A girl was flirting with a boy. This went on for several weeks. The girl found out the boy was seeing someone else. She got red-hot mad and told her friend about it. “But I thought you told me he wasn’t your type and you...
Had a student suggest a fourth ‘F’ when we were discussing the question, “What do you do when something out of the ordinary or bad happens while you are speaking?” (see last post for the other three Fs answer).He responded, “Freak...
At a technical conference, the audience had just sat through about 100+ minutes of technical detail and demonstration. It was interesting stuff (to them) but was quite a bit on the dry side and was a parade of facts and features. The conference organizers had invited...
On a day where we are supposed to stop, ponder, and give cognizant acknowledgment to the many good things in our lives (but here in America, judging from the size of my newspaper this morning, it is apparently about planning our shopping day for tomorrow), let be the...
I’ve been asked to review some taped presentations of some technical presenters. I’ve been shown their guidelines — it’s pretty minimal. The sponsor of the program wants it “interesting”, “exciting”,...
Seth Godin brought to our attention the issue of people apologizing before their talks. I’ll rate this a TTPP (Top Ten Pet Peeve), and generalize further. It’s not just about egregious time overshoots, but any element that requires the perceived need to...
