Calm and Angry Face

http://www.ianrowland.com/MiscPages/Mrangryandmrscalm.html


Now this is just plain fun. These two faces change expression as we move closer and further away.

How I Would Use This

First impressions aren't always right OR

How you see something depends upon where you stand.

It's All In The Name

Bet you've used a Q-tip in your time, right? Me, I have used a few thousand. Anyways, who invented this product and why? But the most important question is why are they called Q-tips? Who was Q?

Check out this fascinating website to find out how finding the right name for a product or service can really make the difference.

http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/q-tips/index.html

You'll never look at your Q-tips the same again.

Square Wheels

If your bicycle had sqaure wheels how useless would that be!!
Well not entirely useless, in fact, it might come in handy sometimes.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040403/mathtrek.asp

This articles shows you how a bike with square wheels is a great success on a particular roadbed.

What I Would Do With This

This makes me think that sometimes we reject an idea outright. Square wheels indeed, how stupid! And that is the end of the idea. But sometimes an idea isn't presented for the particular problem it can overcome.

These square wheel bicycles can come in handy when the terrain is rough and bumpy.
So never rule out a solution, just because you can't immediately see how it might be applied.

I've Been Framed

One of the simplest, cheapest props out there is the simple picture frame. There are so many ways to use one in a presentation. Here are two ideas.

1. Communication Skills
When teaching people that their presentations need a beginning, a body and a conclusion I like to hold up a picture frame to illustrate this concept.

2. Inide the Frame
There is a saying, you can't see the picture if you are in the frame. Use a prop to illustrate this and then discuss how sometimes it is important to just step back to see the whole picture. When we are inside the frame, we are a little too close to the action to be neutral or to capture the big ideas.

So pick up a frame, hold it in your hands, and just see what ideas come to you.