I recorded only the spoken part of my presentation the other day. Like most people, I don't care for the way my recorded voice sounds. photo credit: rayced But my recorded voice? Ergo, I frequently record my voice to gain audience empathy. Listening to recorded presentations helps my recall. Not for posterity.

Yes, hang it, I video record all my presentation rehearsals. Don't have a video recorder? It's 2008! Record your presentation without video. If you're giving a one-hour presentation: you need to record a one-hour video of yourself. Practice makes perfect, right? Not really. What about imperfect practice? Video V.

Look no further than the video of this webinar recorded at BBP Online on Sept. 26, 2008, where my friend and visual thinking expert Dave Gray of xPlane shows you the visual fundamentals you need to know to start illustrating your ideas. But where do you go to learn how to do that? To launch the video, click this link

number of other compelling features touted at the site convinced us to try Dimdim: we can share a desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk, and even record our session. The first thing Ellen noticed was that she was frequently prompted to record the session -- a terrific feature, but we didn't need to record our meeting.

After mentioning a content-free political speech by the late Peter Sellers in an earlier blog entry, I’ve just discovered that you can listen to the original track from The Best of Sellers (1958) on YouTube - which you can access by clicking here or on the title above

It would be easy for me to cram ten times more information into my presentations, because I could race through it all in record time! I'm a fast-talker. have to consciously make myself speak slower when I'm presenting. When you race through your presentation, it's overwhelming to the audience. It's a vicious circle. Are you a fast-talker?

He was adamant about leading with: "We have the best safety record in the nation for a firm of our size." quot; JERRY'S APPROACH: "Well, we have the best safety record in the nation for a firm of our size, so we can handle all aspects of safety on this project." LOGIC ALONE rarely persuades someone. quot;Huh?"

Then he failed to make the final in the 100 meters and ended up watching his main competitor break a world record. How's your attitude? It's not just in the content, delivery, props and equipment that a speaker delivers a complete package. Athletes, of course, are experts at mental preparation , as I've talked about here and here.

There, in the urinal, instead of one of those deodorant cakes they sometimes stick in there, was a little round recorder thingy that, when hit with water (or, in this case, urine), started playing its message. I’m not sure, but I may have just pissed all over the next great employee communication idea. was exhausted. And jet-lagged.

Because the service has a 30MG upload limit, I set my PowerPoint recording levels very low -- too low! re-recorded again at 44,100 kHz, 8 bit mono -- and achieved a better sound quality (not perfect, but not horrible, either.) gave the service a brief test (shown in the image above), and was very impressed. But there's more.