This document promotes an upcoming event called "Metaphwoar! 2011" where speakers will have 10 minutes to change perspectives on various topics using metaphorical comparisons. Previous events have been enjoyed. This year's event will take place on November 9th at 7pm in a new venue in Shoreditch, London. Attendees are asked to RSVP with a maximum of 5 names per response. Metaphors and their ability to provide new insights are discussed throughout.

1. metaphors?
still sexy?
what the hell?
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2. It’s OK, we’ve done this before...
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3. What we mean is...
metaphors are sexy
as well as analogies and similes
useful, thought-provoking, fun
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4. You know how they work
A B
‘Blimey, I’m seeing A in a whole new light.’
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5. We’ve been using
them forever
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6. This is a famous one - can you guess it?
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7. “Juliette is the Sun”
~ William Shakespeare
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8. People like using them in talks too...
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9. digital
technology
Digital technology is like magic. There’s your
David Copperfield sensationalism and there’s
street magic’s slight of hand...
Iain Tait
http://www.psfk.com/2008/05/iain-tait-on-magic-and-technology.html
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10. experience
design
Experience design is seduction. Be a tease, get
people to first base, learn the art of seductive
conversation...
Stephen Anderson
http://www.slideshare.net/stephenpa/the-art-science-of-seductive-interactions
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11. video
games
Think of games as TV shows. There are series
(isolated snacks) and serials (where decisions
have consequences)...
Duncan Gough
http://www.slideshare.net/suttree/lets-play-a-game-of-kes-playful-09
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12. Well, since 2010, metaphors
have had their very own event...
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14. Each speaker has ten minutes
to change the way we look at
something via the chin-stroking
medium of metaphor.
it was a lot of fun last year...
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15. Metaphwoar! 2010
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26. This year, you should come.
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27. We’re still proud to be part of
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28. And we’re pleased to
announce a new venue:
(under Pizza East in Shoreditch)
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29. So what are you waiting for?
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30. 7pm
Weds 9th November
rsvp@metaphwoar.org
(Max of 5 names per RSVP)
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