by Alan | Aug 3, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, Leadership, public speaking
Overheard in the men’s room of a training center (which violates some man code, but that’s someone else’s blog), just after lunchtime:Student (to instructor): “Oh good. I thought I was going to be late. Now I know I won’t be the last...
by Alan | Jul 19, 2007 | Content, Delivery, public speaking
it will. And it did.I met with the Raleigh Ruby Meetup on Tuesday night. They were a GREAT group who was really participative and seemed to really appreciate the topic (‘Bore No More’) and the format. I had a few slides to demonstrate some major points...
by Alan | Jul 17, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, public speaking
Back to our professor from yesterday. During his presentation, he was stopped at least three times and asked to explain a word he used. That’s a sure cue that you aren’t speaking their language (undoubtedly, others had additional questions that...
by Alan | Jul 15, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery
In a presentation the other day where the presenter (who had already made one reference to being behind schedule and making up time a bit) made the statement (referring to the handout): “I have written this down so you can look at it later.”And...
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...
