by Alan | Feb 7, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Flying, public speaking
Saw the importance first-hand last night of connecting with the audience via eye contact and any other way possible. Presenting to an aviation crowd in a hotel ballroom. 202 chairs set up — brought in another 25 as we reached capacity. Final tally was 291 and...
by Alan | Feb 3, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, public speaking
Listened to a speaker introduce his topic with a summary statement directed to his audience:”We are able to do that for you. I hope you will feel free to chime in whenever…”But there was one major problem. He didn’t pause when he hit the...
by Alan | Jan 28, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, public speaking
Listening to a sermon and was told there would be four points. I jotted “1.” in my notes and began following along. I jotted down the key elements, making personal notes as I did, but when the pastor got to point #4, I looked down and alreayd had four...
by Alan | Jan 26, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Sales
Was in on two teleconferences today, and in both cases the phone connected groups of people. It’s always a weird dynamic when some people are live and some are remote. But the principles of communication don’t change.In both cases today, I watched people...
by Alan | Jan 17, 2007 | Communication skills, Efficiency, Leadership, public speaking
Like 100 million other Americans, I made a commitment heading in to the New Year to eat better and lose some weight. After a visit to the nutritionist, some very basic (common sense) action items turned into a quick difference on the scales. While I’m told...
by Alan | Jan 10, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Parenting, public speaking
Watched an interaction at a meeting today that was really quite humorous. A person with laptop in tow was being asked direct questions by another person. One question sparked a lightbulb that only Google could answer. So laptop popped open and attention was turned...
