Omar Ahmad presents a plausible strategy for engaging elected officials. Four paragraphs. Handwritten. Monthly.
I've posted on the power of handwritten notes before, but from a different perspective. I think I like this approach better.
Pianist Plays iPad for Concert Encore
Virtuoso pianist Lang Lang gave concert goers something special by playing “The Flight of the Bumblebee” on an iPad.
This unprecedented encore happened — where else?-- in San Francisco. Lang Lang played the song, part of it one-handed, thanks to Smule’s Magic Piano iPad app.
The $0.99 app, from the makers of Ocarina and I Am T-Pain, lets users easily play music by touching light beams that stream down from the top of the screen. Full disclosure: Smule sent Lang Lang an iPad pre-loaded with the app in the hopes he’d take it for a spin.
Wonder if Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, who penned the interlude over 100 years ago, would forgive Lang Lang’s occasional flub as he struggles to get it right on the unfamiliar device.
via cultofmac.com
This may make me rethink my opinion of Lang Lang as a pianist.
How true
 Tony Buzan (@Tony_Buzan)4/22/10 4:33 'Brain fit' in older age = exactly the same as in younger age. If we don't remain childlike, curious + questioning, our brains decline. |
Got photos to share?
Area Governor Rick Eshbach is putting together a "This Year in District 27" slideshow for the District Conference. PRO Mo Hamilton asks that you send images you'd like to see in the show directly to Rick. Be sure to include the name of the event, sponsoring Division and dates. It might be a good idea to send the names of people who appear in the photos, too.
Not from a speaking blog
What makes a great presenter? Vivid imagination, passion for the subject, belief in audience, good physical energy, sense of humour + awe.
— Tony Buzan (@Tony_Buzan) April 16, 2010
I don't think of Tony Buzan, the inventor of mind mapping, as a speaker even though he must spend a lot of time in front of an audience. This is speaking advice to live by--I bet he must be quite a speaker.