Worked with several presenters in the last few days. In most every case we are making great progress getting them into a unique approach that will capture their audience’s attention and being true to their message, their personality, and their comfort. But in every case, I’ve sent them off with enthusiasm abounding to [...]
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Heard an exec offer this compelling close today: “I think that’s all for now…” I wanted to shout, “ARE YOU SURE?“. I suppose matters were made worse by the fact that the wind-down took another 40 seconds to the actual close of the presentation. But I doubt anyone felt compelled to depart [...] Saw a presenter recently utilize some signs as part of their presentation. I thought it was a nice way to highlight some key points, provided a nice pause to put the signs out (of course you would pause — you wouldn’t talk while you did that, would you?), and was a constant reminder of [...] Watched a speaker today get up in a sequence of speakers, pick up the remote to the overhead projector (only presenter to use the projector), and ask loud enough for everyone to hear, “How do you turn this thing on?” I suppose an easier method to impress your audience would be to walk in [...] I know. It’s Wednesday. But a point from a recent class makes me think of Tuesday. Working with a hands-on lab, demo-driven with student exercises. It’s a long class and keeping up and attentive is hard for students and instructor alike. One particular student was having trouble. I poured the energy [...] Teaching a three-day class. It’s long for everyone. Had a section where there was a key point that needed to be made. I made it, repeated it, repeated it again, summarized it, and felt like the horse was beaten beyond the grave. And then… I had a student ask a question which [...] Heard a speaker the other day enter that cardinal sin world of talking about time. It was subtle — “… and we’ll end with this…” So many problems with this. His main problem was… he didn’t end with that. He went on, thought of something else he wanted to say, [...] One of the joys in my job is interacting with so many folks with international connections. There are just not that many nationalities I haven’t interacted with while teaching/training. And while the language barrier or accent in the same language (I only speak English well, despite some 5+ years studying German) can be [...] |
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