Hello everyone,

I would like to thank Stacey Poznanski, Michelle Lin, and Robert Tubbs for a great workshop at CORD this year!

Judging this time around was very difficult because some of the presentations incorporated advanced elements such as video or hyperlinks. This is not fully captured in the slideshare presentation, but I made note of them where appropriate.

Participant #1

Note: This participant experimented with hyperlinks to add interactivity to the presentation. It also helped to reduce the linearity of the presentation.

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Participant #2

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Participant #3

Note: This participant embedded a video rather than linking to it as in the “before” slides.

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And the winner is….. participant #2, Dr. Rahul Patwari! Congratulations! He will be receiving either Nancy Duarte’s Slide:ology or Garr Reynold’s Presentation Zen.

And we’re back!

So, in hindsight, by “brief” hiatus, I meant about 4 months, but who’s counting?

A lot of exciting things have been happening.

First, Dr. Stacey Poznanski, Dr. Nathan Allen, and I presented this workshop at the 2014 ACGME meeting in National Harbor, MD. We had a great time and thank the programming committee for choosing our workshop. We actually had double duty with two sessions of the workshop. Thanks to both Nathan and Stacey for making the trip with me!

At the ACGME meeting, we held a slide redesign competition similar to the one Michelle Lin and Stacey did at the International Educators meeting. Click here to see the slides and results of the competition.

Second, I had the opportunity to present this workshop at the Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) meeting in beautiful Miami, FL, as well as at grand rounds for the UT Southwester – Austin Emergency Medicine program. Again, I would like to thank everyone that made this possible including the SGEA planning committee, and specifically Janna Welch and Todd Berger.

Third, we have been working very hard behind the scenes to continue to bring great content to the blog. Unfortunately, our plans to have a nice, redesigned blog did not come to fruition yet, but we are happy to announce that we have a new web address:

designformeded.com

Much easier to say and remember than the prior web address. 🙂

Finally, I am very excited to again be working with Stacey Poznanski, along with Robert Tubbs and the legendary Michelle Lin to deliver a presentation design workshop at CORD this year! You can click here for more info, and visit the ALiEM site for info as well.

Thanks to everyone for the continued support and a special thanks to my co-conspirator, Stacey. Glad to be blogging again.

Hello everyone,

I am writing to let everyone know that the blog will be on a brief break.

The good news is that I have been distracted preparing for the birth of my first child! Of note, if you were wondering which takes priority, building out the nursery or researching for a blog post, my wife says it’s the nursery.

Even better news is that there is a lot going on behind the scenes, including:

• Dr. Stacey Poznanski officially joining the team!
• New blog design with the help of Dr. Mike Cadogan
• New sections to the blog
• Guest bloggers

Looking forward to restarting the regular posts. We will be back soon!

This week was a little busy, but while I was searching through a few internet sites, I rediscovered this jewel at slideshare.net. It is a presentation by Garr Reynolds (author of Presentation Zen) that focuses on 3 of the 12 Brain Rules by John Medina.

“If you are in education, you are in the business of brain development.”          -John Medina

Hopefully, I will get to post a full review of Brain Rules next week. Until then, enjoy this presentation!

Hello everyone,

I’m spending the week in Toronto, Canada for the annual National Medical Association meeting.

No new material this week, but will get back to work once I return.

Have a great weekend!

Tyson

Oh, how I wish there were a floating dry-erase board drawing arm for all of my presentations!

Below is a video of a talk given by Sir Ken Robinson, education and creativity expert, that was adapted to an RSAnimate presentation. With over 10 million views, I believe we can call this one “essential.”

When you watch it, watch it twice. First, for the message, then again for the beauty of the visuals themselves. The sketches add so much impact to the already amazing presentation that Robinson gives.

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This stuff is great!