by Alan | May 22, 2006 | Communication skills, Don't!, PowerPoint
Following up Saturday’s post on the elite consulting group with the presentation from the netherworld…Some things that were just bad slide design made a bad thing even worse. Again, I don’t normally try to counsel number of slides, but this...
by Alan | May 19, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Leadership, PowerPoint
With a group of writers today watching an archived webcast of a presentation. Presenters were high-level folks at a very recognizable communications firm. My expectations were sky-high to hear what these respected thought leaders would have to say.Man, was I...
by Alan | May 17, 2006 | Communication skills, Don't!, Leadership, Parenting
Steve Crescendo posts an inquiry about the appropriateness of business cussing in a blog entry today. His case was that he wants to raise awareness and has a generally common cussword in a phrase to do it. He ends with, “I just don’t think that anyone...
by Alan | May 11, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Toastmasters
Got to evaluate a Toastmasters speech today. Evaluating is hard. This particular speech was made easier by the fact the presenter approached me beforehand and told me to “let ’em have it” — in other words, not to go easy and really help...
by Alan | May 9, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, Parenting, Toastmasters
This is one of my TTPP (Top Ten Pet Peeve’s). Tonite’s example was my nephew’s middle school band concert. Three separate times the band director said something to the effect of “Before we get started, I’d like to…” This...
by Alan | May 7, 2006 | Communication skills, Don't!
Heard a story from a presenter today who was using the story to draw an analogy which was very clear to the main point. Wonderful technique for helping an audience remember and apply. But there was a minor issue that really lost a lot of folks. The story was about...
