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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
In preparation for her talk she asked me if there would be a way to reproduce an exercise called “Speaker & Audience Mapping” that she usually leads in the slideology workshops . Now, we expected a large crowd (we had over 200 attend this workshop) and we knew that asking a large audience to shout out ideas in a giant Moscone hall just wouldn’t work. Conference Last month Nancy Duarte spoke at Web2.0 Expo and it was a huge success.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
was interested in Bill’s observation about modern conference events:
“With the pervasiveness of wireless hot spots and laptops that have built-in wireless capability, conference audiences have turned keynotes into multitasking events, half-listening to presentations while simultaneously answering email and browsing the web.” cannot tolerate laptops and phones in use during workshops and other highly participative learning events – it’s an insult to all concerned, and if you as facilitator don’t deal with it, other members of the group surely will.
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
So the next time you present at a conference, instead of being confronted by a sea of faces looking at you, you may be phased by a sea of heads looking down at their laptops. On the other hand, when I see people taking notes (manually or with their laptops) I am encouraged. While the back channel gets to connect with their circle as they sit in a roomful of people they don’t know, they may be missing the opportunity to meet new people sitting around them. Pistachio Micro sharing. Macro results.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Though this list is geared towards one-hour sessions rather than panels and workshops, some of the same principles apply. Keeping the audience eyes’ on you rather than their laptops benefits both you and the audience. Test legibility by sitting six feet back from your laptop display. 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. I’ll be straight up with you: I don’t profess to be an expert speaker.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
You can just set up your video camera or the iSight in your laptop, and shoot your own speech. began speaking again earllier this year; rather than reinvent the wheel, I chose blog articles to convert into workshops. If I had a tip it would be to consider facilitating workshops first. chrisbrogan.com Home About Speaking Rockstars Newsletters Contact Best Of How to Start Speaking at Events December 8, 2008 · Comments One day, I wasn’t a speaker at conferences, and then I was.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
workshop at the GOVIS conference in NZ in May ( [link] ). Even though we've effectively halved the price for the workshop to support current market conditions, we have no sign ups. The paying attendees deserve the absolute best show we can put on for them - great, knowledgeable speakers; real, complete case studies; practical workshops; fun after hours events. chrisbrogan.com Home About Speaking Rockstars Newsletters Contact Best Of The Art of Butts in Chairs March 20, 2009 · Comments I run a series of conferences .
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
When I travel to deliver customized workshops or speak at conferences, I carry the normal equipment for a presenter: my laptop, presentation remote and projector if required. I know all of these are perfectly OK to carry on an airplane since I regularly have my laptop bag searched when going through security. It allows me to move my laptop away from a podium or projector. In today’s tip, I want to share with you a few of the other pieces of equipment I carry that come in handy when travelling. The first item I carry is a VGA extension cord.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
They offer marketing workshops, pairing their complementary skills for even greater effect and revenue. Pairing up with another speaker can offer you a personal challenge, by helping you stretch yourself in new ways. Here are two who seem unlikely partners, yet have formed a partnership. Fashion designer Vivenne Tam and Hewlett Packard--uses Tams's designs on laptop covers Opi nail polish (premier brand, known for hip polish names) and Dell computers--uses Opi branded colors on laptop covers. Two legends in public speaking, Patricia Fripp and Alan Weiss, speak together and bill themselves as the Odd Couple , and they have registered Odd Couple as a trademark.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
I am planning to buy a new laptop next year after the new Core i7 chipset comes to laptops. still plan to load both versions and run one of them via a virtual machine as I do now so that I can demonstrate the proper version in my workshops. One question I am struggling with is whether to load the 2007 or the 2003 version as my primary Office version. I
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
In many workshops, people often point out that they can’t select the background color because their organization mandates a certain template or look. Laptop and flat screen monitors are far brighter than projectors and give you a distorted perception of how much contrast two colors have. Recently I commented on a blog post regarding colors that are used on slides. The writer had made some suggestions on colors to use or avoid based on the color wheel used by graphics professionals.
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