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From Eric: 

We just finished delivering the Camp Tellahellofastory presentation for the PopTech audience.  We had ~50 people, which I believe was the largest sign up for a seminar  (woo hoo!). 

The room was in a lodge-like dining room of the Whitehall Inn, which gave it a "in a cabin" kind of feel, with its wooden tables and cider.  I had everyone stand and sing the Camp Tellahellofastory camp song, say the camp cheer and told them the background between our camp and our rival, Camp Status Quo.  After giving them a lesson on story making, helped along by the fire drill clip from The Office, they set to work in groups (pre-determined by a piece of nature at their tables - leaf, rock, twig, chestnut or bark) to focus on their audience, choose their information, arrange that information and create slides.  Then they presented (next to a campfire) and we had a "How did that go?" session after that where we talked about the things this helped them see.  We ended with another song, and a plug by Tracy about out training and ended.

We had lots of positive comments, which is good because the crowd was pretty quiet.  They got into their presentations, definitely exceeding the 3-5 minute time restriction I gave them.  That said, they all seemed to get the point, learn the good way to start a presentation, see the value of minimal words and simple graphics, and walk away with tools to do better in their workplaces in the future.  Several people came up to us saying that it was great.  One lady said she will never forget this.

Here are a few photos.

Eric