The reason for risking the use of technology in this way was that I had left the original DVD in a restaurant at Heathrow airport en route to Helsinki - or so I thought last week.
But today, I found the said DVD, neatly deposited in its container on my desk! I hadn't taken it with me at all, so it was just as well that I had a copy on my phone.
The following has a few more examples of speakers using props as visual aids than the DVD used at the conference where time was very limited.
Below the picture, I've attached a copy of the handout used with my talk.
Autumn conference, House of the
Estates, Helsinki,
11 & 12 October 2018 #esnfinland18
11 & 12 October 2018 #esnfinland18
Max Atkinson’s talk: ‘USING PROPS AS VISUAL AIDS'
(handout)
British political party
conference
Ann Brennan: “Imagine knocking on people’s doors in King’s Cross (holds
up papers) and preaching the word with this.”
Audience: laughter and applause.
Apple product launch
Steve Jobs (walking slowly on stage): “And so let me go ahead
and show it to you now…” (holds up office envelope)
Audience:
clapping and cheering
Jobs:
“let me take it out and show it to you now” (unwraps envelope)
Audience:
more clapping, cheering, whistling.
Jobs:
“This is it (takes Macbook Air from envelope)
Audience:
more clapping, cheering, whistling.
Jobs:
“This is the new Macbook Air (holds it up in the air) and you can get a feel
for how thin it is”
Audience:
Even more clapping and cheering…
Jobs:
Yeah there it is
Audience:
continuous clapping…
Ted Talk on malaria
Bill Gates: “…course transmitted by mosquitoes and I’ve brought
some here (unscrews jar on table in front of him – slight laughter from
audience) so you could experience this and we’ll let them roam around the er (louder
and more extended audience laughter) auditorium a little bit there – There’s no
reason only poor people should have the experience (laughter).
BBC TV Andrew Marr interview
with the Archbishop of York
John Sentamu (having removed his clerical collar): “As an
Anglican, this is what I wear to identify myself – that I’m a clergyman (holds
collar in front of him)
“Do you know what Mugabe
has done? He’s taken people’s identity (produces scissors) And literally, if
you don’t mind, (starts cutting collar to pieces) cut it to pieces.
This is what he’s
actually done so that it the end there’s nothing. so as far as I’m concerned I’m
not going to wear a dog collar until Mugabe’s gone” (puts down scissors and
remaining pieces of collar).
BBC TV Robin Day with retiring defence minister John
Nott
Day: “But
why should the public on this issue with regards the future of the Royal Navy
believe you a transient here today and if I may say so gone tomorrow politician
rather than a senior officer of many years experience?”
Nott:
“I’m sorry, I’m fed up with this interview (stands up, unclips microphone and
throws it down on table between them) ridiculous (inaudible)”
Day: “Thank
you Mr Nott.”
Royal Society: Christmas lectures for children
Professor of Physics (holding red ball:
“I have here a solid steel ball – it weighs fourteen kilograms – it’s
incredibly heavy – and it’s suspended from the roof of the Faraday lecture
theatre by this steel cable.
“Now what I’m going to
do is to take this steel ball over here and I’m going to stand with my back
against this head-rest and in a moment, I’m going to place it against my face
and then I’m going to let go (exhales audibly – audience laughs – professor
laughs).
“It’s going to swing out
across the lecture theatre and then it’s going to swing back towards my face.
Now, according to the laws of physics, it should stop just before it touches
me. OK, that’s the theory, now see what happens. I think this is probably worth
a countdown – are you ready? Three (audience joins in with him) two, one, go.
(Prof lets ball go)
Audience:
“Oooooh” louder and upwards as the ball swings towards this face. Loud applause
as it just misses him.
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