by Alan | Jun 14, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, Don't!, Leadership, public speaking
This post could have dozens of examples tacked to it. It’s one of the most common things I see. And it’s an easy fix. That’s hard. :-)The phrase goes something like this: “What I want to tell you…” or “I just want to...
by Alan | Jun 11, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, PowerPoint
In another presentation I witnessed at last week’s conference (and LOTS more to come from that), I watched a rather academic session digress into long-winded narration of PowerPoint. The slides got worse and worse and the presentation less and less interactive...
by Alan | Jun 9, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, public speaking
In one of the ASTD presentations I was in this past week, the presenter had given the talk earlier in the week. Evidently the feedback forms had already been turned in and seen by the presenter, because he referenced them several times.Part of the session was on...
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by Alan | May 31, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Leadership, Parenting, public speaking
Working with The Boy’s Tee Ball team tonight. We’ve really been working on his throwing. Hold the ball high. Step — throw — follow through. Sometimes he does; sometimes he doesn’t. Tonight for the first time, we seemed to have a...
by Alan | May 28, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, Leadership
Traveling through DCA airport104 last week. As thousands of my closest friends and I sat waiting for our chance to be called as the next contestant on the “So you want to be a sardine” game show, not once but twice an alarm sounded on a gate door. In...
by Alan | Apr 16, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, public speaking
This has multiple variations. Presenter opens talk/sentence/paragraph with “I’d like to tell you a story.” Or it might sound like “Did you hear the joke that begins…?” Message to audience? You can snooze all you want, but I’ll...
