by Alan | Feb 3, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, public speaking
Listened to a speaker introduce his topic with a summary statement directed to his audience:”We are able to do that for you. I hope you will feel free to chime in whenever…”But there was one major problem. He didn’t pause when he hit the...
by Alan | Jan 28, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, public speaking
Listening to a sermon and was told there would be four points. I jotted “1.” in my notes and began following along. I jotted down the key elements, making personal notes as I did, but when the pastor got to point #4, I looked down and alreayd had four...
by Alan | Jan 26, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Sales
Was in on two teleconferences today, and in both cases the phone connected groups of people. It’s always a weird dynamic when some people are live and some are remote. But the principles of communication don’t change.In both cases today, I watched people...
by Alan | Jan 10, 2007 | Communication skills, Delivery, Parenting, public speaking
Watched an interaction at a meeting today that was really quite humorous. A person with laptop in tow was being asked direct questions by another person. One question sparked a lightbulb that only Google could answer. So laptop popped open and attention was turned...
by Alan | Jan 3, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, public speaking
Had a fun and unusual assignment last night. I worked for ESPNU at a local college basketball game as a “talent stat liaison” (I made up the job title). Basically, I was feeding stats and interesting tidbits, records, runs, and story lines to the guys in...
by Alan | Jan 1, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, Delivery, public speaking
This year I’ve passionately tried to observe as many speakers as I can, noting what works and what doesn’t for each. I’m constantly trying to cull this down into what works for me, just as ever speaker should tailor their strengths and abilities to...
