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Worked with a presenter yesterday on polishing his presentation. His self-proclaimed weakness was “openings and closings”. We started with openings. We moved from “Good morning. I’m A and I’m the B of C and I’m happy to tell you about D today” to a more engaging story, complete with personal anecdote. It [...] Had a one-on-one meeting today with someone who refused to look at me. Must have been something on the wall behind me of great interest. I wasn’t necessarily offended, but it did make the conversation seem rather unimportant to them (it was very important to me). I also noted it was hard [...] I was again blessed to win the Toastmasters humorous speech contest (now at the division level) tonite. I’m continually amazed at the different talents in this organization — everyone brings something a little different to the table, and there is always a good teaching point (or three). This was my third time giving this speech, [...] Took in the 2005 N.C. State Fair today. Everything I abhor (except the food) all in one place. It’s an amazing place to watch people, waste a lot of money, make a 4-year-old boy very happy, and get exhausted all in a very short amount of time. Carny’s are an interesting breed. They [...] Back to our class from last week. To review: great presenter, good material. But logistics needed a slight improvement. Today’s topic: Time. Time management for the class was loose, at best. Most breaks ran over 10-15 minutes (and a maximum of 24 minutes) due to side conversations, “hey, watch this” moments [...] Sat in on three days of class this past week. Liked the instructor; reminded me of me in style and presentation — what’s not to like? Great sense of humor, command of the material, comfortable, helpful. But… Couple of logistical issues really detracted from the course: He left the door open. [...] Back to our friend’s sales call earlier in the week… This person had clearly not analyzed the audience. He didn’t know even how to pronouce the company’s name, had no idea what sort of activity the people in the room actually did, and proceeded to present with confidence to topics that were marginally offensive. [...] Got an email a few days ago from someone I didn’t know. Included a themed stationary (generally regarded as a no-no in email land — you’re not doing that, are you? Also had 2MB of attachments that were supposed to “help me” and the entire email was not signed (I had [...] |
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