It started with The University of Greenwich. My friend and wonderfully curious person, Dr. Gauti Sigthorsson (@conceptbin), invited me to speak with his students at Greenwich University. His brief was for me to share my experiences on setting up my own business, networking and generally getting noticed.
So I started to create a powerpoint presentation of thoughts...then got bored...
I found myself switching to pen and paper, gathering my thoughts on my notepad the night before…
As I scribbled away, I soon realized I had doodled a nice little mindmap.
I then raided my son’s pencil case, sharpened the pencils...
and then colour-coded the lot.
I haven’t done this for a while, but it worked a treat…
Speaking with the group, I would briefly look at my notes, see my flow, check what I have missed, and come back to it.
Here are my notes...
I really enjoyed the session. No Powerpoint. No Keynote. No desire to show 1 picture or 1000. No concerns about infographics. Just conversation starters to generate discussion, rather than a lecture.
It seemed to work for the attendees too.
I think it was because the focus was on the CONVERSATION FLOW rather than the SLIDESHOW.
This Pen, Pencil & Paper combination might just take off…
