by Alan | Jun 14, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, Don't!, Leadership, public speaking
This post could have dozens of examples tacked to it. It’s one of the most common things I see. And it’s an easy fix. That’s hard. :-)The phrase goes something like this: “What I want to tell you…” or “I just want to...
by Alan | Jun 11, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, PowerPoint
In another presentation I witnessed at last week’s conference (and LOTS more to come from that), I watched a rather academic session digress into long-winded narration of PowerPoint. The slides got worse and worse and the presentation less and less interactive...
by Alan | Jun 9, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, public speaking
In one of the ASTD presentations I was in this past week, the presenter had given the talk earlier in the week. Evidently the feedback forms had already been turned in and seen by the presenter, because he referenced them several times.Part of the session was on...
by Alan | Jun 6, 2007 | Efficiency, Leadership, public speaking
I heard this quote (no attribution) the other week:”We spend far too much time on our jobs, and far too little on ourselves.”I spent a little time improving myself this week at the ASTD ICE conference. It was quite amazing, and I come back with gobs of...
by Alan | Jun 2, 2007 | Uncategorized
Sometime in the last month (when I wasn’t posting), comments got hosed on the blog. A few short minutes with our best friend Google, and an obscure option has been changed to allow comments again. Can’t explain why they were working before and no changes...
