goes online this year. The talent show is still a fantastic opportunity for students of higher education studying in an economist programme to demonstrate and compare their presentation skills.

The final ranking in the Prezilimpia 2021 on-line final based on the votes of the audience present:

Malak Zarti
Balázs Répási
Bertalan Pusztai
Jihua Ren
Eszter Tory

Congratulations for all the contestants and ranked participants.

Looking forward to see all of You in the Prezilimpia 2022 series.

Main sponsor

Prezilimpia 2019

The main sponsor of the event in 2019 was Vodafone Hungary. Therefore, the central topic of presentations was telecommunication. Participants could choose any subject in this framework. Some of them presented about the 5G network, some introduced the history and development of telecommunications to the audience.

Students could participate in two categories: presentation competition and presentation karaoke. The competition focuses on precisely planed and prepared public speech, while presentation karaoke measures improvisation skills.

Prizes

The total prize of the competition was 450.000 HUF, the courtesy of Vodafone. The successful organization of the event was possible with the help of PC Trade Systems Kft. The talented presenters received special prices like a journey to Prague from Proko Travel, Tesla Experience Drive from Tesla Hungary, Visual Training from Dr. Prezi and a tablet PC from Vodafone.

Judges of the national final

Gábor Gundel-Takács, head of the judging panel
János Suba, director of corporate communication (Vodafone Hungary)
Dr. Zoltán Németh, presentation specialist and trainer (Dr. Prezi)
Zsuzsa Kecsmár, co-founder and marketing director (Antavo)
Gábor Tóth, operative director (Pc Trade Systems Kft)
Host: Erika Seres, founder and director of the Ezabeszéd Toastmasters Retorika Klub

Winners of the national final

Presentation competition

Andrea Aguirre (Szent István University)
Eszter Szendrei-Pál (Technical University of Budapest)
Nasib Huseynov (University of Szeged)

Presentation karaoke winner

Dayile Somila (University of Pécs)

Prezilimpia 2018

The University of Szeged Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, the Ezabeszéd Toastmasters Retorika Klub and the Ökonómia Public Benefit Foundation organized the first ever PREZILIMPIA competition in 2018 to lay the foundation of a long-standing tradition.

The main topic of the competition was inspired by the sponsors (Public Transport Company of Szeged, KTI Institute for Transport Sciences Non-profit Ltd, Autó Univerzál, Teslaelmeny.hu and Dr. Prezi), Mobility in the 21st century, the future of traffic.

Prizes

The total prize of the competition was 500.000 HUF made possible by our generous sponsors. The talented presenters received special prices, such as Tesla Experience Drives from Tesla Hungary and Visual Trainings from Dr. Prezi.

Judges of the national final

László Gyimesi (Member of Ezabeszéd – Toastmasters Retorika Klub, Toastmasters International speakers competition European final participant in 2017, Brno, head of a family business became international, graduated on SZTE-GTK)
Zsófia Kürtösi PhD (Associate Professor SZTE GTK)
Zoltán Majó-Petri (CEO, Public Transport Company of Szeged)
Zoltán Németh (Dr.Prezi, TED coach, lecturer and presentation specialist, trainer, founding member of Toastmasters Klub, Budapest)
István Szeri (director of personal transport, KTI Institute for Transport Sciences Non-profit Ltd)

Winners of the national final

Luyi Pintér (Corvinus University, Budapest)
Ashish Jeet Mitra (University of Pécs)
Pócsi Nikolett (University of Miskolc)

Testimonials

The reason why I participated in this competition is to challenge myself and improve my ability to speak in front of the audience. Prezilimpia taught me how to be confident while presenting a presentation in front of many people. I am interested in public speaking because I consider it as one of most important skills everyone wishes to have, especially for business people.
(Jamil, SZTE)

Do something you are afraid of! I had been telling myself this, when I applied for the competition. I wanted to improve and the best method for this is to step out of the shadows. I stepped out on the podium and I do not regret any minute of it. The competition and the preparation beforehand helped me to stand confidently in front of a crowd and to be able to defend my views even though other people do not agree with me. I got to love the word of free speech and presentations, and I managed to use the knowledge that I acquired during Prezilimpia on other competitions as well.
(Ádám, BME)

I can honestly say that it was the best competition I had ever participated in and I received the 3rd place in the final national round that has been an exceptional honor for me. Besides the prize, I got a lot of experience and also made new connections.
If you would like to learn new things and finally stand in front of 10, 100 or even 1000 people in a confident way, do not hesitate to apply, because you’ll get these from Prezilimpia!
(Nikolett, ME)

The prospects of presentations always made me excited and the opportunity to present in front of Mr.Prezi himself made it even better. I’ve always felt towards making this world more sustainable and development in transportation is something that I could talk about any time and any day. So when the thoughts of this competition were combined with last year’s topic, I knew I simply had to do my best! I hope I can be part of this competition again and I’m super hyped up to see what this year brings for me!
(Ashish, PTE)

With the digitalization and the transformation of media, it is becoming increasingly important to make ourselves seen and take part in competitions to challenge ourselves. It is not enough to hide ourselves behind our social media posts and videos, but we should be able to present ourselves in real life too. These are the main reasons why I think it is worth to learn how to create a charismatic, authentic and well-built presentation. During Prezilimpia, the environment was pleasant and welcoming, despite the fact that it was a high-quality competition with exceptional standards. I can encourage everybody to try it!
Good luck to this year’s competitors!
(Luyi, BCE)

The founders of Prezilimpia

Balázs Révész
marketing lecturer and researcher (his favorite topics: b2b marketing, online marketing and higher education marketing)
SZTE GTK – Associate professor, Institute of Business Studies
EMOK – Chairman, Marketing Education and Research Association
MTA – Member of public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Szabolcs Prónay
SZTE GTK – Senior lecturer, Institute of Business Studies SZTE – Researcher, Knowledge Management Research Centre EMAC – Member, European Marketing Academy EMOK – Board member, Marketing Education and Research Association

Erika Seres
HR leader, business coach, trainer SZTE-GTK, lecturer
Founding chairman of the Toastmasters Szeged Public Speaking Club
SZTE Alma Mater – Mentor
2016. Toastmasters – public speaking competition – Club &Area level 1st place,
2017. Toastmasters – speech evaluation competition – Club level 1st place
2018. Toastmasters – public speaking competition – Division level, 1st place, Hungarian champion

Norbert Simon
Founding member of the Toastmasters Szeged Public Speaking Club
SZTE-GTK, lecturer

Lilla Kocsis
SZTE-GTK, lecturer
Head of Project for E-learning
EUGLOH Project Manager
Directorate for Academic Affaires
University of Szeged