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 2023

In 2023, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Szeged, in cooperation with the Junior Academy of Szeged, the ‘Ez a beszéd’ Toastmasters Rhetoric Club and the Phillip Morris Hungary, once again organized the traditional higher education presentation competition of the University of Szeged.

This year, students had to create presentations on the topics of conscious consumption, harm reduction and sustainability, in which they present the problem and their related suggestions in an entertaining and meaningful way. We owe the topic to this year’s collaborator, Philip Morris Hungary.

The university competition was traditionally open to all Hungarian higher education institutions, and the qualification for the finals took the form of an online qualifier. The applicants had to submit a video, and according to the competition rules, the selection jury allowed a maximum of half of the number of competitors from the University of Szeged to participate in the final.

The competitors of the University of Szeged could reach the final from the faculty round.

For the 2023 competition, the following 8 faculties of the University of Szeged held successful qualifiers:

ÁJTK – Faculty of Law

SZAOK – Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School

BTK – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

GTK – Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

GYTK – Faculty of Pharmacy

JGYPK – Juhász Gyula Teacher Training Faculty

MK – Faculty of Engineering

TTIK – Faculty of Sciences and Informatics

At the national selection, the jury judged two more video presentations to be presented at the final, from students of Eötvös Loránd University and Budapest Business School.

8 of the presentations were held in Hungarian and 2 in English.

The traditional individual preparation support of Prezilimpia by Toastmasters mentors was utilized by all finalists.

The final of Prezilimpia took place on Wednesday, 10 May 2023 at 11 a.m. in the Albert Szent-Györgyi Agora, Informatorium. In addition to Dr. Attila Badó, head of the Junior Academy of the University of Szeged and Tamás Vizi, representative of the Hungary of Philip Moris, András Sváby took on the role of chairman of the jury.

During the finals of the Prezilimpia competition, a traditional and popular entertaining event, Presentation Karaoke, took place again. This year, all finalists entered the event without prior preparation. In the 2 minutes available, they talked about the slides – compiled by the organizers – on the projector in high standards.

The total prizes of the competition exceeded half a million forints.

Official results of the 2023 finals of the Prezilimpia Contest:

1, Presentation – Conscious consumption – harm reduction – sustainability

1st place:       Bence GyulaNagy  SZTE SZÁOK

2nd place:     Tariq Shehroz        SZTE GTK

3rd place:     Kincső Kovács       SZTE TTIK

2, Presentation karaoke

1st place:      Zsófia Ilona Piszman        SZTE GYTK

2nd place:     Bence Gyula Nagy           SZTE SZÁOK

3rd place:     Kincső Kovács                 SZTE TTIK

Audience Award: Kincső Kovács           SZTE TTIK

Pictures

The finalists of the University of Szeged Prezilimpia 2023 and the members of the jury after the competition.

The audience of the 2023 finals of the University of Szeged Prezilimpia and the members of the jury listening to the opening ceremony.

The finalists of the SZTE Prezilimpia 2023 are drawing the order of the speech before the competition.

Blanka Tóth, a student from Budapest Business School is having her presentation in the finals of SZTE Prezilimpia, 2023.

Bence Nagy, student of the University of Szeged SZAOK receives congratulations of the jury at the final of the SZTE Prezilimpia 2023.

Tariq Shehroz, student of the University of Szeged GTK, is giving his talk in English at the final of the SZTE Prezilimpia 2023

Prezilimpia Junior 2022

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Szeged, the Junior Academy of Szeged and the ‘Ez a beszéd’ Toastmasters Rhetoric Club of Szeged organized the PREZILIMPIA JUNIOR competition again in 2022 after the success of the previous year.

The competition was open to all students from the invited secondary schools from grades 9 to 12. The jury evaluated the presentations of students in grades 9-10 and 11-12 separately, in two age groups.

Applications could be made there, at the institution, in the manner determined by the secondary schools.

In the school round it was possible to qualify for the final contest in Szeged.

The final contest took place 30 November 2022 in Szeged. We welcomed the finalists and accompanying teachers from the school competitions.

