by Alan | Oct 23, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
Caught a little of the Weather Channel’s “coverage” of Hurricane Wilma this morning (since it’s headed sorta towards my hometown, there is more than a passing interest). In the span of two commercial breaks, I became completely uninterested in...
by Alan | Oct 22, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery
Worked with a presenter yesterday on polishing his presentation. His self-proclaimed weakness was “openings and closings”. We started with openings.We moved from “Good morning. I’m A and I’m the B of C and I’m happy to tell you...
by Alan | Oct 20, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery
Had a one-on-one meeting today with someone who refused to look at me. Must have been something on the wall behind me of great interest. I wasn’t necessarily offended, but it did make the conversation seem rather unimportant to them (it was very important to...
by Alan | Oct 19, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery
I was again blessed to win the Toastmasters humorous speech contest (now at the division level) tonite. I’m continually amazed at the different talents in this organization — everyone brings something a little different to the table, and there is always a...
by Alan | Oct 18, 2005 | Communication skills, Parenting
Took in the 2005 N.C. State Fair today. Everything I abhor (except the food) all in one place. It’s an amazing place to watch people, waste a lot of money, make a 4-year-old boy very happy, and get exhausted all in a very short amount of time.Carny’s are...
by Alan | Oct 17, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
Back to our class from last week.To review: great presenter, good material. But logistics needed a slight improvement.Today’s topic: Time. Time management for the class was loose, at best. Most breaks ran over 10-15 minutes (and a maximum of 24 minutes) due to...
