Imagine my delight to be speaking at the HOW Conference in Austin. The HOW Design Conference in Austin, Texas, June 24-27-will be swarming with inspirational talented designers where the masses get creatively rejuvenated. HOWconference.com to find out more about sessions, special activities, pre-Conference workshops and more. It means a lot to me because until Duarte had not been recognized as “viable” by the design community because we developed and designed presentations (which were until now an undesirable communication medium). Hope you can come!

This is what this recent buzz is leading to, and take the time to read all of the ideas and comments in those blog links below – you’ll get some idea of where it is going. •    Workshops, social media sessions, Jelly! , BarCamps , et al are far different than the traditional more formal speeches mentioned above. Likely ALL the sessions at SXSW 2009 Austin in two weeks will be Twitter enhanced, providing a high level laboratory - much should come out of that. •    On webinars and teleconferences there is much more potential for using Twitter, and this back channel becomes very useful

Though this list is geared towards one-hour sessions rather than panels and workshops, some of the same principles apply. It had a very intimate workshop feel to it, probably because you were moving about a lot and interacting, rather than lecturing from behind the pedestal as others tend to do. 7 Alex Burr ~ 16 February 2009 Another great read… I’d like to know what your strategy is for keeping questions in check. 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.