Top 3 Mistakes Conference Speakers Make I’ve just come back from several conferences and watched many conference speakers in action. One of the benefits of speaking at a conference is usually a full pass to attend the entire conference. I like to get there early and...
When Technology Fails During Your Presentation Having a technology failure during a presentation is almost inevitable. I recently gave a one-hour lunch-and-learn for some folks at a tech company. They wanted me to talk about some of the common pitfalls that...
Three Communication Principles Every Manager and Teacher Should Use Communication skills matter. High school finals are coming in our house. It’s been a long time since I last took a final exam, and it’s hard to imagine having the mental discipline to study for one...
Emceeing an Event A Speaker’s lessons from the trenches I recently had the opportunity of emceeing an event, a large fundraising banquet. It presented several challenges: Introducing a speaker who I would not meet and did not know personally Connecting several...
When I worked in the corporate world, you were supposed to give a trip report when you returned from a conference or client travel. This was an opportunity to share learned information with the home office, and also provided some nice accountability to participate...
