by Alan | Mar 5, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Toastmasters
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...
by Alan | Mar 5, 2006 | Communication skills
Had what I consider to be about the worst thing that could happen to me that doesn’t involve the people I love. I had a hard disk failure. And I had not been good about backups. I’m in the process of recovery, but even the best-case scenario will take me...
by Alan | Mar 3, 2006 | Communication skills, Toastmasters
Spent a good bit of time the last few days scouring the net for video examples of technical presenters. I’ve been underwhelmed. To quote a friend’s comment today, “It’s a field that it’s not hard to stand out in.” Even people who...
by Alan | Mar 2, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Toastmasters
Had an evaluation today for my Toastmasters speech that was a nice nugget.The comment was, “you made us (the audience) comfortable because you were comfortable.” Never really thought about it, but I applied that to a presentation I saw right before...
