For your next presentation, try throwing Powerpoint and Prezi in the bin. Then you’ll take advantage of this fantastic fact: You don’t have to use any visuals. Conventions You may think having some projected material is: What the audience expect Good for information retention A useful prompt Just what a presentation is If so, you’re right […]
Embrace your fear. It’s not your enemy, it’s your essential companion during any important verbal communication, and it’s not going anywhere. So respect it and move on, because it’s possible to actually gain power from it. The people in the image above have no fear, because they’re clinically insane. The Facts Here’s what you need
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I’ve started a taskforce. A taskforce of one, but still a taskforce. Our (my) mission will be to attend presentations and heckle the bad ones. This was inspired by a fairly awful presentation I attended recently. It had: Too many slides Too much information per slide All the spoken information written in full So much content it
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Not fitting in can be bad. But being different is really, really good – it makes you interesting. Being Different No plant by definition is a weed; it’s a label with no scientific basis, depending entirely on whether the plant is ‘desirable’ by someone for that particular location, and just means ‘doesn’t fit in according
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“Oh look, this isn’t an argument.” “Yes it is.” “No it isn’t. It’s just contradiction.” Here are some undeniable* truths which I’ve learnt from watching all kinds of arguments, from drunken Saturday night encounters in the chip shop to online rap battles and family disputes at Christmas: Insults only have the power you grant them.
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