tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post112473882958424046..comments2023-11-03T06:03:50.388-07:00Comments on The Learning Circuits Blog: What's your most memorable conference experience?jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1124913844849167012005-08-24T13:04:00.000-07:002005-08-24T13:04:00.000-07:00I, too, would place Gordon's presentation towards ...I, too, would place Gordon's presentation towards the top of my list (I still have a postage stamp-sized video of it on a CD somewhere). Although I was already a believer in the power of story as a teaching strategy, his talk was one of the first examples I experienced firsthand, in a corporate environment, where someone exercised it so effectively. I still remember (over 10 years later) his story about the business man yelling at a field of cows to "get to work", and how Orville and Wilber Wright didn't have pilots licenses....<BR/><BR/>More recently, I really was inspired by a keynote that William Strickland gave about his efforts in PA - the possibilities that exist if one is simply willing to pursue them with conviction and vigor.<BR/><BR/>Also, I enjoyed a keynote by the Dean of Pixar University, Randy Nelson. No slides used (although he had some interesting video about the storyboarding and creation process for Toy Story 2), but he hit a chord with me about the difference between teaching algorithms and teaching heuristics (in most cases, we should be shooting for heuristics if we want to grow and innovate).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1124752288051547672005-08-22T16:11:00.000-07:002005-08-22T16:11:00.000-07:00My most memorable conference was presented by IBM ...My most memorable conference was presented by IBM when they were pushing management to have warm and fuzzy feelings for employees. We were split into groups of 10 and the presenter gave each of us a silver dollar as a bet that we would leave more "feeling" than when we came. After expounding for about an hour on being nice to employees, he then collected the silver dollars from those who were touched by his talk. I still have mine today and know that managers should be fiscally responsible and not give away the companies assets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com