Friday again. Today was a wonderful day at our school. It was House Drama and Variety day, a day that is steeped in tradition and gives our students an opportunity to display their creative talents through drama and dance. It’s a highlight in the school calendar as far as I am [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Garr Reynolds’
July 8, 2008
The friend, the presenter, the bridge and the blogger!
Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that I was excited about visiting Sydney to see Garr Reynolds present his ideas about presentation techniques. Well, that visit was this last weekend and I wanted to give you a rundown about the great opportunity it was and the fact that it led to other wonderful [...]
June 28, 2008
Johnny Bunko - career advice worth reading at any age.
I’ve pretty much lived my life thinking there was a plan. Well, maybe not thinking there was a plan, but certainly making a plan for myself and working towards enacting the plan. I remember contemplating the turn of the century when I was in my teens. I worked out that I’d be 34 in 1999. I [...]
June 15, 2008
Telepresence - is this the future for presentations and maybe education too?
I came across this fascinating presentation via Garr Reynolds Presentation Zen blog. If you’re not reading Garr yet you should be. He’s coming to Sydney in a couple of weeks and I’m hoping to get there to soak up his Zen advice about presenting and engaging your audience.
The video is a [...]
May 15, 2008
Time to reflect
Funny, isn’t it?
You build up to something pretty big in your life and the adrenalin runs high. Event happens - all goes well and you have no need to feel bad about anything BUT…… you feel flat and wasted afterwards.
That’s how I feel.
I shouldn’t, but I do. I’ve been reflecting on the last four months and [...]
May 4, 2008
Presentation update - I know why there are always bullet points!
Last week I posted about Garr Reynolds and his presentation to Google staff about how to deliver an effective presentation. Well, I think I’ve figured out why it is we sit through countless presentations that are full of bullet points and text.
IT’S A DAMN SIGHT EASIER TO DO THAT THAN TO TRY AND SOURCE APPROPRIATE IMAGES [...]
April 27, 2008
How to deliver a great presentation - Garr Reynolds can and maybe me too!
I’m presenting at the SLAV conference about Web 2.0 on Monday May 12th at the Telstra Dome. Will Richardson is delivering the keynote address so it’s a bit of a big deal. My head is quite literally spinning with what it is I need to say to try and turn a few people on to the potential [...]