In Tip #1 last week, we spoke about how a long, rambling presentation was boring and painful – but what’s even worse is the presentation where the speaker hasn’t prepared. At first, the audience is embarrassed for the speaker – and I’m pretty sure that’s not something you want your audience to feel for you.…
Every trainer or educator starts out with an idea of what they would like to impart, a rough outline of how they want to impart it, and a basic concept of what they want their trainees to do with the knowledge once it has been imparted. Of course, many trainers never get much beyond that…
For many people, when they are asked to make a speech or presentation (at work, at a life event, or in their community), they feel justifiably nervous. In fact, as Jerry Seinfeld famously riffed, some people suggest they would rather die than speak in public. Now, I don’t believe that it’s that bad – but…
What’s the difference between Mentoring and Coaching? Between Teaching and Training? How can we, as coaches, trainers, educators and mentors best serve those that we are helping? That’s one of the issues with John Maxwell’s Servant Leadership, of course (which I’ll address in a future Tuesday Training post) But its also something I’ve been…
Recently, I was asked to present a speech at Ignite Brisbane and so I chose to discuss the two ways we learn – and the two ways we teach. Ignite presentations, by the way, are where you give a presentation that lasts _exactly_ five minutes – and which is accompanied by 20 PowerPoint slides each…
To create a podcast, the most important things are not physical … they are ideas, concepts, and value. However, assuming you DO have the ideas, etc, then you need some tech to create a podcast. 1) Microphone. This can be as simple as the mic on your smartphone, or the microphone built into your laptop…
As part of a tutorial for students in the Online Journalism subject that I teach (KJB222 at Queensland University of Technology) we were discussing ‘Listicles’ this week … brief stories that are essentially a short list of related ‘facts’ that make a semi-coherent story. I asked them for example of a topic they could use…
