This summer I had the opportunity to work with John Shammas and many other wonderful speakers at TedX Navesink, a Ted event organized at the Jersey Shore.

John is a computer programmer, and I think he did a particularly good job of incorporating technology into his presentation. If you watch the video above you’ll notice at the end of his speech he asks the audience to snap a selfie and send it to an email address. A program he created aggregated the selfies into a mosaic online. This was a wonderful way of engaging his audience while making his point; that coding will soon be a ubiquitous skill, made useful by young and old.

Not all of us have the same level of computer prowess that John has, but we may know someone who does. Ask your computer programmer friends for advice about how to do a little bit of coding and weave it into your presentation. You may find yourself enjoying your newfound skill, and engaging your audience in new and exciting ways.

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