Author: Cam Houser
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How to Get Comfortable on Camera, Part 2
Smiling and the rubber band effect In part 1, we covered a practice technique called the “Hello Video”. In part 2, we’ll address how to project warmth and connect with your audience. “Could you smile a little more?” said my colleague, Madeline. “I am smiling,” I said, through gritted teeth. I was smiling in my…
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The Building a Second Brain and Write of Passage Student’s Guide to Creating Video
You have a head start If you have taken the Write of Passage (WOP) or Building a Second Brain (BASB) courses, you already have a head start for creating video. In this piece, I’m going to show you why and what to do next. (Haven’t taken either of these courses? First off, take them. They…
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How to Get Comfortable on Camera, Part 1
From awkward to awesome Thanks to the world imploding in 2020, we’re all on video far more than we ever anticipated. In this 4 part series, we’ll give hands-on strategies and tips for making you camera-ready. Nailed it! Or so I thought. I had remembered my lines (most of them) and looked at the camera…
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Human Connection in the Zoom Era
The people who say online conferences will never replace in-person conferences sound like the people who said no one would ever meet the love of their life online. Technically, they are right—online conferences won’t replace in-person conferences. Online conferences will evolve into distinct, superior experiences. And it will happen within a year if it hasn’t…
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Our Application to OpenAI for GPT-3 API Access
We submitted this today. OpenAI’s founders include Elon Musk and it’s CEO is Sam Altman. GPT-3 is OpenAI’s hugely powerful (and hyped) NLP language model. If you don’t know what that means, think of it as an algorithm that can generate extremely human-like original text. GPT-2 was impressive in terms of its evolution from earlier…
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More effective online learning: Be person-centered and problem-focused.
24 recent grads and almost grads type intensely in their respective Zoom squares…
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The Entrepreneur and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning: What You Need to Know
Machine learning refers to the ability to extract and leverage insights from data using computing in an automatic way. Here’s an oversimplified example: Let’s say you are coaching a basketball team and you need to decide which player should take the most shots. You could simply watch your players take a lot of shots and…
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Crowdsourced Document: Teaching Entrepreneurship Online
Sharing best practices for teaching entrepreneurship online. Includes insights from educators on three continents!
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70 Executives Get Hands-on with AI
There I was, standing in front of 70 businesspeople and software developers visiting from India, watching them pound on table tops.
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The “Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneur” Bootcamp Comes to Colombia
As AI reshapes industries, initiatives like this course play a crucial role in equipping the next generation of entrepreneurs with the tools and mindset needed to thrive in a chaotic business climate.