by Alan | May 20, 2006 | Communication skills, Leadership, Parenting
Today was Game 4 of the greatest sporting event on the planet — first-year Tee-ball. We’ve seen marked progress on the diamond, to the point where The Boy’s team actually made an out (one) and the kids actually run the bases in order and most of...
by Alan | May 19, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Leadership, PowerPoint
With a group of writers today watching an archived webcast of a presentation. Presenters were high-level folks at a very recognizable communications firm. My expectations were sky-high to hear what these respected thought leaders would have to say.Man, was I...
by Alan | May 17, 2006 | Communication skills, Don't!, Leadership, Parenting
Steve Crescendo posts an inquiry about the appropriateness of business cussing in a blog entry today. His case was that he wants to raise awareness and has a generally common cussword in a phrase to do it. He ends with, “I just don’t think that anyone...
by Alan | May 15, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Leadership, Parenting
Had a friend relate a communication from a Big Wig at a large corporation. Seems that the peons were getting careless with their reporting, specifically their project statii and time reports. So in a global communication to the entire organization, Mr. Wig mentioned...
by Alan | May 12, 2006 | Communication skills, PowerPoint, Sales
Worked with a presenter today who had a beautiful presentation — I don’t know that I could have been as creative and visual as the final product he produced. It had pictures, few words, allowed for a maximum of interactivity, and was compelling stuff. ...
by Alan | May 11, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Toastmasters
Got to evaluate a Toastmasters speech today. Evaluating is hard. This particular speech was made easier by the fact the presenter approached me beforehand and told me to “let ’em have it” — in other words, not to go easy and really help...
