Hi Joe, Hopefully when the talk is published on the ignite site my intent will be clear :-).
Cheers, Martijn On Wednesday, 4 July 2012, Joe Sondow wrote: > I'm curious what your thesis is. Why do you assert that an animal picture > automatically ruins the message of a slide, before you've even seen the > presentation or slide deck? > > In my experience a well-chosen image that evokes a relevant emotional > response increases the attention span and memory retention of audience > members. > > On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 12:50:38 AM UTC-7, Martijn Verburg wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> So I'm looking to do an Ignite talk on "the greatest threat to tech >> conferences today" at Oscon. Basically it's going to be a very >> tongue in cheek presentation where I present 20 slides, each slide >> containing: >> >> 1. The Speaker + a link to their talk >> 2. The important point they were making >> 3. The picture of the (probably cute & fluffy) animal >> 4. How the animal ruined the message >> >> e.g. Something like "So here's X, talking about Y (note the link!), an >> awesome <technology> for <this reason>, >> important knowledge right?! Well this particular <animal> came and >> ruined that, <mini rant>" >> >> So if you've ever given a presentation with a cute and fluffy animal >> then I'd like to grab the 4 points from you + a copy of the >> picture. Full accreditation etc of course! >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Martijn >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/GgCAuvWM0iQJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
