Thinking Cinematically in Prezi

Editor’s note: Steve Wishman is a presentation designer at Prezi. Known for creating rich cinematic presentations for TED presenters and Silicon Valley leaders, engineers, startups, and more, Steve comes to Prezi with a lofty but simple goal: to create breathtaking visual stories that help change the world.

The foundation of every great presentation is a compelling story. You can simply pile a bunch of images onto the canvas and zoom around them, but thinking cinematically means thoughtful use of camera moves and a focus on the emotional impact of each scene.  Beautiful images and stunning animations alone can grab an audience's attention, but it's the story that will inspire them to take action or reduce them to tears.

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Make a Prezi for Your Mom in Five Minutes!

Mother’s Day is a chance to remind our mothers how much we love them. It’s a day to reflect on our favorite memories of Mom and to share our appreciation with our families. Anyone who’s been far from home on Mother’s Day knows that it can be hard. Usually, you’re reduced to sending a card in the mail or calling home to let her know you care. Well, a few Prezi users came up with new ways to express their thanks to their mothers on this special day. Check out these heart-warming examples or scroll down to create your special prezi for Mother's Day -- in only five minutes!

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The Four Keys to a Great Presentation

What makes a great presentation? Is it the content, or the way it's packaged?

For most, it's getting the right combination. The medium you choose should be tailored to the intended level of interaction and desired response from the audience. Sharing a story with entrepreneurs at a conference versus presenting data to a small team of engineers are two scenarios that require different types of presentations. The first would benefit from using spatial relationships to tell his story, and the latter might prefer something that's more of a simple information display. Choosing the right method to share ideas starts with knowing the audience.

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Can Prezi Change the Way that Children Learn?

Kids just love technology! Young people are often among the earliest adopters of the latest tech innovations, from video games to smartphones. A study by the Internet security company AVG found that more children between the ages of two and five can play with a  smartphone app (19%) than can tie their shoes (9%). At Prezi, we have definitely noticed that our visual platform appeals even to very young audiences—the children of the digital age.

You know what's fun? When you show your class a Prezi and kids say, 'I wanna learn how to do that.'

— Michael S Weller (@MWeller77) May 2, 2013

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MLOC.JS - A view from the speaker’s podium

Editor's note: Ken Walker is a lead on the Eclipse Orion project, a browser-based open tool integration platform that is entirely focused on developing for the web, in the web. He's also one of the extraordinary speakers who were talking at MLOC.JS international JavaScript conference, the first event in the row of tech conferences, held earlier this year.

When Péter Halácsy asked me to speak about the Orion Project at MLOC.JS, I was both excited and a bit overwhelmed. The other speakers and their topics looked so impressive that I was really glad just to have my name on the same list.

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