The Art of the Opener: Charlie’s Hook

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The Art of the Opener: Charlie’s Hook

I just had to share this opening. Blogs are not uncommon, but opening lines like this one from Charlie Roy? Obviously written with care (and some intangible verve), they’re pretty rare. Just had to share:

All of us have seen presentations that dull our intellect and shorten our lives. We cope and endure often times by giving the occasional head nod and then staring at the floor, believing that in this case our closed eyelids might be construed as concentration.

I love writerly blogs like that.

Charlie goes on to offer an alternative to these life-threatening presentations with an encomium to TED Talks. It’s a good overview of what TED’s about, if any poor soul out there has not yet converted to it.

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Written by Clay Burell

April 25th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

Posted in blogging, writing

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@Clay
Thanks for the post. On my end I spent the wonderful day presenting to my staff on the joys of Professional Learning Communities and our upcoming shift to Apple for next year. I found only a few teachers caught up in intense concentration.

Charlie A. Roys last blog post..Unleashing the Power of TED

Charlie A. Roy

26 Apr 08 at 5:43 am