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And the winner is……….

One of the activity of the 2009 online security awareness campaign was the video contest. For more information, you can read my coverage of the campaign.

13 videos were submitted. 5 made the final and the population was invited to vote online last week.

We now have the final result.

The winner is : Équipe Obamax – Hameçonnage (fishing)

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Congratulation to the winner and all the contestants.

You can watch all the contest entry on the campaign site.

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I learned a few lessons from this week second Pecha Kucha in Quebec City. The event was held in “Le Cercle” on Tuesday night.

For those not familiar with this formulas, each speaker present his project or his ideas in 20 pictures. The pictures changes automatically after 20 seconds. So, you have 6min and 40 seconds to present your stuff. After that, next speaker.

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This formula his very dynamic. We have the opportunity to share lots of new ideas and to bee touch by very different style. This week program goes from illustration to architecture to experimental music. It was a wonderful evening.

The quality of the speaker surprised me. Most of them never speaks in public and they all did a great job.

Seeing so many different speakers in so little time was a real pleasure for me. I had the opportunity to compare their style and to learn a few things (and refresh some old theory about speaking).

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Here are some of my observations:

  • Be natural. The best advice for a speaker is: be natural. Don’t try to overdo thing. Speak naturally as you would speak to a friend.
  • Be who you are. Respect your personality. Their was 9 speakers at Pecha Kucha. Each one of them had a different style. Some presentation where more “logical”, other were more “artistic”. That is the richness of those evenings. Don’t try to emulate other speaker. You won’t be has good has them. You could only be good by being yourself.
  • Francis Vachon at Pecha Kucha Presentability.com : Denis Francois GravelBe enthusiastic. Your subject is important enough that you decide to speak about it. I must feel it. I must be transported by you enthusiasm.
  • Be proud. What you have done is so interesting that you were invited to speak about it. Don’t be shy. Be proud to share your project or idea with the crowd.
  • Be solid. Problems happen. It is normal. Slides go to fast or not enough. You forget something you wanted to say. Don’t let those small problems stop you. Acknowledge and move over, the audience will follow you.
  • Be smiling. Have fun. You like your project. You like to talk about it. Then, smile and enjoy the ride.
  • Be funny. Nothing seduces the audience more then some humor (not too much, just a little bit).
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Observing other speakers help us enhance our own ability . I will be present at the next Pecha Kucha and I will certainly learn a thing or two.

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7 Leçons apprises au Pecha Kucha de Québec

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J’ai assisté à la deuxième soirée Pecha Kucha de Québec cette semaine. Merci au resto-bar « Le Cercle » d’acceuillir cet événement.

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Photo de la foule au Pecha Kucha Quebec

Mon intérêt pour la présentabilité fut fort satisfait par les prestations auxquelles nous avons eu droit. Neuf présentateurs nous ont présenté avec enthousiasme leur travail. J’en ai tiré quelques leçons que je partage ci-dessous.

Nicolas Bernier au Pecha Kucha | Presentability.com par Denis Francois GravelSi vous n’êtes pas familier avec la formule Pecha Kucha, vous pouvez visiter le site mondial des Pecha Kucha ou le site de Pecha Kucha Québec.

Sachez qu’il s’agit d’une plateforme d’échange d’idée et de projet créatifs. Chaque présentateur doit exécuter sa présentation à l’aide de 20 images. Chaque image s’affiche pendant 20 secondes puis est automatiquement remplacée par l’image suivante.

C’est une formule très dynamique et les présentations sont très diversifiées.

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Quelques leçons retenues :

  • Soyez naturel. C’est un des aspects les plus importants pour un conférencier. Parlez comme si vous aviez une conversation avec un ami.
  • Soyez vous-même. Chaque conférencier a sa personnalité qui lui est propre et un style qui lui est personnel. N’essayez pas d’imiter le style d’un autre. La seule façon d’exceller, c’est d’être vous-même. Chacun des 9  présentateurs de ce soir avait un style différent, et chacun était intéressant. Mario Asselin au Pecha Kucha | Presentability.com par: Denis Francois Gravel
  • Soyez enthousiaste. Vous êtes passionné par votre sujet? Il faut que ça transparaisse dans votre prestation. Je dois sentir votre enthousiasme pour qu’il devienne contagieux.
  • Soyez fière. Ce que vous avez à dire est intéressant puisque vous avez été invité à le présenter à l’audience. Ne soyez pas gêné. Soyez fière et partagez votre idée ou votre projet avec la foule.
  • Soyez solide. Il y a toujours des problèmes, plus ou moins graves, qui se produisent. Le micro ne fonctionne pas. Les diapositives avancent trop vite ou pas assez, vous oubliez de dire un détail. Ne laissez pas ces problèmes vous démonter. Reconnaissez qu’il y a un problème et continuez.
  • Soyez souriant. Sur scène, ayez du plaisir. Vous aimez votre projet, vous aimez en parler. Alors, souriez et profitez à plein de la situation.
  • Soyez amusant. Une touche d’humour est l’élément parfait pour séduire un auditoire. Le rire détend l’atmosphère et garde le public attentif.

