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Video: PowerPoint Make Over from Visual Broccoli

EMS and Law Enforcement educator John Dillon has started a new website and training program, VisualBroccoli.com. Part of his training is to makeover PPT programs. In this video John describes several essential PowerPoint skills: 1) Replace text with images 2) The total number of slides is irrelevant to the audience 3) Consistently apply slide layout […]

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Posts Outside the Service Area: 60 Days Until the End of the Year

Another year is zipping by. Rather incredible. I have a busy schedule between now and the end of year with trips to Baltimore, New York City, Las Vegas, and Kansas City. Plus two holidays and deer camp! What are your plans for the end of the year? What kind of EMS organization do you work […]

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MedicCast: Conversation about EMS Education from EMS Expo 2009

Jamie Davis, the podmedic, invited me to join him on stage during the EMS Expo in October 2009 to discuss EMS education. We had a lot of fun discussing EMS education trends and highlights of the EMS expo. We also were joined on-stage by: 1. Bryan Fass, the Fit Responder, discussed the importance of fitness […]

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Friday Fun: Conference Presenter Requests

In late February I am presenting with Kyle Bates and John Dillon at the Wisconsin Instructor Coordinator Conference. We are co-presenting a series of workshops about EMS Education and Technology topics including social media creation for education, creating effective visual case studies, and using games to teach. Earlier today the Wisconsin Technical College EMS Education […]

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Webinar Announcement: Using Games to Teach

Join emergency response educators, Greg Friese and John Dillon, for a quick introduction on using games to teach and Audience Response Pads. There will be no preamble. Instead we will jump into how you can use games to teach core content. Participants will use virtual response pads during the Webinar as John demonstrates through interactive […]

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Webinar: Using Games to Teach 9/22/09 1130 CST

Immediate release: Join emergency responder educators, Greg Friese and John Dillon, for a quick introduction on using games to teach and Audience Response Pads. Participants will use virtual response pads during the webinar as John demonstrates through interactive examples how games and audience response pads can help you know what your audience knows and how […]