by Alan | Feb 5, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery
Back to some presentations from last week.One was list of ways to… it really doesn’t matter. The presenter had 7 points to be a better… whatever it was he was talking about. Seven is probably too many points for a 20-minute presentation, or any...
by Alan | Feb 4, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
I hear this probably as much as I don’t hear it, and it is a T2P2 (Top Ten Pet Peeve) of mine.Intro slide is up. Audience is seated and quiet. Speaker begins to talk. Usually introduces himself or the topic. Often advances slide deck. And...
by Alan | Feb 3, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery
Heard a speaker in my litany of observations this week use back-to-back rhetorical questions to start of the program. One started with the “How many of you…?” format, and at the conclusion of the introduction, she asked, “Does that sound like a...
by Alan | Feb 2, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
I’ve been in meetings and training about non-stop the last two days, and have accrued enough blog material for at least a few weeks.Tonite’s was almost comical. Agenda for a program with breakout sessions. Master of Ceremonies explains each in detail....
by Alan | Feb 2, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
This is a common one. Saw it again yesterday. Presenter has pile o’ notes and the uniquitous spinning-transition PowerPoint slides, reaches the last slide in a rush, looks up with relief, and utters, “Well, we’re about out of time. Are there any...
by Alan | Jan 31, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery
Browsing about the web today and ran across a calendar that had a scheduled class labeled “disorientation”. Turns out it was a seminar for graduating seniors as they leave school to prepare them for the “real” world. I had to laugh out loud....
