The pre­sen­ta­tion below is the slide deck from my open­ing keynote at yesterday’s AIS NSW ICT Inte­gra­tion Con­fer­ence 2009: eCon­sumers or eProducers?

It went over very well. The teach­ers and other edu­ca­tors seemed enthused by my con­tri­bu­tion to their event. A sound file, that I will sync with the slides, is coming.

The title, from the ded­i­ca­tion in E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End urges that we “live in frag­ments no longer”. Pretty amaz­ing for some­thing from 100 years ago. In edu­ca­tion, that we teach and edu­cate in frag­ments no longer is a key suc­cess fac­tor to my mind.

Only con­nect! That was the whole of her ser­mon. Only con­nect the prose and the pas­sion and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in frag­ments no longer.

Only Con­nect

If you’d like a copy of my speaker notes, that can be arranged if you ask nicely :)