Presenting For Impact
A few weeks ago, I delivered a presentation for presenters new to ED-MEDIA. The session - titled Presenting for Impact - provided rich (and humbling) irony as many things went wrong. At least I now have a new story to share on the joys of conference presentations.Dave Monsour - Director of New Media at AACE - has done his best to make a recording of the presentation more "listenable".
I've taken the original slides are created a short Articulate presentation. It is available here.
Alan Levine – Invited Speaker
Alan Levine (who barks wisdom at cogdogblog) has been actively involved in media, web, and instructional design for well over a decade. Alan is the Vice President Community and CTO at New Media Consortium.He is also a speaker at ED-MEDIA 09. His awareness of trends, use of social media for story telling, and his extensive background in the educational technology field will make for an engaging presentation. Don't miss it!
I had the opportunity to catch up with him for a short interview. We covered a variety of topics, including development of the Horizon Report, his upcoming ED-MEDIA talk, virtual worlds, and upcoming trends.
ED-MEDIA’s Insider Bonnie Best’s Picks for Honolulu, Hawaii!
>> Check Out ED-MEDIA's insider Bonnie Best's Picks for Honolulu, Hawaii! <<
ED-MEDIA 2009 is quickly approaching and many of you have asked what there are the best things to do in Honolulu, Hawaii. So for all searching for things to do and places to see while at ED-MEDIA 2009, our insider, Bonnie Best has done the research and compiled the Best into a few lists!
Bonnie Best selected some of the top local and tourist hot spots for you to see while visiting the beautiful island of Oahu. See the Best of local activities, attractions, dining locations and even some tips for the budget conscious traveler! For a night on the town, a bite to eat or even a day of exploring all that the beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii has to offer, see what ED-MEDIA's insider, Bonnie Best, recommends.
>>Remember to post your favorite photos of ED-MEDIA 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii to Flickr<<
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edmedia
ED-MEDIA will display all Flickr photos on a large public monitor at the conference!
So if you wish to share a photo with us and have it automatically added to the ED-MEDIA Flickr account, please send an e-mail with the photo (max. 5 per email) attached to:
edmediaconf@gmail.com
The subject line will become the title of the photo and the body will become the description. Your photos will be automatically added to the ED-MEDIA Flickr account.
See you at ED-MEDIA 2009, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii!!
Interview with Rick Mrazek
Rick Mrazek is one of the invited speakers for ED-MEDIA 2009. His topic is "Emerging Technologies and Repurposing Multimedia: Linkages and Mysteries." In this short interview Rick talks about the kinds of resources that he is repurposing and how to make choices about what to repurpose and how it should be presented. To watch the interview, please click here, or click the Video icon to the right. Note: You will need the latest version of Flash player to watch the interview.
Presenting for Impact
For all the effort conferences spend on peer review and ensuring quality (novel) research is presented, too little attention is paid to the actual presentation. At several conferences during the last 18 months, I've noticed organizers are turning their attention to this challenge. Some conferences have gone so far as to make "presentation coaches" available to presenters. Good ideas can be overlooked through poor presentation skills. Developing a strong, clear presentation is as important as conducting quality research and writing clear papers. AACE is pleased to announce a short session for presenters to ED-MEDIA '09: Presenting for Impact. Additional information - including topics covered - are available on the site. The session is available without fee. If you have suggestions or resources to share on the topic of planning and conducting presentations, please let me know!ED-MEDIA Social Networking
From George Siemens, Program Co-Chair, posted at http://blogs.aace.org/edmedia/:
"We want the event to be more participative and more engaging, while still meeting the high academic standards ED-MEDIA has exhibited in its past. It can be difficult to strike a balance between emergence and tradition, between novel and established, between innovation and existing systems.
It's a balance that will only be achieved through your input. During the conference this year, we ask you to Twitter, blog, tag, and offer suggestions."
ED-MEDIA Blog
In addition to the above excerpt from the ED-MEDIA blog, we will post interviews from Keynote and Invited Speakers.
As a start, Craig Montgomerie, Executive Committee Chair, has posted his interview with Tom Reeves, an ED-MEDIA Keynote.
ED-MEDIA on Twitter
The conference may followed on Twitter prior to and during the event. A large screen monitor will display the ED-MEDIA Twitter feed at the conference.
Hashtag is: edmedia
Join the AACE Page on Facebook!
Within the next few days, AACE will announce its Page on Facebook to the international community.
Having just set up the Page, we have a whole 17 fans! 
So we are asking you to help us launch the AACE Page on Facebook by becoming one of its first participants.
Getting ready for ED-MEDIA 2009
Surprisingly, we are only six weeks away from ED-MEDIA 2009!Over the next month or so, this blog will be more active. We'll provide you with interviews, commentary, help resources, and even a bit of professional development (more on that soon).
Conferences are changing. Earlier this year, AACE hosted Spaces of Interaction, an online event exploring how to improve traditional conferences. Recordings from presentations and the ning discussions can still be accessed. As a result of the event, we've gleaned many insights into what can be done to improve conferences. You will see a few changes as we get ready for ED-MEDIA '09: increased use of social media, remote presentations, participant-organized events, etc.
We want the event to be more participative and more engaging, while still meeting the high academic standards ED-MEDIA has exhibited in its past. It can be difficult to strike a balance between emergence and tradition, between novel and established, between innovation and existing systems.
It's a balance that will only be achieved through your input. During the conference this year, we ask you to Twitter, blog, tag, and offer suggestions. Even as the event approaches, please comment on what would make the event more valuable for you this year...and next.
Keynote and Invited Speaker Previews: Tom Reeves
Some of the most interesting sessions at ED-MEDIA are the keynote and invited speaker presentations. The ED-MEDIA Keynotes and Invited Speakers provides a list of the speakers and their topics with links to abstracts of their talks. Some members have asked for a little more, so we are providing a short video interview with some of the keynote and invited speakers. We hope these interviews tease you to make the decision to come to Hawaii in June 
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Dr. Thomas C. Reeves