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Presentation//Reboot Was a Success!
Hanging out with Garr Reynolds for three days at Presentation//Reboot was a blast. I sat in the back of the room while he presented, and even though I watched his sessions three days in a row, I laughed (and snorted a couple times) and was engaged in every session. He is a charming, transparent, and dynamic presenter.
He had attendees do an exercise using the principles of contrast in slide:ology to convey a concept. For the exercise, they were to sketch out a solution that conveyed the concept “out of six products, two were outperforming the best.” There were no rules other than the solution needed to use at least one of the principles of contrast below.
The results were varied and fun. Here are some of the solutions attendees created:
On the final day, I had dinner with Garr & his wife Ai, Ric Bretschneider, and Howard Cooperstein at Xahn in Mountain View. It was the first time I’d met Ai, and I absolutely adored her.
Ai and Garr at Xahn
In other news:
I am speaking at the HOW conference in Austin, TX on June 26th. It’s a conference for Graphic Design professionals, but anyone wanting to absorb the best design work and process can attend; you’ll be mesmerized by the speakers this year.
I’m also speaking at O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Expo on March 31st and will be presenting workshop material for up to 500 folks at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Scott Schwertly of Ethos3 and slidemagnet co-wrote a cool ebook with Jake Greene. It costs a few bucks, but is worth it. It’s called Deck ’Em: A Novel Approach to Presentation Design.
Back to TopTopic: Design, Diary, Event, Strategy
Tags: contrast, deck 'em, garr reynolds, how conference, presentation reboot, web 2.0
- COMMENTS (5)
Nancy,
Presentation Reboot was fantastic. You and Garr provided not only valuable information but inspiration to create memorable presentations.
Thanks for taking the time to share your ideas.
Richard
Presentation Reboot was amazing! I’m excited about applying what I learned. Thanks to Nancy and Garr!
Nancy,
Thank you for your inspiration and amazing work. I really think that it was totally worth it to travel so much to be at Presentation Reboot. Please inform when there is Presentation Reboot II.
Nancy and Garr, I attended the Thursday session and it was an amazing experience. It has changed the way I look and see things in the world as a whole. We have been educated out of creativity and we must be comfortable with being “wrong”. It’s simple!
…didn’t know I would walk away from it speaking so much Japanese either… 
Great job guys!
David J. III
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Scott Schwertly
March 23rd, 2009
2:38 pm
Nancy,
Glad to hear about the success of Presentation Reboot. Also, thanks for the note regarding Deck ‘Em.
Scott