In this week's episode of Ongoing Mastery: Presenting & Speaking, Kirsten and Kellie talk about adaptability and engaging your audience, especially when you have specific learning objectives to meet. Find out why Kirsten rewards the ugliest PowerPoint presentation, why Kellie’s students have to confront a taboo topic in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and why context matters.

Our favorite moments:

• (02:00) Education needs to change in specific settings to focus on the problem that needs to be solved, not a predetermined, standardized list
• (03:02) Higher education is often iterative
• (04:55) People don’t learn from dull
• (05:56) Close reading means to stop, notice, and analyze
• (09:59) Analysis requires curiosity
• (10:28) Making connections between topics is how people deepen their knowledge
• (14:23) Context matters
• (16:27) Use more than one track or approach to reinforce your key points
• (18:02) Kellie’s takeaway: analysis starts with noticing the details
• (18:23) Kirsten’s takeaway: take creative risks

If you enjoyed this conversation about making connections among topics, check out Season 4, Episode 48:   Why is Adaptability Key for Changing Workplace Culture? The link is in the show notes.  

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• Writer Oscar Wilde arrested in England (1895)
• Ribaldry (or Blue Content) - Wikipedia
• Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Wikipedia
• Annie Hall
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
• Macbeth - Entire Play | Folger Shakespeare Library
• Molly Patterson, "Honors Track" - The Atlantic (June 2012)
• S4 Ep48: Ongoing Mastery: Presenting & Speaking - Why is Adaptability Key for Changing Workplace Culture?
• The Moth's new book | How to Tell a Story

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