I shared my Christmas dinner and most of the day with a fascinating person. Demographics and logic would say our paths would never cross.
She is a 94-year-old black woman, widowed for the last few years, now recovering from a broken hip. While her body is weakening, her mind is incredibly sharp; her humor intact; and [...]
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Probably one of the most common delivery mistakes I see in newbies and experienced presenters alike is the urge to carry something with them on the podium. Mark this rule down — if we hold something in our hands while we talk, WE WILL play with it. And IT WILL be distracting. Plain and simple. I [...] “I want this to be informal.“ That statement was near the end of the stated logistics of a manager to about 200 troops in a meeting. The forum was a large auditorium, and the manager was on an elevated stage, with a backdrop of a two-story A/V screen showing scripted PowerPoint. The presenter was mic’d [...] Watched a speaker host a meeting and then ask an invited guest to open the business end of a large forum after the holiday pleasantries were exchanged. This second speaker, known to the entire audience as a position of authority, then got up to give a casual state-of-the-union address followed by a town-hall like Q&A. [...] Was walking through an online product demo (as a customer) in a web conference today when the demo guy said, “Let me explain this screen — it can be a bit misleading.” I about busted out laughing. As a customer, I wondered why a company would demo a product screen they knew was [...] My 5-year-old son watched his cousin play in a basketball game. She was the largest and most athletic girl on the court, scored 22 of her team’s 26, and led them to an emphatic victory. His comments revealed the impression it made on him, especially in light of his own league starting later in the [...] |
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