I’ve been hearing the tired slurs against “sage on a stage” model for 20+ years. Only leftist education ideologues with more abstract ideas than communications experience take them seriously. Person on stage is just a method like any other. Good for some things, not for others.
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Replying to @vgr @aaronzlewis
I like the FooCamp / BarCamp unconference model the most personally. Anything with less interaction shouldn't be focused on speakers, but booth oriented (CES, etc.) or a series of lightning talks.
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My theory is that it's usually about sponsors buying stage time as an advertisement and conference producers needing that money to make the model work.
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Replying to @NickPinkston @aaronzlewis
Aaron’s original comment referenced the “dead pedagogical tool” view... that’s a big tent including everything from K-12 and units to church sermons. Business/industry conferences are a narrow slice. Pay-to-play quasi-sponsor talks etc are an even narrower one...
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Frankly for any deep topic where I know little , I’d rather shut up, stay in my seat and listen to someone on stage who knows what they’re talking about. Which is not to say I don’t also like other formats for other things.
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Replying to @vgr @aaronzlewis
I'd rather watch them + motion graphics on a video at home. If I go to a conference, I want to talk with people. If I go to school, I want to talk with people.
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Replying to @NickPinkston @aaronzlewis
You have preferences. We all do. They are only one factor among many.
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Replying to @vgr @aaronzlewis
Does something about them on stage add to your experience or is a video of the same talk just as good?
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Replying to @NickPinkston @aaronzlewis
Depends. Live and recorded are two sub-media that are apples and oranges for me. Farther apart than say twitter and Facebook
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Replying to @vgr @aaronzlewis
How do you experience the major differences?
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Too complex for Twitter 
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