Presentation Training: A Play on Words

Presentation Training: A Play on Words

Jan. 11, 2008 by

Let’s take the word presenting. Let’s play with it. Could it mean bringing ideas, and information into the present? For instance, could we say that the job of a candidate for office is to make real the information about her

Speaking Anxiety: Gestures Help you Think

Speaking Anxiety: Gestures Help you Think

Aug. 23, 2007 by

Trying to master a mental task? Acting it out can help.  In a study reported in Cognition, when kids were told to use gestures as they learned to do a type of math problem, the lesson stuck.  Embodiment gives you–literally–another

Facilitation skills for medical liaisons at ad boards

Facilitation skills for medical liaisons at ad boards

Jun. 18, 2007 by

With the average sales call in the pharmaceutical industry now shrunk to less than 30 seconds, medical liaisons have an important opportunity to engage the interest of key physicians at advisory board meetings. However, there are several common problems. First,