I agreed to do a “presentation” to a room full of the UW System’s Chief Student Affairs Officers (considered it a retirement gift for my boss – by the way, she was the Best. Boss. EVER.). From the start I explained “social media” had nothing to do with me, it was about all of us. I started with questions that they could easily answer. Pulled a few things up on the screen for them to discuss. Before long, it was like sitting around the family dinner table. Info flowing from all over, I fielded the “tough/tech” questions, but they handled most of the “what ifs.” The conversation carried over to lunch, best part, people were having fun.

Q&A beats powerpoint EVERY time, especially when talking about the “social” Web. There’s a reason people ask what “Three People You’d Love to Have Dinner With” and not “Three People You’d Love to Have Show You Slides.”

Brad and Howard, have fun sharing!