Comments on: Lessons in Winning Over an Audience: Use Metaphors http://blog.saadhasan.com/2009/09/09/lessons-in-winning-over-an-audience-use-metaphors/ All the writing I don't get to do for my job Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:37:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Abram http://blog.saadhasan.com/2009/09/09/lessons-in-winning-over-an-audience-use-metaphors/#comment-12 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:02:18 +0000 http://blog.saadhasan.com/?p=114#comment-12 You can’t introduce use the contest context and not reveal the winner! Was the mario metaphor a deal sealer?

]]> By: Joy Garnett http://blog.saadhasan.com/2009/09/09/lessons-in-winning-over-an-audience-use-metaphors/#comment-11 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:34:47 +0000 http://blog.saadhasan.com/?p=114#comment-11 Hi Saad,

I’m so glad you liked my metaphor about Mario and photonic crystals. :D . I was worried for a long time that I would upset people for not being serious enough. The feedback from you and other people has given me the backbone, motivation, and encouragement to explain science in interesting ways.

From that contest I learned to pick metaphors and speeches that please me and not worry about being seriously “scientific”. It’s meant to be fun. They pay us to play with big machines, build computer programs, and figure out cool stuff. Why not have fun? :D

Joy :D

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