by Alan | Mar 16, 2008 | Communication skills, Delivery, public speaking
Been traveling quite a bit. Always interesting to see other places and experience different things. Well, for the most part.So I ran across a radio station in the Midwest that had a morning show contest I thought was interesting. Anyway, usually, I think these...
by Alan | Feb 17, 2008 | Communication skills, public speaking
I recently had a class where the students’ evaluations didn’t match my feelings and thoughts on the class. I’ve frequently had this experience where the students loved a class I hated, but this was the other way around — I thought things went...
by Alan | Jan 29, 2008 | Communication skills, Delivery, public speaking
Returning my rental car to the Austin, TX airport. Getting into airports is an adventure unto itself, and signage is critically important, and usually rather good and frequent.As I entered the main airport and was confronted with hundreds of signs, I was really...
by Alan | Jan 28, 2008 | Communication skills, Delivery, public speaking
Heard a speaker the other night who had credibility by position (he was involved in a national court case that everyone in the U.S. would recognize). En route to making his central point, he began with some audience participation questions: “How many of you...
by Alan | Jan 26, 2008 | Communication skills, Delivery, public speaking
Been back on the road this week. Traveling through airports always affords a lot of observation opportunities.Watched a few clips from CNN that appeared to be a Democratic debate between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards. It’s probably worth...
by Alan | Dec 4, 2007 | Communication skills, Content, public speaking, Sales
In working with so many technical presenters (or rather, technical people presenting), I’ve noticed an interesting trend. Most of them give feature-rich, technically precise, and logically crafted presentations. And they’re missing one very important...
