The Extreme Presentation(tm) Method

Ballroom style presentations as video: Xplane on Leadership

I have long suspected that with the growth of online video as a communication medium, that ballroom style presentations will start to evolve into documentary style videos.  It doesn't take much; create a ballroom style presentation, add voice or music, click File/Save as Movie, and upload to YouTube.  

Of course, the greater your skill, the more professional-looking you can make it.  Xplane, the company founded by Dave Gray, has always been at the forefront of visual thinking.  Yesterday they released a video on leadership, in conjunction with the Leadership Initiative at the Harvard Business School.  It's a fine example of a Ballroom style video presentation.

Presenting to the Pope?

Not exactly, but I did get to meet him in person.  Last week I attended the best conference of my life.  It was held in Rome, at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and the theme was "Values and Rules for a New Model of Development.

Highlights were, on Thursday evening, a private tour of the Sistine Chapel, and then an audience with the Pope on Saturday morning, during which the conference speakers, including myself, got to meet him personally.  I had only met him once before, twenty-three years ago as an undergraduate when he gave a lecture at my university (he didn't remember me...).

More details on the conference, including a brief video of the audience with the Pope, and a video of my own presentation, are posted on my other blog, on Catholic Business ethics.