Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee. TEDx Tokyo 2009 In less than two weeks TEDx Tokyo will have its unveiling. In general, I do not recommend reading a speech at such a conference, but if you do read, do it in a way that is engaging as demonstrated by Isabel Allende. • Using a prepared script from the lectern (with slides/video) Sylvia Earle (TED Prize winner 2009) . TED has earned a lot of attention over the years for many reasons, including the nature and quality of its short-form conference presentations. All presenters

Crafting a set of tweets for the main points of your presentation and then tweeting them as you make those points in your live presentation is a great way to be part of the Twitter conversation. A Seat Apart was developed by Allister Klingensmith literally over night at An Event Apart 2009 conference in Boston. Cliff Atkinson has written an excellent book “The Backchannel: Presenting while people are tweeting is challenging – but also adds a new dimension to the presentation experience for your audience. Gradually tools are being developed to make it easier for you as the presenter

Up until now, this back-channel has been mainly confined to the Internet industry and technology conferences. Learn more about Twitter for business in our “Wednesdays at 1″ webinar series : Twitter for Business 101 February 25, 2009, 1PM EST Advanced Twitter for Business March 11, 2009, 1PM EST Twitter for Business resources: Twitter for Business reading list Follow @touchbase on Twitter for posts and our link blog Subscribe to the TouchBase blog via RSS or email Category : Touchbase Blog

There are two main types: At last, we have some scientifically rigorous evidence to show that slides full of bullet-points don’t work. The research is the work of Chris Atherton , a cognitive psychologist. Chris recently delivered a presentation at the Technical Communication UK Conference and has put up her slides on slideshare .

20 tips for better conference speaking ~ 16 February 2009 ~ View from on stage as I’m preparing to speak at An Event Apart New Orleans 2008. Genuinely recommended by Authentic Boredom. 1 Jason Zimdars ~ 16 February 2009 Great post. On a pure gut level, I thought Jeffrey Kalmikoff’s recent post on the topic was pretty interesting, too. http://tinyurl.com/d28e96 I’ll be straight up with you: I don’t profess to be an expert speaker. I’ve had my share of presentations that have been total flops,

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Below I summarize some of his main points at a glance. (1) Getting Started • Choose a topic for which you have great passion. Recently Felix Jung gave an interesting talk at Pecha Kucha Chicago, Volume 9. Felix told me that he became so interested in the process of developing his 6-minute and 40-second presentation that he created his own guide of sorts to help others.

And you can make it easy for your audience to retweet the main points of your presentation (make sure your tweet is easily retweetable by allowing space for “RT @yourusername” within the 140 characters). In my post 10 tools for presenting with Twitter , I lamented that there was no easy-to-use way of posting tweets from within PowerPoint. Timo Elliott of SAPWeb2.0

Home Presentation eBook Blog About Best Posts Content PowerPoint Nervousness Delivery Audience Contact Browse > Home / Audience / 8 things I learnt about using twitter as a participation tool 8 things I learnt about using twitter as a participation tool March 1, 2009 by Olivia Mitchell Welcome to this blog - my aim is to make a difference to the success of your presentations. This list is just my main learnings from delivering the presentation. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed .

In the video, as he describes his experience, notice how Michael also outlines the three main issues that he’ll be talking about in the rest of the presentation. Tech 2009 pictures courtesy Social media team at www.networksolutions.com and growsmartbusiness.com. Duarte had the distinct pleasure of working with bestselling author Michael Pollan to turn his ideas about sustainability and food systems into a visual presentation for the PopTech conference last month. Plan to eat your lunch in front of the computer today so you can enjoy his presentation: