I watched the very cute movie “Charlotte’s Web” last night with the family. I was awed by the technical aspects of the film combining live animals, puppets (there’s probably a better term), and virtually generated animals. But two lines of the film jumped out at me and have a direct impact on our communications. Today [...]
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While I was planning for a keynote I gave this past week, I made a quiz about product brands and catchy phrases. Here are some of them — see if you can name who they stand for: Snap! Crackle! Pop! I’ve run into a lot of people networking lately, and the icebreaker and #1 question on everybody’s mind is “What do you do?“. How I answer that question usually determines where the conversation will go. I have lots of proven ideas and techniques for HOW to deliver the message — it’s the message that everybody seems [...] I’ve seen a rash of presentations in recent days that have recycled PowerPoint slides. The mere fact that I know this is a problem. But it usually manifests itself in words as well as the faulty visual. Some examples: Presentation date wrong It’s been [...] Speaking with a friend recently who has been applying to jobs, looking to return to a work force that dumped him pretty abruptly. He’s capable and experienced — and out of work. He’s had several interviews — several have been quite promising. He is still unemployed. He shared two situations that stuck out. In one, he made [...] In working with so many technical presenters (or rather, technical people presenting), I’ve noticed an interesting trend. Most of them give feature-rich, technically precise, and logically crafted presentations. And they’re missing one very important part. I can’t quite put a finger on why, but they will frequently fail to connect the dots from the facts to [...] I’ve been asked to review some taped presentations of some technical presenters. I’ve been shown their guidelines — it’s pretty minimal. The sponsor of the program wants it “interesting”, “exciting”, “informative”, and “imminently applicable to the layman watching”. I wasn’t sure what to expect. The people knew their stuff — that was clear. The slides all [...] Keeping with our Sunday night tradition, we went through the drive-through of a well-known fast food restaurant that shall remain nameless, but it’s image is led by a red-haired girl named Wendy. We order the same thing every week. We’re fairly habitual about it. Tonight the unseen voice cut me off before I could get “#2 [...] |
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