I spent a few hours last night in a most peculiar haunt (for me) — downtown Raleigh at a jam-packed nightclub. The event was IgniteRaleigh. 19 speakers — 15 of them elected by Internet vote — had (exactly) five minutes and 20 PowerPoint slides (automatically moving forward every 15 seconds) to get some message across. [...]
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I’ve run into a couple of situations with sales folks recently that remind me that common sense does not reign supreme in the sales world. First, someone I barely know called and acted interested in the products I provide. He had read enough about me (web site, LinkedIn) to know how to make small talk, but [...] 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 [...] 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 overheard a presenter using PowerPoint recently say: “On this next slide, there’s a lot of information and it’s sort of complicated, so I’m not going to spend a lot of time on it.“ He was in complete command and knowledge of the content, but this still slips out. And, sadly, I’ve heard it and [...] Even if you are politically opposed to Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, you cannot deny that he has burst on the national political scene. It is rare that we get an audience as focused as he enjoyed last night — ‘normal’ Senators share the election spotlight across 50 states and the District of Columbia. [...] In a conversation with someone who believes in what I do, they told me, “You are giving people a gift. You convince them the pain of public speaking is survivable.” As someone who long ago overcame a fear of presenting in public (now I LIKE it!), it’s hard to remember those fears (the Curse of [...] I listened to an audio summary of Stephen R. Covey’s “The Speed of Trust” today. There’s some good stuff in there. This blurb drew my attention: “We (the speakers) judge by intent; they (the audience) judge by observable behavior. You need to declare your intent to actively influence the conclusions others draw about your behavior, or [...] |
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