Comments on: Speaker tips: How to present when audience is tweeting http://benmartincae.com/speaker-tips-how-to-present-when-audience-is-tweeting Making a loud noise and leaving the room since 2004 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:33:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Becky Granger http://benmartincae.com/speaker-tips-how-to-present-when-audience-is-tweeting/comment-page-1#comment-1814 Becky Granger Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:37:34 +0000 http://benmartincae.com/?p=1323#comment-1814 Thanks for the great links, Ben! Fab article to share with all of our speakers. --Becky Thanks for the great links, Ben! Fab article to share with all of our speakers.
–Becky

]]> By: Jeffrey Cufaude http://benmartincae.com/speaker-tips-how-to-present-when-audience-is-tweeting/comment-page-1#comment-1813 Jeffrey Cufaude Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:59:35 +0000 http://benmartincae.com/?p=1323#comment-1813 Ben: I'm getting "non-permission" messages when I try to hit the links. Have I been bad? I think we are going to have to start talking with the learning community about what, if any, changes in room layout, etc. we will want to make to accommodate those who want to type, text, etc. It bothers me little as a presenter, but I do know some participants find it distracting to have that activity right around them ... something we can easily do. TED designates separate areas for people who want to be live blogging or Twittering. Ben:
I’m getting “non-permission” messages when I try to hit the links. Have I been bad?

I think we are going to have to start talking with the learning community about what, if any, changes in room layout, etc. we will want to make to accommodate those who want to type, text, etc. It bothers me little as a presenter, but I do know some participants find it distracting to have that activity right around them … something we can easily do. TED designates separate areas for people who want to be live blogging or Twittering.

]]> By: Ben Martin, CAE http://benmartincae.com/speaker-tips-how-to-present-when-audience-is-tweeting/comment-page-1#comment-1808 Ben Martin, CAE Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:03:16 +0000 http://benmartincae.com/?p=1323#comment-1808 I'm with you 1000 percent. I have actually heard of instructors who enforce a classroom ban on computers and cell phones and who will deny CE credits to those who dare violate the rule. Speakers need and deserve a level of respect, but they must earn and keep the respect they want by being an engaging speaker. Personally, I don't take offense when people use their handhelds or laptops in my sessions. Maybe they're taking notes or responding to an urgent email. Maybe I'm not engaging enough and need to improve my delivery. I’m with you 1000 percent. I have actually heard of instructors who enforce a classroom ban on computers and cell phones and who will deny CE credits to those who dare violate the rule. Speakers need and deserve a level of respect, but they must earn and keep the respect they want by being an engaging speaker.

Personally, I don’t take offense when people use their handhelds or laptops in my sessions. Maybe they’re taking notes or responding to an urgent email. Maybe I’m not engaging enough and need to improve my delivery.

]]> By: Anthony Zinni http://benmartincae.com/speaker-tips-how-to-present-when-audience-is-tweeting/comment-page-1#comment-1807 Anthony Zinni Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:42:06 +0000 http://benmartincae.com/?p=1323#comment-1807 Ben, I like how you bring up that some presenters are put off by computers in the audience. This in my opinion is a completely outdated way of thinking about the situation, so long as the crowd members are being courteous to the presenter. I however can see no difference between twittering or blogging with writing things down in a notebook. Both the (paper) notebook and laptop are just tools. While twitter and blogs may sort of be like chatting during a presentation, the truth is that it does not interrupt the presenter and it is what people are thinking anyways. A good presenter would find the unfiltered comments of the crowd via these mediums to be a blessing rather than a blight. How else could they ever receive such an unbiased opinion of their presentation? Ben,

I like how you bring up that some presenters are put off by computers in the audience. This in my opinion is a completely outdated way of thinking about the situation, so long as the crowd members are being courteous to the presenter. I however can see no difference between twittering or blogging with writing things down in a notebook. Both the (paper) notebook and laptop are just tools.

While twitter and blogs may sort of be like chatting during a presentation, the truth is that it does not interrupt the presenter and it is what people are thinking anyways. A good presenter would find the unfiltered comments of the crowd via these mediums to be a blessing rather than a blight. How else could they ever receive such an unbiased opinion of their presentation?

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