A Superb Exposition on the Power of Metaphor

November 6th, 2010 by zen

A work colleague, of great height and formidible baldness, pointed me to a new, dynamic slideware app called Prezi.

While Prezi is interesting in itself for those of you condemned to give briefings and presentations, I was intrigued by one of their showcase demos on metaphors. A first rate, concise, presentation on metaphorical thinking  by Adam Somlai-Fischer; a strong cognitive bent, but very reachable for a general audience.

By the way, you should watch this presentation on “Autoplay” while listening to this:

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Mixing Mind and Metaphor on Prezi

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  1. J. Scott:

    November 6th, 2010 at 2:10 pm

    Zen, Thanks so much for sharing! The presentation is exceptionally well done and relevant to some stuff I’m working on (still on the first "O" of OODA…).

  2. Chris C:

    November 8th, 2010 at 9:21 am

    This is a great tool, I’ve used it before on a number of occasions. Sadly my office is resistant to introducing it here, as its a bit new and funky for them to cope with, but I’m continuing to chip away at them!