Talk given by Nick Marsh at London IA, April 2012

1. TALKING AS DESIGNING
London IA - April 2012
Nick Marsh
@choosenick
www.choosenick.com
nick@choosenick.com

3. WHY?

7. THINKING
TALKING
DRAWING
PROTOTYPING / HACKING
PROPER MAKING

9. DECIDING HAVING
THINGS IDEAS

10. RHETORIC
DISCOURSE
CONVERSATION
DIALECTIC
DEBATE

13. RHETORIC
DISCOURSE
CONVERSATION
DIALECTIC
DEBATE

16. 1.
Don't talk too long without pausing for a
reaction. more than a minute is too long.
Forty seconds is ideal.

17. 2.
Never flatly disagree with the other
person. It is an implied insult.

18. 3.
Don't be too forceful or emphatic in
stating your opinions until you learn the
other persons attitude.

19. 4.
Give the other person intellectual
freedom and cooperation and claim them
for yourself.

20. • SURFING
• SPARING
• BULLDOZING
• ON THE TABLING
• DELIBERATE DELUDING
• MONO-CONVERSATING
• THROAT PUNCHING

21. NEXT?

24. TALKING EXERCISES

25. • LEARNING TO TALK HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE
A BABY AND IS USED IN ALL SUBSEQUENT
LEARNING SO ITS HARD TO FORMALISE
• SECONDARY ORALITY
• INFLUENCE OF JOB/EDUCATION ON TALKING
STYLE - E.G MATHS
• NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING
• ‘BRAINSTORMING’ IS OFTEN A FORM OF
STRUCTURED CONVERSATION
• PAPENAK
• DE-BONO
• ROLES IN CONVERSATION - PERSONALITY
TYPES AND GROUP DYNAMICS
• DIGITAL MEDIATION E.G SKYPE
• BODY LANGUAGE