by Alan | Dec 11, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Leadership, public speaking
“I want this to be informal.” That statement was near the end of the stated logistics of a manager to about 200 troops in a meeting. The forum was a large auditorium, and the manager was on an elevated stage, with a backdrop of a two-story A/V screen...
by Alan | Dec 11, 2006 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, PowerPoint, public speaking
Watched a speaker host a meeting and then ask an invited guest to open the business end of a large forum after the holiday pleasantries were exchanged. This second speaker, known to the entire audience as a position of authority, then got up to give a casual...
by Alan | Dec 4, 2006 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, public speaking
Was walking through an online product demo (as a customer) in a web conference today when the demo guy said, “Let me explain this screen — it can be a bit misleading.” I about busted out laughing. As a customer, I wondered why a company would demo a...
by Alan | Dec 3, 2006 | Efficiency, Parenting, public speaking
My 5-year-old son watched his cousin play in a basketball game. She was the largest and most athletic girl on the court, scored 22 of her team’s 26, and led them to an emphatic victory. His comments revealed the impression it made on him, especially in light...
by Alan | Nov 21, 2006 | Communication skills, Content, PowerPoint
David Ferrabee blogs today about how information and technology is commonly confused with communication. He is spot on.Communication defined involves interchange or transmission of ideas. So often when I talk to folks about what they want to say, they start with...
