Non-linear visuals with Prezi

Prezi has been hot for a while in the design community. After playing around with its interface for designing a presentation, I can understand why. At first glance, though, it is little "jerky" in presentation mode.  Careful attention to how one is flipping and aligning text is particularly necessary.

The neat thing about this tool is that it requires one to think visually about what one wants to present and create a narrative and visuals accordingly. The tool design lends itself to non-linear exploration of ideas. Being able to embed video and images seamlessly is another asset.

A neat series of  Prezi-tations  are Derek Bruff @ Vanderbilt:

Visual Thinking in University Teaching

and a follow-up annotation to that: Takeaways from VT

As tools such as Prezi enter the mainstream,  hopefully  more presenters will be inspired to  innovate in organizing their presentation materials.