One of the coolest things I discovered in the final residency of my graduate program is a site/service called Prezi.  Prezi is a free online presentation generator that allows you to create amazing animations, that zoom, jump from topic to topic, etc.  Check out the sample presentation below to get a taste of what you can create.

Power of storytelling on Prezi

Pretty cool stuff.  The entire zooming in and out / moving around functionality allows one to exploring a large, multifaceted topic, in a visually compelling and meaningful way.  These presentations are easily shareable / embeddable, making them reusable in a variety of CMS, blog, & social network environments.

Having grown a little bored with giving the same old PowerPoint-centric presentations for the last ten years or so, I look forward to experimenting with this tool for an upcoming presentation at work.  After I complete this project, I will post it on this site along with a short review of the building process and an overview audience responses.