by Alan | Apr 7, 2006 | Communication skills
As someone who talks like a firetruck late to the blaze, I appreciated Steve Crescenzo’s blog entry today (about speaking too fast, and communicating with folks of another tongue in general). I’ve gotten the same reviews from my international students...
by Alan | Apr 6, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Toastmasters
I chaired our local Toastmasters’ meeting today. That’s always fun. So much to learn from attempting to get so many details together. We were doing this as a demo meeting in conjunction with an employee work-life program to promote both Toastmasters and...
by Alan | Apr 6, 2006 | Communication skills
Followup to my thoughts of yesterday. Had several meetings today. One had an agenda with times and goals and it finished within one minute of time and accomplished exactly what was stated. One had an agenda without times or goals, and it finished on time but...
by Alan | Apr 5, 2006 | Book Reviews, Communication skills, Delivery, PowerPoint
Had a speaker I was working with the other day express shock that I recommended removal of an agenda slide from their PowerPoint. “Shouldn’t I tell them what I’m going to tell them, tell them, and tell them what I told them?” That is one...
by Alan | Apr 5, 2006 | Business, Communication skills, Leadership
As most of America (and the world does), I have the “opportunity” to sit in a lot of group meetings. And I spend the vast majority of my time in them figuring out one of two things: 1) how much this meeting is costing the organization (and was it worth...
