Will the slides be available at the end? When you answer yes, you can hear the sigh of contentment that excuses any further effort. It’s as if you’ve given people permission to kick their shoes off, lean back and relax into a period of passive listening. A yes means you remove the need to take… Read More Slides
Being in learning means I get to see presentations – a lot of presentations. It’s easy to be snarky about them – I’m the first to admit to doing that when the circumstances dictate. It’s also easy to forget how much of a challenge they are to people new to doing them and someone not… Read More Presentation skills
First of an occasional series where I’ll be venting. Preparing slides with too many words on them – why? If you need them to present effectively you need to learn again how to present. Using THAT quote by Maya Angelou. You know, the way you make people feel. Not reflecting the diversity of the audience… Read More What grinds my gears – presentations
Being on leave for the past few days means I get time to do the things for myself I don’t usually create space for; this usually includes gaming, reading and, for this break specifically, film watching (the title of this blog is a Sean Penn quote). I have an eclectic taste in films, happy to… Read More When everything gets answered, it’s fake
The track called Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls was one of the first tunes that my son learnt to play on the guitar. He found a set of guitar tabs (pictorial representations of the chords) and taught himself. If someone hadn’t put the tabs online he’d not have learnt it. Now you can watch… Read More Why don’t you slide…