Glad your presentation went well. I’ve done them and let audience members come up and add their own ink notes on the slides too. Anything to engage the audience.

Mine too 8).

Ain’t marriage grand?

Thanks, fil. Would you tell that to my wife? She forgets.

James,

You’re awesome.

I used this presentation mode last week at a conference I spoke at and the audience was blown away with the U tablet.

I enabled Pen mode in the Pointer Options and scribbled throughout my speach and as questions arose.

When I felt there was not enough crowd participation, I doddled on the presentation to recapture their attention or make people laugh.

Great tip!

I updated how to do it on our FAQ and also updated how to display on the U and on an external monitor simultaneously.
http://www.greyhat.com/sonyu
Search: Sony U Power Point Presentation Strategy

One thing I’ve noticed during the thousands of presentations over the years that most presenters don’t realize is the slide remote is a big barrier. What I mean by that is our very nature causes us to hate to yield control to another (for the most part) and that’s often how the presenter is perceived. Kind of an “I’ve got the remote and you don’t” thing. It’s why some audience members resist getting into the discussion right off the bat and have to be won over. They don’t like the fact that you the presenter are in control and they are not.

The Tablet PC changes that dynamic completely and lets everyone participate. From what I’ve seen people will be much more likely to make comments if they see them appear as a note right on the slide. It carries a sense of empowerment that is very refreshing.

Great story James. I’ve encountered similar reactions in meetings drawing mind maps in MindManager projected up on the wall. It’s an amazing and galvanizing experience for a lot of people and draws them into the conversation in a way nothing else I’ve used does. I have a couple of speaking engagements coming up in the next few months where the technique you describe should work perfectly.

Very cool, James. I think this is how tablets will revolutionize meetings like this, but also my field, which is education. I’m in a community college, and I’m working on getting my tablet into my classrooms for the students as well as for me, and having it be interactive rather than presentational or reactive.

Wow, I bet they looked baffled all the time when you annotaded – too bad the U is gone. But still – a nice read.