Presentations could be presented under the following conditions:
Topic: „Energy – Market – Economy”
Specific content: contestants chose this freely
Language: In 2022, there were only presentations in Hungarian
Slides: MS PowerPoint or Prezi software, or without any slides
Length: minimum 6, maximum 8 minutes

Results of Prezilimpia Junior 2022

9.-10. Grade age group

1st place:      Márton Horváth                         Kőrösy József Technical School of Economics, Szeged

2nd place:     Bálint Balázs Kiss                     Bethlen Gábor Református High School and Szathmáry Dormitory, Hódmezővásárhely

3rd place:     Krisztián Junior Szekeres                   Návay Lajos Technical School and Dormitory, Makó

11.-12. Grade age group

1st place       Leona Bíró                                 School of Economics and Commerce, Senta

2nd place:     Anna Bagó                                Békéscsaba SZC Széchenyi István Technical and College of Economics

3rd place:     Alex Karlovitz                            Karolina Kindergarden, Primary School, High School, Elementary Art School and Dormitory, Szeged

The Audience Award for the best performance went to Leona Bíró.

Congratulations to all finalists and runners-up!

Prezilimpia 2022

The national finals of Prezilimpia was hosted by the Szent-Györgyi Albert Agora Informatorium on 11 May. Students who reached the finals of the presentation competition could also try themselves in the “Presentation karaoke” competition based on voluntary application. The presentation competition was attended by 10 students, during which public speaking skills after pre-planned, precise preparation came to the fore, while karaoke was attended by 7 people who had to prove their improvisation skills – in both competitions the competitors participated both in Hungarian and English.

The jury of the national finals:
• Anna Kárász– Olympic and World Champion Kayaker

• Dr. Mária Kardos, Owner of Goodwillpharma, Director of Communications, medical doctor
• Dóra Balog– Educational Planner of the Junior Academy of the University of Szeged
• Zita Tápler– Speech Mentor, Representative of the Szeged Toastmasters Club

Winners of the Presentation Competition:
1. Le Thi Thanh Mai – SZTE GTK
2. Pavlo Burdiak – SZTE ÁJTK
3. Neha Nagbhushan Rao – SZTE SZAOK

Special Prize Winners:
Kincső Kovács– SZTE TTIK
Csanád Medgyesi– SZTE ÁJTK

Winners of the Presentation Karaoke:
1. Kincső Kovács– SZTE TTIK
2. Le Thi Thanh Mai – SZTE GTK
3. Neha Nagbhushan Rao – SZTE SZAOK

Congratulations to the winners and all participants, we wish you continued success!

Prezilimpia Junior 2021

The Faculty of Economics of the University of Szeged and the ‘Ez a beszéd’ Toastmasters Rhetoric Club of Szeged organized the PREZILIMPIA JUNIOR competition for the first time in autumn 2021.

The competition was open to all students from the invited secondary schools from grades 9 to 12. The jury evaluated the presentations of students in grades 9-10 and 11-12 separately in two age groups.

Top three contestants in the 2021 Prezilimpia Junior National Final

In the 9-10. Grade age group:

1st place                 Alex Karlovitz                  Karolina Karolina Kindergarten, Primary School, High School, Elementary Art School and Dormitory, Szeged

2nd place               Csongor Lénárt               Szeged SZC Kőrösy József Technical School of Economics

3rd place                Fanni Berta                      Senta High School

Successfully participated in the finals and received a commemorative card:

• Péter Bence Korsós  
• Kata Panna Máté
• Anna Risch
• Ákos Schwalm

In the 11-12. Grade age group:

1st place                 Bence Csaba Nagy                    Balassi Bálint Eight-grade High School, Budapest

2nd place                Balázs Márta                              Békéscsaba SZC Széchenyi István Technical School of Economics and Dormitory

3rd place                Abonyi Csaba Nagy                  School of Economics and Commerece, Senta

Successfully participated in the finals and received a commemorative card:

• Kinga Dabis
• Réka Gréczi

Congratulations to all finalists and participants, and we look forward to welcoming high school competitors to the Prezilimpia Junior competition in 2022 as well!

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:

1. Malak Zarti
2. Balázs Répási
3. Bertalan Pusztai
4. Jihua Ren
5. 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

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

Presentation karaoke winner

1. 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

1. Luyi Pintér (Corvinus University, Budapest)
2. Ashish Jeet Mitra (University of Pécs)
3. 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 – Head of Institute of Business Studies
EMOK – Member of Marketing Education and Research Association
MTA – Member of public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Szabolcs Prónay
SZTE GTK – Associate Professor 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