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title: 283 – Garr Connects With His Audience!
description: "Today on the WELSTech Podcast we continue our Presentation Zen book discussion with a dive into the chapter 9 topic, audience engagement. We also take a look at a brand new ministry resource as Martin demos the Who Is Jesus? iBook, and we catch up on lots of great listener feedback. The discussion: Dull presentations forbidden […]"
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# [283 – Garr Connects With His Audience!](https://welstech.wels.org/2013/04/09/garr-connects-with-his-audience)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Apr 9, 2013 2:31:38 AM

Today on the WELSTech Podcast we continue our *Presentation Zen* book discussion with a dive into the chapter 9 topic, audience engagement. We also take a look at a brand new ministry resource as Martin demos the *Who Is Jesus?* iBook, and we catch up on lots of great listener feedback.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_283.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_283.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_283.mp3) (21.5MB)

### The discussion:

Dull presentations forbidden – Leading off with an e-mail message from *[Presentation Zen](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321811984?ie=UTF8&tag=garrreynoldsc-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0321811984)* author, Garr Reynolds ([garrreynolds.com](http://garrreynolds.com/) | [@presentationzen](https://twitter.com/presentationzen)), Martin and Sallie discuss chapter 9 of the book which focuses on the important skill of connecting with your audience during a presentation. Listen for the secret weapons they use to engage their audience.

### Ministry resource:

(15:22) [Who is Jesus?](https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/who-is-jesus/id615564312?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4) iBook

### Picks of the week:

- (18:32) Chromebooks in education research (April 2013): 
    - [Sallie’s Diigo link list](https://www.diigo.com/list/welstechtrainer/chromebooks)
    - [Webinars and archived events](http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/education/devices/events.html)
    - [WLC Google Education Summit 2013](https://sites.google.com/site/2013wlcsummit/)
- Nik Collection by Google

### Community feedback:

- (30:33) [Morphing Into a 21st Century Teacher](http://anethicalisland.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/21st-century-learning/) [INFOGRAPHIC]
- [The 36 Rules of Social Media](http://edudemic.com/2013/04/the-36-rules-of-social-media/) [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Copy Cloud Storage
- Ken Thomas’ royalty-free images on [Wikimedia Commons](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ken_Thomas) and KenThomas.us
- How to Get Hesitant Teachers to Use Technology
- [26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I’d Known at 20](http://www.slideshare.net/egarbugli/26-time-management-hacks-i-wish-id-known-at-20?utm_source=slideshow&utm_medium=ssemail&utm_campaign=weekly_digest)
- On Amazon … Cheese and Quackers by Josiah Guenther (age 7) – Tune in to our [interview with Josiah’s Dad, Pastor Rob Guenther](https://welstech.wels.net/2013/03/05/278-author-author/), for details on publishing your own books on Amazon
- Christian Worship Lectionary on Google Calendar
- PeanutGalleryFiles.com

### Coming up on WELSTech:

(42:27) Episode 284 – Pastor Mark Parsons and Matt Visaggio share their work on [BreadForBeggars.com](http://BreadForBeggars.com), and we consider other specialty ministry sites. (Release date – 04/16/13)

### The featured artist:

(44:19) We close with the music of WELS musician and staff minister **Benhur Khamrang **([Reverbnation](http://www.reverbnation.com/benhurkworship)) – *Brothers, Sisters, Let Us Gladly*

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