Keynotes & Spotlight Talks

Watch Ewan's six-minute spotlight at leading European Tech conference, Lift08, Geneva.

Do you know that your teachers feel too burdened by the demands of the classroom to learn new skills? Do they complain about innovation?

In a keynote or spotlight talk we can give them concrete ideas based on experience, enthusiasm fired by a vision of what can be, backup before and afterwards to make it happen for them. Drop a line to Ewan to find out how.

What people say

“Wow. I heard Ewan last year for the first time and he still has the wow factor!”

“I could listen again to him anytime he’s so inspirational.” April 2008

“I found myself wishing... I could go back to school... You are an inspiration.” Maryrose Lyons

We only do brilliant keynotes. That means there's only time for 25 of them a year.

Ewan McIntosh is NoTosh's founder and a popular keynoter throughout Europe, North America, China, India and New Zealand. Ewan speaks on the issues straddling both Media Land and the world of education, with unique provocative insights on how tweens and teens can and could live their offline and online lives.

You can get Ewan's full information and résumé on our 'About Us' page.

A former French and German teacher, Ewan used digital media at first with learners back in 2002, one of the world's first to be blogging and podcasting with his students, before ending up National Advisor to the Scottish Government's education agency, covering the learning and technology futures brief and leading innovation with social media, digital film and audio production, and gaming.

Latterly, he was the first Commissioner to join and shape the UK's first television-broadcaster led innovation fund, 4iP, which aimed to redefine the nature of public service media. He raised over £7m of cofunding potential, and invested over £1m in his own portfolio of digital startups for the public good.

Get in touch with Ewan if you want a provocative, humorous and challenging opener or closer for your event.

Some keynote ideas

Creativity & Leadership

Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

Good ideas don't just happen - you have to work at them. And if you're a leader, you have to help inspire them by providing the right physical, structural and emotional structures. Using lessons from the world of music, media, business and education, both of how and how not to inspire your teams to greater, more innovative things, this keynote can easily be extended into a breakout workshop.

Dive in to see more detail on the workshop [coming soon], or contact Ewan to book now.

Picture credit: Some forgotten genius on a night out

How changes in the media affect education

Unleashing The Tribe

How are teens' habits changing in the light of their favourite technologies, how does this change their expectations and what does it mean for those charged with their formal learning?

Hot on the heels of Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody, the elements of this talk still stand nearly two years on.

Watch and listen to this talk on Slideshare.

You can also view this talk in video at the IWMW event in University of Aberdeen, summer 2008.

Dive in to see more detail on the workshop [coming soon], or contact Ewan to book now.

The changing potential for youth voice

The Bebo Boomers

How did a group of Edinburgh teens join a global trend and use social networks to keep their schools open?

Watch and listen to this talk on Slideshare.

Dive in to see more detail on the workshop [coming soon], or contact Ewan to book now.

Public Services and Transparency

How Public Is Your Public Body?

Open data and social media: just because we can make ourselves open and accountable does that mean we should? Yes, I argue in this talk.

Watch and listen to this talk on Slideshare.

Dive in to see more detail on the workshop [coming soon], or contact Ewan to book now.

Testimonials

At Online Information

“Best session yet at Online Information Conference... capturing the essence of where we’re at, going and how organisations need to adapt.” December 2007

At Reboot9

“Ewan McIntosh gave the best talk so far” Damien Mulley
“Just brilliant. The highlight of the two days”. Paul Carruthers

At the National College for School Leadership

“Practical and achievable ideas”...
“The presentation was stunning. Very inspiring.”

At The Scottish Government

“The response has been unequivocally positive.”

“After 26 years of teaching it was nice to be inspired again.”

At Local Authority events

"Absolutely riveting... fascinating and inspirational"

"Lots of realistic and practical ideas"

"The best workshop of the day - excellent ideas to encourage learning and teaching for all."

Where I've worked

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