by Alan | Mar 8, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery
I know. It’s Wednesday. But a point from a recent class makes me think of Tuesday.Working with a hands-on lab, demo-driven with student exercises. It’s a long class and keeping up and attentive is hard for students and instructor alike. One particular...
by Alan | Mar 8, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery
Teaching a three-day class. It’s long for everyone. Had a section where there was a key point that needed to be made. I made it, repeated it, repeated it again, summarized it, and felt like the horse was beaten beyond the grave. And then…I had a student...
by Alan | Mar 6, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
Heard a speaker the other day enter that cardinal sin world of talking about time. It was subtle — “… and we’ll end with this…” So many problems with this. His main problem was… he didn’t end with that. He went on,...
by Alan | Mar 5, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Toastmasters
One of the joys in my job is interacting with so many folks with international connections. There are just not that many nationalities I haven’t interacted with while teaching/training. And while the language barrier or accent in the same language (I only speak...
by Alan | Mar 5, 2006 | Communication skills
Had what I consider to be about the worst thing that could happen to me that doesn’t involve the people I love. I had a hard disk failure. And I had not been good about backups. I’m in the process of recovery, but even the best-case scenario will take me...
