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Media Advisory
Panraven, Inc.
Jon Michaeli (spokesperson)
jmichaeli@panraven.com
www.panraven.com
Maura Landry (agency)
SHIFT Communications
617-779-1829
www.shiftcomm.com
Panraven Introduces a New Type of Multimedia Storytelling
--Internet-based Service Empowers People to Connect Through Life Experiences--
--For Limited Time, Company Offers Members One Free Professionally Printed Book--
News Facts:
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Panraven is an Internet-based service where people can view, edit, enhance, manage, share and collaborate on multimedia content. Going beyond online photo sharing and community sites like Flickr and Photobucket, Panraven is an all-in-one solution for people to capture, share and interact with others around their life experiences through storytelling.
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Panraven includes a public library that incorporates media shared by members of the community as well as ready-built content contributed by the company. Ready-built content already includes thousands of point-of-interest photos with accompanying facts and information, maps and illustrations from around the world.
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Because it is fundamental to storytelling, sharing is a focal point of Panraven. On Panraven, sharing encompasses far more than simply forwarding a link to your friends. The following sharing services are available on Panraven:
Control over Media and Content
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Privacy – Members determine who can access, contribute to and view their media and stories. They can be kept private, shared with non-members, shared with Panraven “friends” or groups, or shared publicly (i.e. with the Panraven community).
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Collaboration – Members can personalize stories sent to them by others.
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Public Library – The library contains media that members have shared with the community as well as Panraven-provided media. Members can use any media in the public library to enhance their stories.
Viewing Options
How can the Panraven service be used?
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Anyone and everyone has a story to tell. Whether it is a weekend walk in the woods, a child’s communion, a culturally enriching vacation or just accumulated thoughts and perspectives on your surroundings, Panraven can help you express yourself and share your experiences with others in ways never before possible. Panraven is far more than a replacement for your traditional scrapbook – it’s a whole new way to record, share and preserve your memories.
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Although the uses for Panraven are bound only by one’s imagination, travel, weddings and other family events are anticipated to be among the more common types of stories created on the site.
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Because it is fundamental to storytelling, sharing is a focal point of Panraven. On Panraven, sharing encompasses far more than simply forwarding a link to your friends. The following sharing services are available on Panraven:
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Vacation Travel – Finally save up enough money for that family Safari? Capture the Wildebeest Migration, then share your exotic escapades with those close to you. Treasure your experience in a professionally bound book that would look great on any coffee table. Going on a weekend hiking expedition with the guys? Pool your pictures and commentary to create a master story with all of the dynamics only you and your buddies can relate to.
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Wedding Photography – Chronicle the activities leading up to and including that Big Day. Share your pictures and express your thoughts with friends and family, and take advantage of the collaboration features by having others contribute their photos and commentary to your story.
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Public Library – The library contains media that members have shared with the community as well as Panraven-provided media. Members can use any media in the public library to enhance their stories.
Multimedia Elements
Panraven Logo
Photojournalism Story
Wedding Story
Cookbook Story
Please use this link to access a purpose-built del.icio.us page, for more information
RSS feed to purpose-built del.icio.us site – updated with on-going coverage, industry news & reaction
Please use this link to view a wedding story created on Panraven
Please use this link to view a family story created on Panraven
Please use this link to view a travel story created on Panraven
Quotes, attributable to Frode Eilertsen, Founder and CEO
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“Storytelling is an inherent human need and desire as evidenced by its prominence over the course of history and dates all the way back to ancient hieroglyphics. In today’s global economy, family and friends are far apart, placing even greater importance on storytelling to share with each other and stay connected. Despite the advent of the Internet, digital cameras and other advanced technologies, people wishing to tell visually and emotionally expressive and captivating stories have lacked the means to do so.”
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“Individual content types and disorganized media ‘mash-ups’ are incapable of capturing your most cherished memories. In contrast to most services today, which force people to communicate in a linear or disjointed fashion, Panraven can truly integrate multiple media types. The result – amazingly powerful stories.”
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“People are always looking for creative ways to document and commemorate their meaningful life experiences in order to relive and celebrate what we care about most – our friends, family and personal accomplishments. Panraven offers a completely novel way to accomplish this.”
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“We started Panraven to better equip people to easily and quickly create amazing stories online. Then, recognizing that time is one of our most precious and scarce resources, we combined media management, editing, sharing and collaboration elements into an all-in-one solution that meets or exceeds all other offerings that specialize in just one area.”
About Panraven
Panraven offers an exciting and powerful new way for people to capture, express, share and treasure their memories and passions. The multimedia service allows people to chronicle and communicate their life experiences through vibrant, expressive stories that can be viewed and shared online and printed in high-quality professionally bound books. Founded in 2005 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Panraven is privately held. For more information, please visit www.panraven.com.
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