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Wicked Ambiguity and User Experience

by Jonathon Colman Posted on May 21, 2015

Following are the video, slides, description, and transcript for my keynote talk, Wicked Ambiguity. See the acknowledgments for more information about my sources, influences, and the people who helped me along the way. Videos Webstock 2017—day two opening keynote Midwest … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Work | Tagged ambiguity, conferences, doctor who, keynote, public speaking, raycats, science, user experience, ux, wicked problems | 9 Comments

How to Get One Million Views on SlideShare

by Jonathon Colman Posted on May 27, 2014

One million views on SlideShare… and counting.Image © SlideShare On the week of January 12, 2014, I cracked the one million views mark for my presentations on SlideShare. I’m now well on the road to two million. I’m definitely not … Continue reading →

Posted in Work | Tagged community, conferences, content marketing, inbound marketing, presentations, public speaking, slideshare | 36 Comments

Information Endures: A Story About Stories

by Jonathon Colman Posted on April 24, 2013

Ed. note: Each year, the UW Information School (where I’m a grad student) holds its annual Dean’s Club Dinner to thank its donors and board members for their gifts and service. This year, I’m emceeing the event along with fellow … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Work | Tagged improv, information, introversion, introvert, introverted, ischool, public speaking, school, shyness, stories, story, tagfee, university of washington | 4 Comments

Ignite Seattle Video: How Introverts Can Survive in This Extroverted World

by Jonathon Colman Posted on March 25, 2013

Just 20 slides, they said. Just 5 minutes, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. And they were right! #is19 @ignitesea — Jonathon Colman (@jcolman) February 21, 2013 Last month I had the honor of speaking at Ignite Seattle. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged ignite, ignite seattle, introversion, introvert, introverted, public speaking, video | 5 Comments

Why Our Content SUCKS

by Jonathon Colman Posted on February 24, 2013

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at SearchFest by SEMpdx down in Portland, Oregon. I spoke on the “UX and Audience” panel with Susan Delz of Ion Interactive, moderated by Nathan Isaacs of 7G Media. My travel to … Continue reading →

Posted in Work | Tagged conferences, content, content marketing, content strategy, empathy, public speaking, searchfest, sempdx, SEO, tagfee | 31 Comments

Ignite! Seattle 19: How Introverts Can Survive in This Extroverted World

by Jonathon Colman Posted on February 20, 2013

I’ve had a fun, challenging journey this year talking publicly about introversion and lifehacks for introverts. I started by helping introverts and shy people become better public speakers. Then I followed up by interviewing Beth Buelow, The Introvert Entrepreneur. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged events, ignite, ignite seattle, introversion, introvert, introverted, public speaking | 4 Comments

A Guide to Public Speaking for Introverted and Shy People

by Jonathon Colman Posted on January 7, 2013

UPDATE: I was a speaker at Ignite! Seattle 19 and talked about How Introverts Can Survive in This Extroverted World. I presented five lifehacks that introverts can use to preserve and build their energy as they’re trying to get along … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Work | Tagged conferences, extroversion, fear, introversion, lifehacking, public speaking, shyness, tagfee | 73 Comments

Jonathon Colman

Content design leader, keynote speaker