David makes modern technology interesting, relevant, and enjoyable for non-techies.

After 40 years of experience at the deep end, solving problems for large tech companies, nowadays David demystifies modern techie stuff. He shows how to avoid scams and stay safe online, how to stay connected without huge bills when we travel, and even how to create strong and memorable passwords. He simplifies complex and mysterious topics such as AI, and he even digs into history to show how the techie heroes of history brought us today’s smartphone.

David uses an entertaining blend of multimedia, information, and real-life examples and stories, to help us confidently, safely, and easily navigate everyday modern techie stuff. It’s technology made easy and relevant for non-techies.

You can find out more about David and his presentations at TechitEasyWorkshop.co.uk

1. The Brilliant Free Google Tools
Can your phone identify anything you see, and tell you about it? How can we chat in a foreign language we haven't learned? We explore some amazing and incredibly useful, cutting-edge, easy-to-use free Google tools that will bring some cool technology into your everyday life and change the way you see the world.

2. Beat the Scammers: How to Identify and Avoid Scams
Do those out-of-the-blue calls frighten you? Unsure if that bank or HMRC email is genuine? In this presentation, we uncover current online, telephone and email scams - and discover practical ways to spot and avoid them. Maybe even get your own back on a scammer.

3. Artificial Intelligence Simplified
What's AI? And what can it do for me? We simplify AI and explore its everyday practical uses, its many benefits, and the dangers to avoid.

4. Have Phone, Will Travel – But at What Cost?
What’s Roaming? What’s Maritime service? How can we use our smartphones abroad or on a cruise? Talking, texting, and t’internet shouldn’t cost the earth – but international travel can result in hefty bills. So we identify pitfalls to avoid and discover smart ways to stay connected, wherever we are on the planet.

5. WhatsApp Doc?
WhatsApp tips and tricks. How do we get WhatsApp? How can we use it when we have no signal? Is it secure? We explore the popular and lesser-known useful functions of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. You might be surprised by how much we can do with them.

6. What on Earth Does That Mean?
Cookies, GigaByte, streaming, the cloud, USB, WiFi, PDF... Words that we see often, but what do they actually mean? We simplify them all in everyday language, and find out how to benefit from them.

7. Techie Heroes of History
Who invented today's smartphone? It began - can you believe - in the 19th century. We look at some smart people's “ancient cutting-edge” technology that ended up as our amazing 21st century phones.

8. Appiness
Is there an app to find our car when we can't remember where we parked? Can we really avoid the rain? We dig into the Google and Apple app stores to make life easier with unusual and incredibly practical free apps for travel, shopping, keeping safe, an organised life, saving money, mental wellbeing, cruising, and even avoiding the rain!

9. Social Media: Staying Safe and Sane
Scam posts; fake Facebook friend requests; hacked accounts. How can we avoid them and stay safe? And how can we make social media much more rewarding and beneficial? It's all unveiled in this presentation.

10. Technology and Your Money
Can technology help us save money? In today's presentation, we use easy modern technology to reduce energy costs, protect credit cards, get free financial information, avoid foreign currency charges… We even take a simplified look into how crypto and contactless work.

11. Online Shopping and Passwords
Is online shopping safe? How do we start? We create and use popular shopping accounts, take advantage of price variations, and discover easy ways to create strong and memorable passwords for protecting our online accounts.

12. Confident with Email
How do I create an email account? How can I get an email address when my chosen one is already taken? We discover how to get and use a free email account, and make good use of facilities such as reply-all, CC and BCC. Then we dig deeper with some smart email tips and tricks.

13. Photo Magic
How can we digitally add ourselves into any picture? We discover the methods for taking snazzy photos with just a basic smartphone. Then we place ourselves magically into any picture using free easy-to-use tools.

14. Copy, Paste, Cheat
What's this "copy & paste" malarkey? How do we make words bold, italic or underlined? We discover how to do these and more. Then we dig deeper with some brilliant shortcuts and tricks to make life easier on our computers and mobile devices.

15. Digital Demystified
What's digital technology? How does the internet work? How can a tiny card store thousands of photos? We demystify those ones and zeros, and those bits and bytes, simplifying how it all works and seeing how it can benefit us in everyday life.

16. Blogging: A World Changer
How do we start blogging? What is blogging anyway? We learn how to create a blog for free, how to write great blog posts that people want to read, and how to be seen as an expert in our field.

17. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) [advanced topic]
How do you get found on Google? We discover the principles to get our website, blog, article or video onto page 1 of the search engines. This particular talk is aimed at anyone who already has an online presence such as a website or blog.

After thoroughly enjoying our first cruise in 2012, we were hooked for life on cruising. So I jumped at the opportunity to combine cruising with my love of simplifying technology, delivering lectures to make modern technology interesting, fun, practical and applicable to everyday life, and seeing people enjoying and using technology that they never thought they could. I've done talks on Saga, P&O, Marella and Fred Olsen cruise ships.

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