Prezi and TED Announce Winner of "Ideas Matter" Contest
Hedwyg Van Groenendaal Wins for Inspiring Prezi Based on Bryan Stevenson's "We Need to Talk About an Injustice" TED Talk
(firmenpresse) - SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/05/13 -- , the zooming presentation software that has liberated the world from boring, static presentations, today announced the winner of the . In February, Prezi teamed up with the illustrious Technology, Education, Design (TED) conference and launched "Ideas Matter," a contest to unite Prezi's commitment to the proliferation of big ideas with TED's platform to showcase "ideas worth spreading." Hedwyg Van Groenendaal of the Netherlands has been selected the winner. She created a powerful based on Bryan Stevenson's impassioned talk from TED 2012, entitled "." Barcelona based, Marco Marinucci was first runner-up for his dynamic based on Sarah Kay's TED talk, "."
"Hedwyg's prezi repurposed inspiring parts of Bryan's talk and added imaginative depth to spread the idea for a wider audience," says Prezi CEO Peter Arvai. "We're very impressed."
This week at TED2013 in Long Beach, Calif. TED Curator Chris Anderson and Prezi CEO Peter Arvai selected the grand prize winner from a competitive pool of 12 finalists. After weeks of voting, two (or three in the case of tie) finalists were chosen for each of the five TEDTalks.
The contest called upon the global Prezi community to create a prezi inspired by one of five notable TED presentations, including critically acclaimed author of "Eat Pray Love," , world renowned spoken word poet and founder of Project V.O.I.C.E., and New York Times bestselling author, . All of the finalists will receive lifetime Prezi Pro licenses.
To see the full list of finalists please visit .
Prezi is the zooming presentation software with a mission to make sharing ideas more fun and engaging. Prezi's canvas helps you explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery. The company was founded in Budapest, Hungary in 2009 by , , and .
For more about Prezi, see . For available job opportunities at Prezi, see .
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place each spring in Long Beach, California, along with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each summer in Edinburgh, Scotland.
TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
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