Creating Dynamic Present-ipations (Part 1)

Presentations are a staple of meetings, workshops and conferences, perhaps because they seem like an efficient means of “delivering” content. But it puzzles me why we continue to rely on them so much when our personal experience and research suggests that they are not very effective at producing real learning. Here is Part 1 / 2 in which I suggest a few ways how you can share new information in ways that invoke different Learning Domains and Styles, and that design to put "participation" into your presentation to deepen their learning. Part 1. Ways to Make Your Presentations More Interactive and Engaging

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TedxOttawa

Today I attend TEDxOttawa, a regional event of the www.ted.com movement. Presenters at TED events have a maximum of 20 minutes to present an idea about Technology, Entertainment and/or Design. They are often very inspiring and creative. TEDxOttawa was a locally-arranged version that featured topics as diverse as fair-trade coffee, the 6-String Nation project, travel-writing, neuroscience and learning, environmental activism, a pirate-supply-shop/student mentoring program and hosting house concerts.

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