Zen and the Presentation
Dan pointed something out to me after my presentation today. It was the first SmartMusic presentation that he had attended where the program wasn't opened and shown.
Some of that was because when I did a quick poll of the audience, none of them hadn't heard of SmartMusic. All of them had seen SmartMusic. Most of them had it on their desk. I think that says something about the program's maturity and how they are getting the message out.. at least in Minnesota.
So I dumped the last bit of my show and tell. Why not? It seemed the zen thing to do. Show the program by not showing the program.
We did focus on the nuts and bolts of rolling SM out pervasively. This is the talk I wish someone had ready to go when we first started thinking about SM everywhere. It is all about yes. Yes, you should be using it. Yes, it is good for kids. Yes, it is good for your program. Yes, even if the program is facing cuts.
It was good to meet you people at MMEA!