by Alan | Mar 16, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery
Another day of presentations, more common errors. Today seemed to be the “oh, excuse me, I just made a mistake” day. If you stutter, stumble, lose your place, even start the wrong presentation, everyone listening probably already knows. You don’t...
by Alan | Mar 15, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Parenting
Worked with several presenters in the last few days. In most every case we are making great progress getting them into a unique approach that will capture their audience’s attention and being true to their message, their personality, and their comfort. But in...
by Alan | Mar 14, 2006 | Communication skills
Heard an exec offer this compelling close today: “I think that’s all for now…” I wanted to shout, “ARE YOU SURE?”. I suppose matters were made worse by the fact that the wind-down took another 40 seconds to the actual close of the...
by Alan | Mar 13, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
Saw a presenter recently utilize some signs as part of their presentation. I thought it was a nice way to highlight some key points, provided a nice pause to put the signs out (of course you would pause — you wouldn’t talk while you did that, would you?),...
by Alan | Mar 9, 2006 | Communication skills, Don't!, PowerPoint
Watched a speaker today get up in a sequence of speakers, pick up the remote to the overhead projector (only presenter to use the projector), and ask loud enough for everyone to hear, “How do you turn this thing on?” I suppose an easier method to impress...