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Pour avoir une meilleure idée de l’événement, vous pouvez visiter les sites suivants :

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Partagez votre opinion : que pense- vous des Pecha Kucha? Assisterez-vous au prochain?

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P.S. Ouf! La photo de Mario Asselin n’est pas excellente, mais c’est déjà beaucoup mieux que celle que j’ai prise au colloque « Génration C »

PP.S. Félicîtation à Matthieu Dugal qui a brillamment assumé le rôle de maître de cérémonie. Web : miseajour.tv Twitter : Matthieu Dugal

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They are online! You can now vote for your favorite video.

Five contestants have produce videos for the “Protect your identity online” campaign.

This contest is organize by the ISIQ and it is part of the 2009 awareness campaign about online safety.

You can vote now and have the chance to win a laptop

My favorite video is “Lost Identity”. It is visual and it is a creative way to demonstrate the lost of your identity.

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My second runner is “Protéger vos mots de passe”.

Congratulations to all the contestants and good luck.

Click here to watch the all the videos, to vote and maybe win a laptop.

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When you think that you have “seen it all”, somebody, somewhere prove you wrong.

Some really inspired marketing people find a way to create a “buzz” by using fly for marketing.

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Three bloggers have been invited to blog live during the web conference held for the “Protect your identity online” campaign. Sandra Bellefoy, Mario Asselin and myself.

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10:00

I am in the room, ready for the “Conference on cyber security and prevention”. It will begin at 10:30

It still time to register if you want to participate (in French only).

Speaker: Captain Frédérick Gaudreau, manager of the computer crime coordination office, Sûreté du Québec

Facilitator: Denis Talbot

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10:10

Denis Talbot & Captain Frédérick Gaudreau are getting ready for the conference

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10:30

Denis Talbot start the web conference. He Introduces his new friend: Dominique Vien, Minister of Government Services.

There is 50 participants in the room. More than 100 online.

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10:35

Dominique Vien calls Denis Talbot her “new friend”.

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Dominic Viens - Minister - Webconference ISIQ - PRESENTability.com

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Why? Because, she is the mother of a teenager who think she is worrying too much about online security and who said WOW about his mom meeting Denis Talbot.

After that, his position about security change and it was the beginning of discussions about security with his mom.

This demonstrates, as I wrote in previous post, that Denis Talbot is a good choice. As spokesman, he has the necessary credibility to persuade Internet users.

Dominique Vien is talking about the growing  online offering of the Quebec government.

ClicSECUR is used by the government to secure the access to those services.

The message of the Minister is clear. Enjoy the power of Internet, but enjoy it securely.

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10:40

Captain Frédérick Gaudreau, manager of the computer crime coordination office, Sûreté du Québec.

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He’s talking about fishing: Fishing is using HTML email. So it looks like regular email from a business. Whit the information in hand, They are able too send a personalize email.

Redirecting the users on specific Web site.

They ask for specific information like your ID or password.

After that, it is easy to use your identity.

They send many millions of email. They only need a few response…

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Popular fishing: You have a lot a money waiting for you in Africa…… Did you received it?

Now it is easy to find information about anybody. Just Google them. We Google ourselves to see what’s available online. People give to much information.

« The policeman finds more information online than on their own database!!! »

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Botnets

It is a network of computer that are compromised and used by hackers.

  • They can use your bandwidth and your computer without you knowledge.
  • Send spam
  • Send fishing email
  • Deny of service attack.

Botnets are hard to find.

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On the ISIQ site, their is a list of simple thing to do to protect your PC and your identity online.  One of them is to have an up-to-date antivirus.

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11:20

Conference is over. The question period is beginning.

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  • .Kids are the sysadmin of the family network. Adults are not always able to guide their children.
  • How many in the police team : around 20. Add the GRC team and the rest of the police officer team.
  • Question : What’s new? Is there new technique since last year campaign?  The real question is, how come people are still victim of the same old attack?
  • Is there a government web site where you can refer fishing ? Yes http://www.phonebusters.com/
  • Don’t put the computer in the bedroom.

Be interest in what you kids are doing. Ask questions. Guide them. Kids are lefts alone online. You have to tell them that Internet is a serious thing. It is a good tool, but their is some risk that they should be aware of..11:48The conference is over. Thanks to Denis Talbot, Captain Frédérick Gaudreau and Dominique Vien, Minister of Government Services..

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Today’s blogging team (and Twitter team)Blogging side-by-side with Sandra, Pascale and Mario was a blast. You can’t say that by looking at the picture, but we had fun.

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From right to left: Pascale Soucy from ISIQ and guest bloggers: Denis Francois Gravel, Sandra Bellefoy & Mario Asselin

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Share with me: If you follow the conference online, how was the experience?

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UPDATE: The streaming of the conference is now available on line. You can watch it here

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