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By: It’s Easy to Throw Real Stones at Virtual Glass Houses - CogDogBlog

It’s Easy to Throw Real Stones at Virtual Glass Houses - CogDogBlog — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:45:49 +0000

[...] who, when I asked him by email about any slides he wanted to show, responded that he was going beyond slidedeckophelia and going “slideless” for his talk on Mapping the Digital Storytelling Domain: Notes [...]

By: VWBPE: Impressions and Lessons Learned « Stepping Stones

VWBPE: Impressions and Lessons Learned « Stepping Stones — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:36:26 +0000

[...] I felt like I ended up talking too much (but I tried to weave a good story, following CogDog’s presentation advice). But, on the positive side, I now know what I’d want to do next time and can work on [...]

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By: Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:14:42 +0000

What? No jetsons?

Anyway, recently I’ve been ditching the deck. I did a keynote panel last week. I decided to experiment:

(1) No Slides
(2) Write up my talking points as tweets
(3) Don’t practice, but improvise or riff

Well, I noticed that my talk got retweet more than usual – and because I wasn’t so focused on my slides – I felt I connected more with the audience.

By: Alan Levine aka CogDog

Alan Levine aka CogDog — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:36:33 +0000

Bryan,

My thoughts apply as much to real life presentations as Second Life.

It’s not that slides are bad, but it is the singular focus on the deck that is. You are someone, who in person, presents with a lot of slides, but alos a great force of voice with inflection, of weaving stories in.

I am circling back to the understated power of human voice that should be the primary media, not the droning backdrop to slides.

We have a long human history of powerful communication that did not rely on talking over 60 slides per hour- from stories around the campfires to stand-up comics, to radio theater to street performers.

By: Bryan Alexander

Bryan Alexander — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:48:24 +0000

Amen. I wave my Tufte in support.

So what about using Prezi, and what about using a wiki?

I guess the answer depends, among other things, if you’re presenting in Second Life or not.

Away from SL, I’ve had some recent fun with Prezi. I’m not sure how much my audiences have gleaned beyond the pleasant shock value. As presenter, I love the concept map aspect, but am not sure everyone can get (or see) that.

Heading off to present for a day using every thing I can -

By: Nick Noakes

Nick Noakes — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:59:22 +0000

Your post reminds me of the NMC Creativity symposium where you all asked presenters to be creative in their style of presentation. The vast majority were creative and that sympoisum’s presentations have really stuck in my mind as a result … using the 3D medium to very good effect. Sadly it never seems to have been repeated in other 3D world symposia/conferences, at least that I’ve attended or viewed later online.

VWBPE is coming up and I was one of the ‘guilty-as-charged’ ones last year for slidedeckopedia. I hope the people orgnaizing VWBPE pick up on your posting and go back and look at the NMC Creativity event.

By: Slidedeckophelia – Can I get passed it? « Laura's (Un)learning Lane

Slidedeckophelia – Can I get passed it? « Laura's (Un)learning Lane — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:05:00 +0000

[...] of Educational Articles/Media. trackback After reading a very eye-opening and interesting CogDogBlog post about the usage and reliance of information on slides during presentations I was compelled to [...]

By: cogdog (Alan Levine)

cogdog (Alan Levine) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:32:14 +0000

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By: accordin2jo (Joquetta Johnson)

accordin2jo (Joquetta Johnson) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:07:49 +0000

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