“the more you get up in front of people, the better you are at it”
Laura Vanderkam has a nice piece about learning to speak in public despite being an introvert. As she explains in the New York Times, You’d think that book writing
Speaking Notes 5: Your Space
When you're giving a talk, your space should be your friend. Remember Frances Yates' Art of Memory, and her discussion of the Roman orator's memory palace? (Of course you do.)
Speaking Notes 4: Travel
Travel for professional speaking is different than for academic talks. For one thing, I've almost never been invited to give an academic talk by someone who wasn't a
Speaking Notes 3: Crafting Your Talk
There are several things I've had to learn while transitioning from giving academic talks to doing broader talks. Here are the big ones. Don't just read your papers
Speaking Notes 2: Working with an Agent
First and most important: if at all possible, Get an agent This can't be overstated. If you think signing with an agency of speakers' bureau is a luxury,
Speaking Notes 1: Introduction
A couple weeks ago I got a request from an academic friend for some advice about speaking at a trade conference. It got me thinking about the differences
Speaking at Convergence 2014
I'm going up to Edmonton, Canada to do a keynote at Convergence 2014, a conference on educational technology. I hadn't written the book with this audience in mind,
Santa Catalina School on my talk
Courtney Shove, who took the pictures at my Santa Catalina talk, has a nice write-up of the event. My own post about it is here.
Speaking at Princeton next Thursday, November 6
I’m going to be at Princeton next week, doing a more academic-than-usual talk on contemplative computing and The Distraction Addiction. I'm appearing there as part of the “Pay Attention:
Will the Laptop Destroy the Coffee Shop?
Wednesday I was part of a forum at the Getty Center on the future of public space in the digital age. Cosponsored by Zócalo Public Square, it was