by Alan | Mar 5, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Toastmasters
One of the joys in my job is interacting with so many folks with international connections. There are just not that many nationalities I haven’t interacted with while teaching/training. And while the language barrier or accent in the same language (I only speak...
by Alan | Mar 5, 2006 | Communication skills
Had what I consider to be about the worst thing that could happen to me that doesn’t involve the people I love. I had a hard disk failure. And I had not been good about backups. I’m in the process of recovery, but even the best-case scenario will take me...
by Alan | Mar 3, 2006 | Communication skills, Toastmasters
Spent a good bit of time the last few days scouring the net for video examples of technical presenters. I’ve been underwhelmed. To quote a friend’s comment today, “It’s a field that it’s not hard to stand out in.” Even people who...
by Alan | Mar 2, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Toastmasters
Had an evaluation today for my Toastmasters speech that was a nice nugget.The comment was, “you made us (the audience) comfortable because you were comfortable.” Never really thought about it, but I applied that to a presentation I saw right before...
by Alan | Feb 28, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
Invited to a division “meet the troops” today. Concept is a good one — help people understand where things are and where they are going. Throw in some free food and you’ve got the trappings around a good event. But you still have to...
by Alan | Feb 28, 2006 | Business, Communication skills, Leadership
A friend was discussing his “merit increase” at his job. Seems that the HR department at his firm toes the line pretty firmly on that terminology. But they also have failed to implement any sort of formal evaluative compensation program, thus making it...
