by Alan | May 19, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Leadership, PowerPoint
With a group of writers today watching an archived webcast of a presentation. Presenters were high-level folks at a very recognizable communications firm. My expectations were sky-high to hear what these respected thought leaders would have to say.Man, was I...
by Alan | May 17, 2006 | Communication skills, Don't!, Leadership, Parenting
Steve Crescendo posts an inquiry about the appropriateness of business cussing in a blog entry today. His case was that he wants to raise awareness and has a generally common cussword in a phrase to do it. He ends with, “I just don’t think that anyone...
by Alan | May 15, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Leadership, Parenting
Had a friend relate a communication from a Big Wig at a large corporation. Seems that the peons were getting careless with their reporting, specifically their project statii and time reports. So in a global communication to the entire organization, Mr. Wig mentioned...
by Alan | May 12, 2006 | Communication skills, PowerPoint, Sales
Worked with a presenter today who had a beautiful presentation — I don’t know that I could have been as creative and visual as the final product he produced. It had pictures, few words, allowed for a maximum of interactivity, and was compelling stuff. ...
by Alan | May 11, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Toastmasters
Got to evaluate a Toastmasters speech today. Evaluating is hard. This particular speech was made easier by the fact the presenter approached me beforehand and told me to “let ’em have it” — in other words, not to go easy and really help...
