The reason I agreed to do a second one was to take my own advice on doing things that I find challenging, and the Ignite format is way up there. I’ve had an awful lot of practice on presentations over the last few years, but Ignite is… something different.

I didn’t see your presentation, and don’t know how the audience felt, but in the five minutes you were given, you can’t expect to change anyone’s mind or even make them a little smarter, better, etc. Not in real-time, anyway. You can, however, pose a question or plant a seed that their brain might spend time spinning on…later. You may well have done that : )

Regardless, thanks so much for your encouraging words.

We’re fans of the same people! I love how Kathy Sierra focuses her communication on helping us create awesome users. It’s a paradigm shift to think this way all the time, but a very useful one.