283 – Garr Connects With His Audience!

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 – Leading off with an e-mail message from Presentation Zen author, Garr Reynolds (garrreynolds.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? iBook

Picks of the week:

• (18:32) Chromebooks in education research (April 2013):
  • Sallie’s Diigo link list
  • Webinars and archived events
  • WLC Google Education Summit 2013
• Nik Collection by Google

Community feedback:

• (30:33) Morphing Into a 21st Century Teacher [INFOGRAPHIC]
• The 36 Rules of Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
• Copy Cloud Storage
• Ken Thomas’ royalty-free images on Wikimedia Commons and KenThomas.us
• How to Get Hesitant Teachers to Use Technology
• 26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I’d Known at 20
• On Amazon … Cheese and Quackers by Josiah Guenther (age 7) – Tune in to our interview with Josiah’s Dad, Pastor Rob Guenther, 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, 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) – Brothers, Sisters, Let Us Gladly

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