by Alan | Mar 14, 2006 | Communication skills
Heard an exec offer this compelling close today: “I think that’s all for now…” I wanted to shout, “ARE YOU SURE?”. I suppose matters were made worse by the fact that the wind-down took another 40 seconds to the actual close of the...
by Alan | Mar 13, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
Saw a presenter recently utilize some signs as part of their presentation. I thought it was a nice way to highlight some key points, provided a nice pause to put the signs out (of course you would pause — you wouldn’t talk while you did that, would you?),...
by Alan | Mar 9, 2006 | Communication skills, Don't!, PowerPoint
Watched a speaker today get up in a sequence of speakers, pick up the remote to the overhead projector (only presenter to use the projector), and ask loud enough for everyone to hear, “How do you turn this thing on?” I suppose an easier method to impress...
by Alan | Mar 8, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery
I know. It’s Wednesday. But a point from a recent class makes me think of Tuesday.Working with a hands-on lab, demo-driven with student exercises. It’s a long class and keeping up and attentive is hard for students and instructor alike. One particular...
by Alan | Mar 8, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery
Teaching a three-day class. It’s long for everyone. Had a section where there was a key point that needed to be made. I made it, repeated it, repeated it again, summarized it, and felt like the horse was beaten beyond the grave. And then…I had a student...
by Alan | Mar 6, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
Heard a speaker the other day enter that cardinal sin world of talking about time. It was subtle — “… and we’ll end with this…” So many problems with this. His main problem was… he didn’t end with that. He went on,...
