10/13/08

"Is everybody listening?"

"Good. Is everybody ready? Is everybody looking at me? Will you look at me...! Good. I don't like talking in a vacuum." Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, Act I, by Samuel Beckett

Pozzo, bad. Rives, good. He swiftly earns audience attention.

Watch. You'll see what I'm saying.

Go here to see Rives.

10/12/08

Ain't no slide show gonna save you no how

No passion? Nothing of value to say? Ain't no slide show gonna save you no how.

Then there's Sir Ken Robinson's presentation at an event defined by technology and multimedia. This good Sir uses only a hands-free microphone. No slide show. No images or bullet-points.

Just passion and something of value to say.

Watch. You'll see what I'm saying.

Go here to see Sir Robinson.