Comments on: The keynote and the harshtag

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:04:09 +0000

Jeffrey, thanks for your insight. It underscores the idea that you don’t always have to have participants; sometimes, as with concerts and other demonstrations of skill, talent, or expertise, we’re happy to simply receive, as an audience does.

The TED organizers (by which I mean the people who invite and select the presenters) become in theory a trusted source: if I’m interested in a topic, TED’s saying, hey, this person has something to say related to that. I can do some searching on my own to find out what else she’s said, and make my decision — or, I can decide to go with the flow, because I have faith in TED’s selection process, and figure I’m as likely as not to benefit from this person’s session.

By: Jeffrey Cufaude

Jeffrey Cufaude — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:37:04 +0000

Dave:

I was at TED 2006 and I don’t know how Twitter is currently being used during sessions, but there is no traditional opportunity to ask questions or talk with the speakers. Each session is a mix of 18-minute Ted Talks followed by extended breaks where people decompress and the face-to-face conversation lights up. In other words, we are audiences, not participants in a TED Talk.

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By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:16:31 +0000

Kate,

Since I wasn’t there, I don’t know if people tweeting were representative of the group or not — though from what I’ve read in half a dozen posts from people who were there, I don’t think the gap was too wide.

I could be wrong, which goes back to the Presentation 101 remark: if I’m the speaker, how will I know if I’m connecting with the group?

I don’t know what I might say instead of presentation, in part because I can present in a way that invites participation… or at least engages those present.

In that TED talk I mentioned a few comments back, Hans Rosling didn’t take questions, didn’t invite comments. I presume he was demonstrating something new (the software) and more important communicating something of value (his ideas regard health and health data).

For now, if I have the opportunity to share ideas with a group, I’ll concentrate on what’s in it for them (and on how I’ll check).