Tag: Presentations

Bookmarked OERxDomains21 Guide (oerxdomains21.org)
An archive of all the sessions associated with the OERxDomains Conference presented in the form of a television guide.

I really like this format. Michael Branson Smith unpacks some of the design features of the listings page, including the Luxon JS time library. While there is a wider discussion of the ‘headless’ design using APIs to take content written in WordPress and presented in a static site on Reclaim Today.

As Chris Aldrich captures, there is so much to dig into:

I’ve only touched on 1/4 of the content at the conference and it’s going to take a few months to watch and think about the balance.

ᔥ “Jim Groom” in OERxDomains21’s Instant Archive | bavatuesdays ()

Bookmarked Repurpose & Reshare Your Talks on Social Media | Dr. Ian O’Byrne (Dr. Ian O'Byrne | Literacy, technology, and education)

Part of my job involves regularly giving a talk on a specific topic. This may be at a conference, a local workshop, or in class. These talks are often limited to the participants in attendance. I spend a lot of time building the presentation. Why should my ideas be limited to the people that decide… Continue reading →

Ian O’Byrne discusses some of the strategies he uses for repurposing content created for particular presentations to share with a wider audience. Although I have blogged about presentations in the past, I am not sure I have done enougb work for adjusting to the new context(s).

With O’Byrne’s reference to an essential idea, I was left thinking again about Peter Skillen’s wondering about the limits of a tweet. I also wonder about automating some of these processes while presenting as Alan Levine has documented.

Replied to How to plan a workshop in 10 steps | Open Thinkering by Doug Belshaw (Open Thinkering)

I was helping someone plan a workshop today. While I was no expert in the content, it made me realise there’s a common structure I’ve come to use.

Doug, what I like about your list is the importance of getting people to do something. Whether it be a presentation or workshop, I often find this the biggest challenge, to create purposeful opportunities for participants to actually participate.
Replied to Waving the Asynchronous Flag (CogDogBlog)

Do people think of asynchronous as adrift, alone in space? There’s every reason to feel a sense of conversation in a place of being in different times there, exchange, that can be every bit as engaging as being there exactly together.

Alan, this reminds me of Dave White’s discussion of lectures and the need to create moments of shared presence to facilitate new connections. We worry so much about the presentation of information and forget about learning opportunities. The problem is that for some this is not the work that matters, however I would argue that it is the work that often makes the biggest difference.
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An interesting conversation that reminds me of a post I wrote a few years ago reflecting on presentations as well as Presentation Zen
Bookmarked 12 tips for great speaking (steve-wheeler.co.uk)

If you are lucky enough to be invited to address an audience of your peers at a conference, a lot will depend on what you say and the manner in which you say it. You want your speech to be memorable, inspiring and thought provoking. You’ll also need to be convincing if you want to put your arguments across effectively. So I’ll share some of the top tips I recommend for keynote speakers.

Steve Wheeler provides some useful tips and reflections on the art of the keynote. They include use humour, minimal text, engage with your audience, don’t speak too quickly, repeat key points and only stick to three of them. In part, this reminds me of Presentation Zen and the idea of a minimalist slidedeck. Although not necessarily about ‘keynotes’, Andrew Denton recently shared some tips for a better conversation that I think relate to this conversation, including be respectful and empathise with the interviewee (or audience).