by Alan | Jan 12, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, PowerPoint
Listening to a presentation (with PPT) today where the presenter hit a busy slide and said, “I’ll give you a minute to look this over.” Which is the correct thing to do (overlooking the fact that the busy slide should have been axed altogether),...
by Alan | Jan 3, 2006 | Communication skills, Delivery, PowerPoint
Observing another presentation today. Presenter well above average both in content and delivery. But… There’s always a but.Large audience so there had to be a mic (or at least, someone convinced them there had to be a mic). Presenter had clearly gone to...
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 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 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...
by Alan | Oct 11, 2005 | Communication skills, Delivery, Don't!, PowerPoint
Sat in on a large meeting (~200) today. Based on feedback, folks apparently were bored stiff.At one point, a presenter made the comment “As I talk to this slide…”. Things were a little less than interactive. The scheduled 90-minute program lasted...
