Invited: September 2008 Archives

On Friday I presented to the Association of Opinion Page Editors conference in State College, PA.  This group was a very interesting and engaging collection of people from the newspaper world.  I spent a little more than an hour talking about new ways to connect with and engage new audiences.  My overall claim was that there is a new dynamic happening online -- a dynamic fueled by the social web.  I spent time discussing how we see both college students and teens as a demographic that must be engaged in new ways.  I shared insights into Twitter, blogging, and the explosive nature of conversations on YouTube.  It was well received and I enjoyed the overall conversation very much.

The 24 MB PDF of my slides are now available.

Today I will be delivering the lunchtime address at Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture's Designs on eLearning conference.  I am a little anxious as I am integrating quite a bit of media into this talk.  The audience is slightly outside of my typical range, so I will try to make the point that the use of digital media for expression is the basis for the new classroom conversation.  I am however looking forward to it.