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470 Articles match "Audience","Preparation"
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Monday, March 15, 2010
I found some excellent lessons on writing, preparing and presenting material, whether it's a comedy bit or a presentation. Figure out how your content works with different kinds of audiences. Jerry Seinfeld takes gigs at all times of the day and night, on weekdays and on weekends, in order to craft a routine that works for a variety of audiences. In the documentary, "Comedian," Jerry Seinfeld has decided to scrap all his previous material from decades of success as a standup comedian and TV star, and start over with a new standup act. This film shows the challenges of this
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Monday, March 15, 2010
I once attended a political forum that gave "pointed" a whole new meaning, when an audience member asked how much time the candidates would spend on their elected role. Speakers need to be wary of pointing (especially when you want the audience to vote for you). In many cultures, it's highly offensive--even a foot pointing at an audience can be insulting to some. One candidate looked at the front row where the other candidate's family--including newborn twins--was seated. Pointing at them, she snapped, "I don't see how my opponent can say he'll work full time when he has
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
In the end a PPT I prepared with visuals, minimal transitions, about 30 slides, given by the pleasant, well-spoken daughter of one of the outfitters was successful in delaying the (initallly proposed) immediate closure of their industry. Being empathic, mindful of learning preference differences, and respecting the audience’s time and attention, are all key to avoiding Death By PowerPoint.
...Tags: Story from Karen Carleton, MEd, MS
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/karencarleton
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
However, it’s challenging to prepare a good Pecha Kucha presentation and even more so to deliver it well.
But we, the audience were fine – it gave us more time to look without having to process words at the same time.
So prepare your narrative so that you’re a little bit short of 20 seconds rather than a bit over.
Photo by Olly Barrett
This week I went to my first Pecha Kucha night in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Cam Beck asked me this question the other day in response to my post about your worst public speaking fear coming true : "So how do you know the difference between preparing and over-preparing?" First of all, here's what it looks like to be unprepared . Also, here's a post I wrote about how I prepare for a presentation . I've read lots of articles that say you can never be too prepared, or that it's better to over-prepare. I
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
In preparation for her talk she asked me if there would be a way to reproduce an exercise called “Speaker & Audience Mapping” that she usually leads in the slideology workshops . The exercise goes like this: the audience picks one of a dozen different audience types (eg. Now, we expected a large crowd (we had over 200 attend this workshop) and Last month Nancy Duarte spoke at Web2.0 Expo and it was a huge success.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
So the critical step to avoid making hecklers out of people in your audience is to listen.
It will probably feel far too long for you, and you may even see some people in the audience getting restless, but this is the most effective preventative method to stop them continuing to heckle. Address your response to the whole audience, not just the heckler – though don’t avoid eye contact with them either. Most hecklers are made, not born. If people don’t feel listened to they will turn into hecklers.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Some of these respondents claimed that their critical tweets were no different than what they would have been prepared to say face to face.
Twittering snide, insulting remarks about your fellow committee members while they speak and marking it with #ala09 hash tag to ensure that the widest possible audience sees your comment: REALLY VERY NOT GOOD
like the idea of the principle that you should only tweet what you would be prepared The latest academic research on Twitter and conferences addresses the issue of “snarky tweets” during presentations. What should be the
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Do you ever feel like an audience member is attacking you when they ask challenging questions during your presentation? Hopefully, your audience doesn't actually try to discredit you or prove you wrong, as a client recently mentioned to me, but sometimes a particular question can provoke a feeling of anger or defensiveness. Part of preparing for a presentation is anticipating the possible challenges to your message. You might get riled up. You might get ruffled.
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
Interesting article at the BPS Research Digest Blog about therapy being more effective when therapists focus on their clients' strengths. "They've found that getting psychologists to think about their clients' strengths for a few minutes before a therapy session is great for the quality of the therapist-client relationship and leads to improved recovery for the clients." It made me wonder if thinking positive thoughts about your audience as part of your preparation ritual might improve the speaker-audience connection and help your audience get more from your presentation.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Yesterday I had a skype conversation with Twitter follower Todd (@TJList) on how to include audience participation in a presentation. He’s presenting on getting through the economic downturn to an audience of small business owners. How can I involve my audience in the presentation? Here was his question:
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
In my last post, I wrote about why it’s worthwhile to spend time preparing a presentation. But it’s also possible to waste time preparing a presentation, by not going about it in the right way. So here are my 7 time-saving tips to help you prepare a presentation efficiently.
1. Always be preparing
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
What should you know about your audience? think speakers have five opportunities, at minimum, to find out what they need to know about an audience . I always take the time to ask the organizers of any conference, session or meeting at which I'm speaking what I should know about the audience, especially in reference to my topic. If it is relevant to your topic, That sea of faces, those nudging/BlackBerry-ing/distracted people, the eager fans, the strangers, your office colleagues. Who are they?
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