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SXSWi2009: Presenting Straight to the Brain
Panelists: Jared Goralnick, Productivity Evangelist, AwayFind Cliff Atkinson, BBP Media Craig Ball, Pres, Craig D Ball PC Kathy Sierra, CreatingPassionateUsers #brain is the hashtag Jared says: - we’re...
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5 Mic Tips for Presenters
I see lots of people give presentations … and hear lots of presenters with microphone problems. I know a little bit about microphones and how to get the most out of them, so here are 5 Mic Tips for...
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10 Tips to Do Presentations Like Me: Don’t Use Templates
People tell me they like the way I do presentations … so I thought I’d share some tips and tricks I’ve learned along the way. Tip #1: Don’t Use Templates Ever. They are evil. Well, ok – they’re...
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10 Tips to Do Presentations Like Me: Use Presenter Notes
Tip # 2 – always use presenter notes! The image above shows one of my slides, and the slide’s presenter notes. I LOVE presenter notes! I mentioned one handy use for the presenter notes section in Tip...
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10 Tips to Do Presentations Like Me: Learn Your PC
Tip #4: Learn how to use your PC (or the PC you’ll be using for the presentation) I have to admit it – it bugs me when someone stands up in front of everyone – especially at a tech conference –...
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10 Tips to Do Presentations Like Me: Tidy up those Transitions
Tip #7: Work on Introductions, Transitions, and conclusions. Intros, conclusions, and transitions have always been a challenge for me – in writing and in speaking! In college, me professors frequently...
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10 Tips to Do Presentations Like Me: Rehearse!
Tip #8: rehearse! I always do a dry run-through of my presentations the evening before I give them. If it’s a longer, multi-hour seminar, I probably won’t – but I WILL look through my slides, give some...
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10 Tips to Do Presentations Like Me: It’s a performance
Tip #10: It’s a performance. Oh yes it is. Your talk is most definitely a performance, and you are most definitely a performer. Are you on a stage? On a podium? Talking to a room full of people? Ever...
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My Australia Talks
While in beautiful Australia, I met lots of cool librarians … and gave a couple of presentations, too. Here are the Slideshare versions of the presentations – you had to be there to get the full...
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Practice your Presentations!
After attending a recent conference, I realized something – not everyone practices their presentations beforehand! There are definitely some benefits to practicing giving your presentation, especially...
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Copyright Takedown Notices – what to do when one hits you
View this post on Instagram A post shared by David Lee King (@davidleeking) Have you ever received one of those pesky automatic copyright takedown notices? They are so irritating. Especially when they...
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Level 2 Tech Center opens on Monday!
One of our recording studios I’m really looking forward to this – my library opens our new Level 2 Tech Center on Monday! What can you find there? A mix of really cool technology, including: Two small...
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Social Media Trends vs Your Message
Recently, I read this article that talked about TikTok and Instagram Reels. The article discusses the rise of TikTok and how Instagram Reels (and Instagram in general) is floundering. As an aside, not...
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Hung out with T is for Training
Last week, I was on the T is for Training Podcast (Maurice Coleman’s way-cool podcast). It was fun! We talked about my library’s experience during Covid, broadband initiatives, digital multimedia...
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Three Thoughts on Social Media and Twitter
It’s really weird to see [what was] a pretty stable social media channel like Twitter falter. Especially since it’s 16 years old! It was founded just before I moved to Topeka, and at this point I’ve...
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Playing with ChatGPT
Have you played with ChatGPT yet? I’ve been doing that the last couple of weeks. It’s fun! First – if you’re not familiar with ChatGPT – it’s basically an AI chatbot that is very conversational, and...
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3 AI Tools to Check Out (plus 1 bonus!)
Yes folks, the AI chatbot era has hit, big time. Some of you have been playing with ChatGPT, which has made a huge splash in recent months. It does a good enough job of writing things (i.e., student...
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Are We There Yet? Conversation with Paul Signorelli
I had a fun conversation recently with Paul Signorelli as part of Arizona State University’s ASU ShapingEDU | Are We There Yet? Capturing the Evolving New Now in Learning discussions. We touched on a...
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Librarians as AI Prompt Engineers
AI-generated image of a librarian! I heard about an interesting new job while at Computers in Libraries 2023 (great conference, by the way!) – an AI prompt engineer. What’s a prompt engineer? Here’s a...
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Can The News come from a library?
I read this article (found via infoDOCKET) earlier this week and found it pretty interesting! Could a local library … that’s already a community hub … that people trust … also be the place for local...
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