by Alan | Dec 18, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!
Reminded today of something I see quite often (twice in the last four days). Speakers who apparently intend to include their audiences, but never do. Today’s quote was, “OK, now I want to hear from you. What do you think about…”, followed by a...
by Alan | Nov 23, 2005 | Communication skills, Don't!, PowerPoint
Dad mentioned he had a presentation to the “admininstrative staff” level, his first to such lofty extremes. Over lunch, I mentioned he might like some help with the presentation (although I would not even be able to pronounce, much less explain, most of...
by Alan | Nov 17, 2005 | Communication skills, Don't!, Sales
Sitting in the driveway yesterday monitoring the bike and scooter races… Up walks two predictably dressed men (boys? They look younger all the time) who have made their stops at each house along the street. I resist the urge to go inside to avoid them. Their...
by Alan | Nov 14, 2005 | Communication skills, Don't!, PowerPoint
Seems I’m not the only one who gets bored easily in the average presentations. As I expand my blog reading (if only there was more time!), I discover more and more folks who seem put off with the norm of business presentations. Today’s gem was from Garr...
by Alan | Nov 12, 2005 | Business, Don't!
We’re trying to get our house painted. First, I couldn’t get anyone to give a bid. Now that I’m under contract, I can’t get anyone to work. After 17 days, we have our front porch half painted, the railings spotty, a missing extension cord and...
by Alan | Nov 9, 2005 | Communication skills, Don't!, PowerPoint
I’ve managed to blog this far and largely avoid commenting on the best and worst thing to ever happen to communication: PowerPoint. But in the lineup of C-level presentations I saw the other day, after the refreshing PPT-less opener, it was DBP (Death By...
